Join "The Big Howl" to Save Wolves and Their Pups
Scott M
Interior Secretary to protect the wolves of the Northern Rockies
as an endangered species, was sent to you by
Dear Friend,
In just a few weeks, the mass killing of wolves could begin in
Idaho and Montana -- and not even newborn wolf pups and their
nursing mothers will be spared.
We cannot stand by while this slaughter unfolds. On May 4, the
wolf's federal protection will be lifted, and government agents
will be free to open fire. After that, the states will launch
public hunts, targeting wolves.
We must act now to call off the guns!
That's why NRDC is launching "The Big Howl" campaign to mobilize
Americans everywhere to protect wolves in the Northern Rockies
from the crossfire.
Add your voice now to our campaign. Tell Interior Secretary
Salazar to reverse his decision to kick wolves off the
endangered species list.
This is absolutely the wrong time to rip away federal
protections from these struggling wolves. Over the past year,
the wolf population in Yellowstone National Park has declined by
27 percent, with more than 70 percent of wolf pups succumbing to
disease.
One pack alone lost all 24 of its pups!
If the federal protections are lifted on May 4 as planned,
newborn wolf pups and their nursing mothers traveling outside
national parks will be in the line of fire.
That's why NRDC and our partners are filing suit in federal
court to block this disastrous policy. But we must do more: we
must raise a nationwide outcry that the Obama Administration
cannot ignore.
And so we're calling on everyone who cares about wolves to take
part in "The Big Howl" campaign.
Please call on the Interior Department to go back to the drawing
board and submit this cruel plan to the kind of rigorous
scientific review the Obama Administration has promised.
After you send your own message, I will let you know about an
easy way to spread the word to your friends and family. We need
at least one million messages to save the wolves -- so get ready
to rally your friends and family to add their own voices to "The
Big Howl."
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
P.S. Hearing the wolf howl after you take action is a poignant
reminder of why we must act swiftly to save these treasured
icons of the American West -- before their federal protections
are lifted on May 4. So please speak out today, and then tell
everyone you know to take part in "The Big Howl."
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