OT Fwd: Wolves Under Fire: Less Than 30 Days to Halt New Attack

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This is their latest alert.

 

Wolves Under Fire: Less Than 30 Days to Halt New Attack

Friday 13 July 2007 17:25

" NRDC Action Fund - Frances Beinecke " <biogemsdefenders

 

Dear neal,

 

The Bush Administration has just issued a disastrous " License to

Kill " plan that could trigger the EXTERMINATION OF HALF THE GRAY

WOLVES in Wyoming and Idaho, starting as early as October --

unless we stop it now.

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments

on this cruel proposal ONLY UNTIL AUGUST 6. Please register your

opposition right now by clicking here to submit an Official

Citizen Comment: http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/U7wEz2F1Duh0/

 

OUR BEST HOPE FOR BLOCKING THIS " OPEN FIRE " ORDER is to generate

a tidal wave of public outrage and protest...so please sign your

Citizen Comment immediately.

 

The Bush Administration wants to treat wolves like vermin,

instead of an endangered species that has staged a welcome and

dramatic comeback from the brink of extinction.

 

In preparation for these mass killings, the government has

already purchased planes and helicopters capable of gunning down

entire packs of wolves in minutes.

 

THEIR GOAL: TO IMMEDIATELY KILL UP TO 700 WOLVES in Greater

Yellowstone and central Idaho.

 

OUR GOAL: TO STOP THIS HORRIFIC PROPOSAL IN ITS TRACKS -- by

generating 200,000 pro-wolf Citizen Comments by the August 6

deadline.

 

http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/U7wEz2F1Duh0/

 

Can we do it? I'm certain of it. Only three months ago, online

activists like you sent more than 137,000 Citizen Comments

protesting the Bush Administration's plan to remove Greater

Yellowstone's wolves from the endangered species list.

 

But even before that battle has been decided, THE BUSH

ADMINISTRATION IS UPPING THE ANTE BY DECLARING OPEN SEASON ON

WOLVES.

 

Simply put, they will allow the slaughter to begin while wolves

are still on the Endangered Species list!

 

The administration wants to be able to kill wolves anywhere that

elk herd numbers may be affected by wolves. It is focusing on

areas where elk herds are smaller than the states want.

 

But those few cases of declines in elk herds have been caused by

a combination of factors including habitat destruction, drought

and human hunting -- not just by wolves. And in most areas of

the northern Rockies, elk numbers are at all-time highs!

 

PLEASE BLOCK THIS NEW LICENSE TO KILL by expressing your

personal opposition while the Bush Administration is still

taking public input.

 

SUBMIT YOUR OFFICIAL CITIZEN COMMENT NOW -- and shield the

wolves of Greater Yellowstone and Idaho from the coming

crossfire.

 

Click here to submit your Comment:

http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/U7wEz2F1Duh0/

 

Sincerely,

 

Frances Beinecke

President

NRDC Action Fund

 

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