America's Wolves Under the Gun

Activelids -- I want to make sure you saw the note I sent to you on Friday. Barely back from the brink of extinction, wolves everywhere are under the gun. Wyoming has become a free-fire zone throughout most of the state, wolves from the Yellowstone National Park packs are being shot just outside the park boundary and in North Carolina; spotlight hunters looking for coyotes have shot and killed at least four critically endangered red wolves. Please donate today and help Defenders speak out for wolves and other wildlife that you care deeply about. -- Jamie WOLVES UNDER SIEGE Wolves have only a fragile hold on survival,  yet they are under attack everywhere they -- roam even right outside of Yellowstone National Park! Please donate today to support our efforts to recover and save wolves in their natural habitat. Dear Activelids, Wherever they roam, America’s wolves are under the gun. The latest outrage is perhaps the most disturbing -- wolves from the Yellowstone National Park packs are being shot just outside the park boundary. At least seven of them were radio-collared and were subjects of on-going conservation research and study. We need your help more than ever. Please donate today to help Defenders speak up for wolves and other endangered wildlife wherever they are threatened. We are fighting a nationwide war in defense of these magnificent and misunderstood top predators. In the past few weeks alone: You’ve helped us send more than 71,000 petitions to the governors of Wyoming and Montana demanding that they immediately put a stop to the wolf hunts in lands adjacent to the park.  Defenders filed a federal lawsuit to reverse a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to strip Wyoming’s wolves of protection under the Endangered Species Act. Wyoming has opened most of the state to unlimited wolf killing and, even worse, wolves that have briefly roamed beyond the invisible border of Yellowstone National park have been shot and killed. We estimate that around 54 wolves have been killed in the state in the past two months. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission approved a temporary rule allowing spotlight hunting of coyotes at night throughout the state, including the area inhabited by the only wild population of red wolves, one of the world’s most endangered animals. Just last week, Defenders and our conservation partners won a court-ordered hold to this temporary rule. But at least four critically endangered wolves were shot and killed before the court could act. Fewer than 100 red wolves remain in the wild today and Defenders is actively engaged in North Carolina to ban the spotlight hunting of coyotes.  Your critical support provides Defenders with resources that are essential when responding to emergencies surrounding critically endangered populations like the red wolf and the recent killing of park wolves near Yellowstone. Passion for conservation and preservation is what drives our mission at Defenders of Wildlife. We continue to be America’s leading wildlife conservation advocacy organization thanks to our scientists, legal team and supporters like you. We will not let politics get in the way of our support for wolves. Your urgent support today will make a big difference. Thank you for all that you do. Sincerely, Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders of Wildlife P.S. These are desperate times for wolves, and they call for swift, powerful action. Your donation is urgently needed to help stop the war on wolves. Please give whatever you can today.       Defenders of Wildlife leads the pack when it comes to protecting wild animals and plants in their natural communities »        1130 17th Street NW  |  Washington, DC 20036  |  1-800-385-9712               HOME DONATE NOW     CONTACT US RSS FEEDS     PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE           © Copyright 12/03/2012 Defenders of Wildlife. This message was sent to activelid.animals@blogger.com Please do not respond to this message. Click here to unsubscribe Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. Defenders of Wildlife can be contacted at: 1130 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036