A letter from Jamie Rappaport Clark, President, Defenders of Wildlife:
Dear
Virginia,
Across the Northern Rockies and beyond, anti-wolf extremists are mounting a well-funded and unrelenting attack.
More than 1,100 wolves have been killed as a result
of hunting and trapping in the Northern Rockies since Congress stripped them of
Endangered Species Act protection in 2011.
- The governor of Montana recently signed a bill into
law that prohibits state wildlife officials from establishing protective buffer
zones along national park borders, a measure that would have helped protect
Yellowstone wolves.
- In Utah, a shameful and fiscally-irresponsible proposal
by anti-wolf extremists just passed out of committee. If finalized, this
measure will allocate $300,000 of taxpayer money to anti-wolf lobbying efforts
in Washington D.C. – aiming to strip the last shreds of federal protection for nearly all gray
wolves across the Lower 48.
- In Idaho, state officials approved a proposal to pay
Wildlife Services $50,000 to kill more wolves.
We’re
witnessing firsthand what happens when the fate of wolves is turned over to
states with extreme anti-wolf management plans in place.
It's hard to fathom that earlier in the month, Wyoming opened even more of their state to the unlimited killing of wolves!
Defenders
of Wildlife is America’s premier wildlife advocacy
organization working to protect endangered wildlife. Our science and
legal
teams are renowned in the field. We are leading efforts and speaking out
across the country on behalf of wolves to help ensure that our nation’s
imperiled wildlife receive the crucial
protection they deserve and need in order to recover.
Thanks for all that you do for wolves – and all of America’s
endangered wildlife.
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Sincerely,
Jamie Rappaport Clark
President
Defenders of Wildlife
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