This article is about PROTECTING GREY WOLVES FROM EXTINCTION. A REPUBLICAN BACKED LAW has already passed the US House and only needs passage in the US Senate. If you don't call RIGHT NOW it will probably be too late!
This article was originally printed as
Wolves On Way To Extinction on Technorati by Tim Paynter
A proposal in front of the US Senate will exempt wolves from the endangered species act and place the animals into sure extinction, according to activist Robert Dewey, Vice President for Government Relations of
the Defenders of Wildlife.
Dewey sent an urgent call to action asking for immediate action or accept a dismal fate for the wolf in various states including Montana, Washington State, Oregon and Idaho. The legislation would transfer the fate of the wolves from federal hands into state hands. Idaho, for example, has refused to cooperate with the federal plan claiming a wolf pack of 150 is all that is required. Hundreds of Grey Wolves are slated for extermination. After delisting the wolf passed in the House, the future of the wolf now lies in the US Senate.
A new wolf population had been reestablished in Idaho and Montana by 1995. The Fish and Wildlife Service transported 66 additional wolves from Canada to prop up the US species. By 2009, the packs had grown to about 2000 animals, enough for the species to maintain itself. Then Idaho and Montana authorized a hunting season which reduced the wolf population by 30%, down to 1650 animals, during a single season,
after the wolf was delisted as a protected species.
Some state agencies seek to extinguish the wolf packs under political pressure. An Additional wolf hunting season was finally blocked by legal action, say the Defenders of Wildlife. The House law
exempts a single species of animal from the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of protected species. That keeps professional wildlife management experts out of the discussion. Rather, the decision is made fo
r political reasons. Such action sets the precedence for eliminating other protected species that get in the way of development by merely excepting them from the endangered species list.
The matter has been to court before and lost, meaning senators are setting various states up for spending money on law suits instead of on wildlife.
Wolves hunting in packs can take down large animals including domestic buffalo and cattle
Funding cuts will destroy many of the programs used by the Environmental Protection Agency in it’s response to climate change. The budgets are slashed so that protection of wildlife and wilderness is under funded. The funding cuts even hit clean air and clean water programs.
If taking care of the animals is important to you, if insuring clean air and water for the children is important, if protecting against global warming is important, then Dewey asks you to call your senator today! He says he really means it! When will our country begin to put what is best for the country above what puts green paper in one's pocket?
These animals were a crucial part of the ecosystem long before man managed to eradicate wolves! Now, a few wealthy people seek to change what species can be considered endangered based upon political decisions, not based on what is really going on in the environment. Your help is urgently needed!
Surprising, the same conservative voices in Congress wish to eradicate wolves and those who have come to this country without documentation. Your action on both issues is critical if we are to build in the tradition of this great country!
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