I AM OUTRAGED

Cottonwood Pack Tragedy The Cottonwood wolves of Yellowstone National Park became some of the latest victims of a flawed wolf delisting rule. Please sign our petition to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, urging him to withdraw his flawed delisting rule that removed vital protections for wolves in the northern Rockies region.

Dear Auntie-Nanuuq,

I have sad news. Yellowstone National Park’s famous Cottonwood Pack has just been destroyed -- all the adult wolves have been killed, and the surviving pups will likely die without the rest of their wolf family.

The Cottonwoods are just some of the latest victims of the federal government’s likely illegal decision to eliminate vital protections for our wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies. Unless we are successful in urging Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to reverse this bad decision, hundreds more wolves will be killed.

Please sign our petition and urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to immediately take action to restore protections for these amazing animals.

The Cottonwood wolves are not alone. They’re among the more than 60 wolves already killed in the region -- a disturbingly high number for a hunting season only weeks old.

I was there when the first wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park, and I have personally guided Defenders members to watch the Cottonwood Pack. It is particularly heartbreaking to see one of America's greatest conservation victories slip from our grasp because of a policy mistake. But there is still time to correct it -- and if we act quickly, we can still save the lives of literally hundreds of wolves in the region.

Our wolves need your voice -- and the support of as many others as possible who care about the future of these magnificent animals.

Sign this important petition today. We will personally hand-deliver your signatures to the Department of the Interior as a powerful statement that America supports a lasting future for our wolves.

The next few weeks will be crucial for our wolves in this region. The truth is, the future of wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies is at a crossroads -- and it will take the voices of caring wildlife supporters like you to make a difference.

Last month, a federal judge ruled that we are likely to win our lawsuit to restore protections for these beloved wolves. But with the lives of hundreds of wolves at stake, we can’t wait for the final ruling on our case -- a ruling that will likely not come for many months.

Please sign our petition to Secretary Salazar today.

The Cottonwood wolves were not the first victims of the flawed delisting -- and they certainly won’t be the last. The time has come to correct the unacceptable error made by the Obama administration that continues to erode one of the greatest conservation victories of the last century. Please lend your voice to help save our wolves.

Together, we can ensure that wolves will be an enduring part of America.

Sincerely, Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. No new administration is immune from mistakes -- even big ones like this. We are strongly encouraging Obama's Interior Department to recognize their error and correct it immediately. But we need your help to make sure they know how important this is. Please sign our petition today.

P.S. If you would like to support our work to save wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and northern Rockies region, please donate online, or call 1-800-385-9712.

Stop the Slaughter of Idaho Wolves

Stand up...make your voice heard....All these stoopid people who are afraid of non-two leggeds who happen to be smarter than they are...so they have to kill them off...for what purpose?

-- In just a few days, Idaho officials have already sold more than 4,000 of an estimated 70,000 permits for a deadly wolf hunt that could kill at least 25% of the state’s wolves this year alone. On Monday, Defenders of Wildlife's lawyers will try to convince a federal judge to stop this awful slaughter before it starts, but we’re not stopping there in our efforts to save the lives of these wolves.

Please read the message below from actress and activist Ashley Judd, watch the video and send a message to the Obama administration to stop Idaho’s deadly wolf hunt and support reasonable, science-based management of wolves in the northern Rockies.

-- Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife

Seventy thousand permits to shoot and kill wolves in Idaho. Seventy thousand guns trained on the estimated 1,000 wolves in Idaho.

It’s unbelievable, but true. Unless they’re stopped, Idaho officials intend to sell as many as 70 wolf hunting permits for each one of these magnificent animals living in the Gem State. In just the first day the permits were on sale, the state sold thousands!

Please help me stop this slaughter by watching Defenders of Wildlife’s new video and sending an emergency message to President Barack Obama asking him to stop this devastating wolf hunt.

Idaho officials have announced they plan to allow hunters to target the 1,000 wolves in Idaho, shooting and killing up to 220 wolves during this hunting season alone. More than four thousand wolf-killing permits have already been sold -- and the killing could begin next Tuesday!

Under Idaho’s wolf plan, more than 500 wolves could be killed over the next two years. But the true results of the state’s plans may be even worse.

Idaho’s legislature has said it wants to remove all wolves from the state “by whatever means necessary,” and Governor Butch Otter literally howled with delight when President Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar eliminated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves earlier this year and has promised to hunt wolves himself.

Unless we stop the hunt, hundreds of wolves could be killed, with orphaned wolf pups -- unable to hunt for themselves -- left to starve to death during the brutal winter months.

Please watch this new video and then urge President Obama to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Idaho and Montana.

The good people at Defenders of Wildlife are doing everything they can right now to ensure a lasting future for wolves in Idaho and the rest of the northern Rockies. I’m lending my voice to this fight, and I hope you will too.

Sincerely,

Ashley Judd

P.S. We don’t have much time to save the lives of these wolves. Idaho’s wolf hunt is scheduled to begin next Tuesday! Please take action now…

P.P.S. Help us send 150,000 messages to President Obama. Please forward this message!

Watch the Video and Help Save Idaho Wolves.

Watch Ashley Judd’s new video for Defenders of Wildlife and urge President Obama to stop the deadly Idaho wolf hunt.

Please forward this message to a friend and help us send 150,000 messages to President Obama!

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