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[Allison]

BREAKING: Bush/Cheney Admin. Puts Hundreds of Yellowstone Area Wolves at Risk
Date: 12/27/2007 4:15:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time






Wolf Emergency



Federal officials are nearing a decision on wolf management in the Greater Yellowstone region.



Help us ensure that wolves remain protected.

Under Idaho’s lax wolf plan, even pups could be killed.




While most Americans have been celebrating the holidays, officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration have been working behind the scenes to pave the way for the killing of hundreds of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area.

Don’t let them get away with it! Urge U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to abandon his efforts to allow states to start killing wolves and stop promoting the premature de-listing of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.

Over the last several weeks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been quietly moving forward with rule changes that would allow officials in Idaho and Wyoming to begin killing wolves even before gray wolves are removed from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species.

This latest proposal would jump start plans to use fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and other means to kill hundreds of wolves in Idaho, leaving only a few more than 200 wolves in the state. In fact, three-quarters of the wolves in the Lolo District of the Clearwater National Forest could be removed… even before they are de-listed.

And, unfortunately, it’s not just Idaho’s wolves that are threatened by the proposal. Hundreds of wolves in Wyoming could be shot and trapped under the new rules -- whether wolves are removed from the endangered and threatened species list or not.

A decision on the proposal is expected in the next few weeks. Please email Secretary Kempthorne right now and let him know that you oppose any proposal that would threaten the long-term future of wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone Region.

And the outlook for Wyoming wolves won’t improve any if, as expected, the Bush/Cheney Administration eliminates Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies early next year.

On December 14th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially approved the State of Wyoming’s wolf management plan, allowing state officials to use aerial gunning and snares to shoot and trap as many as two-thirds of the wolves in the state.

Just last week, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), George Miller (D-CA), Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Norm Dicks (D-WA) warned in a letter to Secretary Kempthorne that de-listing wolves in the Northern Rockies now is a mistake.

In the letter, this bipartisan group of lawmakers cited grave concerns with the state wolf management plans approved by the Bush/Cheney Administration and their potential impact on the future of wolves in the region.

Take a stand now. Send Secretary Kempthorne a message now and let him know that you’re outraged by the Bush/Cheney Administration’s actions and that you want a sustainable future for wolves in the region.
Defenders is mustering our resources to fight these terrible proposals in the weeks ahead. But right now, we need you to speak out for wolves with your message.
For the Wild Ones,


Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife



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[Paul and Angelique]

It is ashame that we can't react to this horrible news. I try but you have to have a American address.
This is what I would like to tell the men and women who have to diced the issue.
Let nature take his course. So the weak will die first. Did you learn nothing off the past!!!!!! As soon as we think we know what we do is right everthing goes wrong. Stop looking at numbers and just let nature take control!!! PLEASE.

[Allison]

You had some good lines there, so I sent them for you! I think I'll move this thread to the public section. Maybe some non-members will write as well.

I also said, ",,,,which means they'll fly around in helicopters, pretending to be sportsmen, and shoot as many as possible!"

Good thing they told us to be polite, because I was starting to get pretty angry, and "polite" wasn't my first inclination.

[liz]

I expect I too would have difficulty in using my address.

Can't they see the results of re-introducing Wolves to Yellowstone has done nothing but improve the over all health of the herds there? It is known the wolves usually only attack the weakest of the herd thereby strengthening the over all herds.

There is always a top predetor, why has man always got to be that one?

The wolves maintain the balance of nature, man is always ready to topple it, for his own ends.

I could go on and on.

I have been given a walk with wolves as a Christmas present, some people would lke to re-introduce them here too.

Perhaps some of these people who are so ready to kill them off should have a walk with them too and find out more about them from a closer aspect

[Allison]

I noticed the links weren't working anymore, and so I went to their site to find out what was up. I found the article link there, but it again, it went no where. I hope the evil Bush?Cheney machine didn't stop it.

I let you know when I hear more.

[Allison]

Links working again.