Three Out of Four Wolves Could Die!

As Defenders of Wildlife's representative in Idaho, I'm writing today with a crucial request: The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has proposed a disastrous new wolf management plan, and we need your help to stop it.
Tell the Fish and Game to protect our wolves -- Send your message now.

Under the Department’s proposal, three out of every four wolves in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest’s Lolo district would be killed over the next five years. Entire wolf packs -- including pups -- could be eradicated using aerial gunning and trapping.

That’s not wolf management -- That’s a wolf massacre!
Urge the Department of Fish and Game to reject this wolf “mismanagement plan” -- send your comments now.

This awful proposal surfaced less than a week after the Bush administration turned over responsibility for the management of more than 500 wolves to the State of Idaho, where the state legislature has called for the elimination of wolves “by any means necessary."

Relying on a deficient study, state officials claim that reducing wolf numbers would increase the elk population. But scientists have long identified poor habitat conditions as the cause of low elk numbers.

Rather than addressing the real problem, the Department of Fish and Game chose to use wolves as a scapegoat to appease anti-wolf factions by killing these animals.

Don’t let Fish and Game get away with it. Send a message now to stand up for our wolves.

Eleven years ago, Defenders of Wildlife helped achieve a remarkable victory -- the reintroduction of wolves to Idaho, where they had almost vanished. Now anti-wolf zealots are trying to turn back the clock. They have even launched a new ballot initiative again calling for removal of wolves from Idaho "by any means possible."

We're not about to turn our backs on the progress that has been made or see the gray wolf once again disappear from its historic range.

We need your help to save Idaho's wolves. Please hurry -- the public comment period ends February 17th. Send your comments now.

Thank you for standing up for Idaho’s wolves. With your help, we can save them.

For the Wild Ones,

Suzanne Asha Stone

Northern Rockies Representative

Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. This is a crucial time for America's wolves. Earlier this month, the Bush Administration made public its plans to remove the Rocky Mountain gray wolf from the endangered species list, raising the specter of increased wolf control efforts across the American West. You can help support our efforts to protect wolves in Idaho and elsewhere with your tax-deductible contribution. Please make an emergency donation right now.