wolves on the brink again in the US
In April 2011, the U.S. Congress slipped a wolf de-listing rider into the federal budget bill, yanking wolves from the Endangered Species List in the Northern Rockies—where it’s estimated that just over 1500 wolves remain.
Said Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals: “Removing federal protection and subjecting wolves to more hunting is unconstitutional and unconscionable.”
The Rally for Wolves in Washington, DC today to denounce this underhanded de-listing is the first of many rallies in North America.
Members and supporters of Friends of Animals now call for a travel and economic boycott of the states that advocate killing wolves: Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
“We need to put the economic screws to state governments that persecute wolves at the behest of haters,” said Feral.
Tags are already on sale in Montana for the shooting of 225 wolves; more than 1000 tags have been sold in the first few days. In Idaho, the bloodbath is slated to begin this month – on the 30th of August.
Friends of Animals’ legal experts are now drafting an amicus brief to buttress an appeal before federal Judge Donald Molloy by Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians “to preserve both wolves and the rule of law in the Northern Rockies.”
Time is of the essence. Support our efforts today. If you can do a Howl-In for your city (international support is welcome), email Dustin Rhodes. Everyone can contact the governors and announce your intent to boycott travel in each state for as long as they continue persecuting wolves:
Governor Butch Otter of Idaho
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208.3342100
Fax: 208.334.3454
governor@gov.idaho.gov
Governor Brian D. Schweitzer
Office of the Governor
Montana State Capitol Bldg.
P.O. Box 200801
Helena, MT 59620-0801
Phone: 406.444.3111
Fax: 406.444.5529
governor@mt.gov
Governor Matt Mead of Wyoming
State Capitol, 200 West 24th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0010
Phone: 307.777.7434
Fax: 307.632.3909
governor@wyo.gov
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I love wolves and I wish they would stop all this nonsense about taking them off the endangered species list. The wolves only do what they have to do to stay alive, that’s it. If we wouldn’t kill them off all the time, maybe their population would stabilize and we could live together in peace. Keep them on the list, save wolves, save ourselves.
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