Help stop the rogue wolf killing

Aren’t wolves in the Northern Rockies still protected under the Endangered Species Act?

You wouldn’t know it by looking at a proposal by Wildlife Services—the federal government’s chief wolf killers. The agency, which is under the direction of President Obama’s Department of Agriculture (USDA), is currently proposing  to kill hundreds of wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone.

Please help us stop this awful proposal. Urge President Obama’s head of the Department of Agriculture (which oversees Wildlife Services) to nix the Wildlife Services plan to expand their wolf-killing role in Idaho.

It’s a plan that would make Sarah Palin smile. The agency wants to expand their wolf-killing operations, working with Idaho officials to kill up to 80 percent of the wolves in some areas.

Their plan also includes killing entire packs… using helicopters to chase down and kill wolves… gassing helpless wolf pups and their mothers in their dens… even surgically sterilizing alpha wolf pairs and more!

It was just a few weeks ago that a federal court judge restored life-saving protections to wolves. Yet these ecologically important animals are now facing what seem like new threats daily.

Take action now. Send a message to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and urge him to put a stop to this terrible plan before it starts.

It was just a few weeks ago that a federal court judge restored life-saving protections to wolves. Yet these ecologically important animals are now facing what seem like new threats daily:

Right now, anti-wolf extremists are urging their followers to illegally kill wolves—using disturbing slogans like “Take two [wolves] down in the evening…and call no one in the morning.” Idaho governor Butch Otter could make matters even worse, threatening to pull his state state out of wolf management—a plan that would effectively allow anti-wolf extremists to illegally kill wolves without state intervention.

And new legislation in Congress could undermine the Endangered Species Act and once again strip vital federal protections from wolves in Idaho and Montana—leaving these animals at the mercy of state-based plans that focus on killing rather than a lasting future for wolves.

Defenders is working hard to address each of these threats, but right now, we need your help to stop the Wildlife Services proposal to slaughter wolves. Please take action now…