A new bill in Congress puts wolves and other wildlife at risk.
It may be Valentine’s Day, but there is little love for wolves and other wildlife on Capitol Hill today.
Some in Congress are trying to use a must-pass spending bill to eliminate lifesaving protections for gray wolves across the U.S., opening the door to widespread trapping and poisoning of wolves in the Northern Rockies and Greater Yellowstone.
Worse, they are proposing deep funding cuts that could be disastrous for wildlife protection in the U.S.
You can help protect our wildlife. Please send a message to your representative right now and urge him or her to reject these anti-wildlife provisions.
The spending bill, called a continuing resolution, is designed to ensure that military and government workers continued to get paid, that social security recipients receive their checks and that the government continues to function.
Unfortunately, some in Congress are using this legislation as a vehicle to attack protections for wolves and other wildlife. Specifically, the bill would:
- Eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the Northenr Rockies and Greater Yellowstone area; and
- Deny the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change that’s driving America’s polar bears to extinction.
- Enact some of the deepest cuts in recent memory for the agencies that protect our wildlife and environment – a move that would have dire consequences across the country for your wildlife and for the quality of your environment.
Some of the crucial programs that will be slashed include those that protect imperiled species, acquire key habitat around the country, including for our national wildlife, refuges, parks, forests and other public lands, help state protect wildlife before they decline to the point where they are endangered, and assist wildlife in surviving climate change.
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider the continuing resolution this week, and we need to make a strong showing against this assault on our wolves, wildlife and environment.
Can we count on your help to be a voice for wildlife?
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