05/05/2022
PROTECT AMERICA'S WOLVES
Participate TOMORROW (May 6) in a Day of Action for wolves.
CALL Secretary of the Interior Haaland- see script below.
Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are under attack. Although ESA protections were restored for some wolves by court order in February 2022, that decision did not protect the wolves of the Northern Rockies and the decision is currently under threat due to the Biden Administration filing a notice of appeal. urrently under active pursuit: the Northern Rockies.
With no federal protections in place, the states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and the eastern regions of Oregon and Washington have declared a war on wolves, setting hunting and trapping seasons designed to wipe out the species and resulting in over 1,000 wolves killed in the last year. Despite over a year of focused advocacy and public pressure campaigns, Northern Rockies wolves have received zero relief from the federal government.
With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service set to make a decision on the relisting of the Northern Rockies wolves by September, our advocacy cannot waver and our voices are more critical than ever.
Let's participate in a Day of Action to protect wolves. Follow the action steps below:
Call Secretary Haaland tomorrow and urge her to relist the wolves of the Northern Rockies NOW. Let’s jam the Department of the Interior’s office phone lines with calls about wolves!
Call Secretary Haaland: Dial (202) 208-3100. If you are connected to a live representative, ask to be connected to the Secretary of the Interior’s office. If you get the automated directory, press 3 to be connected to the Secretary of the Interior’s office.
You may be connected to a live representative or have the opportunity to leave a voicemail. Either way, here's what you should say:
Share your name, where you live, and why you care about wolves and a call to action. Keep your comments respectful, polite and brief.
Example script: Hello, my name is ----------- and I live in ----------. I am devastated to learn that one-fifth of the park's wolves are gone due to horrific hunting and trapping seasons in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Secretary Haaland, you must take a stand and protect America's remaining wolves from slaughter. By September, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will announce whether the wolves of the Northern Rockies will be relisted but September is a long time away and we can’t afford to lose more wolves. I am asking Secretary Haaland to use her authority to issue an emergency relisting for the Northern Rockies wolves now before it's too late.
