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10 August 2012

TAKE ACTION: Stop The Slaughter Of Wyoming Wolves 10AUG12 & Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves (VIDEO)26FEB10

WHO'S afraid of a big, bad wolf? Everyone who doesn't understand the necessity of a healthy wolf population in the Northern Rockies it would seem. The US Fish & Wildlife Service is considering removing Endangered Species protection for wolves in Wyoming and allowing a shoot on sight program to begin. Wolves are vital to maintaining a healthy, balanced ecosystem in the Rockies, and the federal government has taken steps to restore wolves in their natural habitat. That could all be undone if the US F&WS gives in to political pressure and allows unlimited hunting and killing of wolves in Wyoming. Please participate in the action to stop the killing before it starts, just click the link. And then watch the PBS program on EarthJustice and wolf restoration and the calls for open season hunting of wolves in Wyoming below (click embed link)....
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TAKE ACTION! Stop The Slaughter Of Wyoming Wolves Take action today!
Sitting gray wolf (USFWS / John & Karen Hollingsworth)
This could be our last chance to save Wyoming wolves before hunting begins! Tell President Obama to stop a deadly proposal to allow unlimited, shoot-on-sight killing of wolves in most of the state.
Take action now!
Wyoming’s remaining wolves are in danger!
Under intense political pressure from Wyoming state officials, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cut a deal that could remove Endangered Species Act protections for wolves and open most of the state to unlimited killing, trapping and even gassing of wolves and their pups. Wolves could be in the crosshairs as early as this month, unless we stop it!
Last year, Congress gave anti-wolf interests the right to hunt and kill wolves in Montana and Idaho, and we’ve seen the grim results. If we don’t act now, Wyoming will soon take the killing even further!
As the Managing Attorney for Earthjustice’s Northern Rockies Office, I know first-hand the power of our law and courts to stop these deadly proposals once they are released. We’ve successfully shut down wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies twice. But I also know that the easiest way to stop the hunt is for it to never start.
The federal government has spent 17 years and millions of dollars to restore wolves to the West. But Wyoming’s proposal now threatens the recovery that is under way—even including a dangerous loophole that would make it legal to kill wolves no matter how few remain.
Wyoming’s wolves should remain protected under the Endangered Species Act until they have fully recovered and there are laws in place to ensure their survival.
Thank you for being a hero for wolves and their pups,
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Tim Preso
Managing Attorney
Northern Rockies Office
Take action today!
P.S. After taking action, share this news with as many people as possible. We need all the help we can get to make sure President Obama hears our request to stop this brutal and deadly proposal before hunting begins!

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Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves 26FEB10


Is the Obama Administration breaking its promise to protect endangered species?

Last year the Obama Administration removed federal protection from some of the wolves that had been restored to the northern Rockies under the Endangered Species Act. The move paved the way for controversial state-regulated wolf hunts.

Wolf advocates strongly oppose the administrations decision saying the three states in the region, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming need a cohesive management plan that allows for a much larger wolf population. "It was very disappointing when Secretary Salazar in the Obama Administration, signed off on this rushed-through Bush administration delisting package for wolves," said Doug Honnold, a lawyer with Earthjustice, who is representing conservation groups challenging the government's decision.

The return of the gray wolf to the northern Rockies is considered to be the most successful wildlife reintroduction project in the history of the 27 year old Endangered Species Act. In 1995 and 1996, 66 gray wolves we relocated from Canada to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today there are more than 1,600 wolves in the region.

For its part the federal government says that just 300 wolves are needed for legitimate recovery in the region. "Wolves are back and there's plenty of them in plenty of places. They're never really going anywhere," said Ed Bangs, the Northern Rockies Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

More than a dozen conversation groups have sued the Interior Department to return federal protection to the northern Rockies wolves. Some believe the result of this legal debate is a litmus test for the Obama Administration's overall approach to wildlife issues and the Endangered Species Act.

Correction: Our report incorrectly stated Wyoming will manage for a maximum of 150 wolves. The current Wyoming wolf management plan states they will manage for a least 150 wolves.
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Related Links

Nature: Clash: Encounters of Bears and Wolves

Defenders of Wildlife: Wolves

Earthjustice: Wolves in Danger

Greater Yellowstone Coalition: Return of the Wolf

National Park Service: Yellowstone National Park Wolf Project

NRDC: Posts about Protecting Wolves

Save Elk: The Facts About Wolves

US Fish & Wildlife Service: Gray Wolf in Northern Rockies with State Wolf Plans


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