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WOLVES CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, ONCE AGAIN
Sign the petition to stop wolf killing now
U.S. Congress has never before ousted an animal or plant from Endangered Species Act protections — until now. In August, a federal district court ruled to NOT delist Western gray wolves. The case is still open on appeal. Yet Congress ignored separation of powers (between judicial and legislative branches) by taking matters into their own hands. A rider attached to the recently passed spending bill delists wolves, thereby deleting their federal safety net.
This political maneuver is unconstitutional and leaves wolves in the crossfire of state-sponsored killing. Idaho already conducted a hunt by helicopter in which wolves are cornered and shot at point blank range. Last year, pups and mothers were gassed inside their dens.
PETITION LETTER
End lethal wolf control and uphold Endangered Species Act
Dear President Obama and Honorable U.S. Government Officials:
I am incensed that politics trumped science-based management of America’s wolves once again. A rider from Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) passed on the coattails of the federal budget bill. The rider stipulates delisting of Western gray wolves from Endangered Species Act immunity.
This establishes an irresponsible precedent not only for wolves, but also for any imperiled species that doesn’t serve Congressional interests. I am troubled that legislators, with President Obama’s approval, ignored Endangered Species Act protocol for defining recovery and delisting. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has now deleted Endangered Species Act safeguards for gray wolves in Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, Washington, and northern Utah. Wyoming wolves lose protection once a state wolf management plan is approved.
Clearly, this violates division of powers between judicial and legislative branches, as set forth in the U.S. Constitution. In August 2010 U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula, MT struck down delisting of Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies wolves because it did not encompass all populations. In effect, USFW could not retain protections for Wyoming’s endangered wolves, but strip them everywhere else. Though the case is still open on appeal, Congress engineered its own outcome: No federal safety net for Western gray wolves.
With state officials now at the helm, scheduled hunts and aerial gunning further threaten wolf recovery. I urge governors and state agencies to adopt enduring strategies that focus on cohabitation. I also ask you to abandon shamefully violent tactics such as gunning down wolf packs from helicopters; gassing pups and mothers inside dens; and more lethal means.
The court’s decision to overrule gray wolf delisting should have prompted a more scientific approach. Instead Idaho officials, working with the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Wildlife Services, recently spent a lot of money on shooting wolves from the sky to synthetically boost game populations for hunters. Please shift public funds to a nonlethal approach for the preemptive reduction of wildlife conflicts, including livestock loss.
Currently, there is no definitive conclusion on the “right number” of wolves to constitute recovery. Therefore, more input is needed from wildlife biologists and environmental scientists (from both private and government sectors).
Long-term preservation of ecosystems is more important than political maneuvers. I support lawsuits filed by conservation groups in federal district court. They may be the last hope for Western gray wolves.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF WOLVES BY BLOODTHIRSTY KILLERS
Wolf killers can go to hell! Who the hell are they to decide who lives and who dies? they’re not God, so just leave them alone, okay?
god i swear humans will come up with any excuse to kill anything, and i mean anything from a dog to a rabbit, those basterds just like taking lives!
yeah well im sick of it, for FFS stop killing wolves, they have a right to live just like any animal, and if pathetic stupid ranchers cant stand it, then get the fuck out, okay? christ just cause you have a fucking ranch you can kill whatever you want?
your just jealous cause the wolf killed the cattle before you got a chance to, that’s all it is.
yeah well, i hate ranchers, pathetic morons can go to hell, stop building your stupid place on animal territory, god is there a brain in your inbred head of yours, or not?
well you quit school in grade 2 so yeah, i guess not.
inberd retards, ugh!
Wolves are precious and a vital part of nature!!
Save the wolves, don’t destroy these wonderful creatures that was put on this earth just like we were! Man goes way beyond the boundary of the law and nature to destroy and conquer. Man is cruel and evil in the slaughter of animals that only want to do the same as us, survive!!!
Lee I couldn’t agree more! Unfortunately the petition has expired but I hope people will be encouraged to contribute to organizations that are dedicated to saving our wolves, and to also writing to their representatives. Wolves need to be BACK on the protected list.
These are the most beautiful and intelligent creatures!!!! After all, they are the ancestors of the dog! Please, save these amazing animals form going extinct. It breaks my heart every time I see another article on wolves being killed or excluded from the protected list. They have the right to inhabit this Earth as much as we do and it shouldn’t be up to someone to decide that they shouldn’t exist. I am tearing up writing this..I really care for these animals so much.
Maggie I am also a major lover of wolves and it breaks my heart as well to know that they are being murdered by bloodthirsty trophy hunters.
This is cruel! You have to save the wolves! You think trapping and killing is helping anyone!!!!???!!!!! Then you are fricken mental!!!!! save to wolves!!!!!!
Enough is enough. I want you to protect wolves in the United States. There needs to be stronger laws to protect the wolves. Please step in and take action now.
A NATION WHO DOESN’T RESPECT THEIR ANIMALS, CAN’T BE RESPECTED BY OTHER NATIONS TOO.
save the wolves in minnesota and the north west
SAVE THE WOLVES!!!!!
Save that beautiful animal. Ban all hunting of the wolves!!!!!
Hear! Hear!
Methinks “civilized” people don’t kill unless in danger or hunger. We don’t eat wolves-do we?
Save the lupine! Stop this massacre , you monsters!
Agreed Kira!! I’m a lupine lover.
Save the wolves !!!
Save them all! All over the world! Kenneth, Sweden
Save the wolves!
Save the wolves!!!