1,000 Wolves at Risk: Call Interior Secretary Salazar Now

[hippydippymama]

Call the US Fish and Wildlife Service at 1-800-344-9453, select option “3” (for endangered species) and hit “0” to speak with the operator. Once you are connected, just deliver this simple message:

"I am calling to express my extreme disappointment in Interior Secretary Salazar’s decision to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for wolves

Comments

[agraciado]

hi, do you know anything about The Wolves or Wyoming other than what you have in this post you are putting up? I LIVE in Wyoming and I know Salazar as he was a politician in Colorado for years. If they want to eliminate the act it means that the wolves now have a healthy, thriving population. Because in these parts it's so open that a lot of times it's easy for certain animals to become overpopulated.

[shinigamu]

Just to clarify.. Just because someone lives in an area where a law is being looked at, does not mean they have the best intentions or are correct in the methods they wish to use. Just saying.

They want to drill for oil in Alaska, it doesn't mean they found a way to do it without environmental damage. Does that make sense?

[hippydippymama]

I'm looking up links for you as we speak, I just wanted to ask one question...

BECAUSE it's so open, that makes it EASIER for them to become overpopulated? I don't follow your logic.

[yukonsally]

if we don't thin the herd a bit, then they become overpopulated and then we have problems. I don't like hunting either but I'm okay with this.

[hippydippymama]

Since when are wolves overpopulated? There are 1500 in the entire Mountain West. And again- what does the "openness" of the environment have to do with overpopulation?

[hippydippymama]

The main concern is that wolves are hated in most of the Mountain West, and allowing them to be shot on sight will result in tragedy for the wolves. If you don't believe me, here:

Beloved 'Wolf 253' Killed in Wyoming

"Idaho Gov. C.L. Butch Otter on Friday repeated his desire to get the first available wolf hunting tag in the state so he can try to shoot one of the animals."

"Human factors have accounted for 89% of reported wolf deaths in Montana since 2003." And that's WHILE they were protected. Imagine what happens once it's not illegal and there's a dedicated hunting season?

I know this is from the same website as above, but it condenses everything nicely, uses several outside sources that are linked within the article, and they say it better than I can, so, there you go. Background and Recovery of Northern Rockies and Yellowstone Area Wolves