Please sign petition to stop Minnesota from killing wolves for sport!

Readers of Canis lupus 101,

Minnesota's wolves urgently need your help. After Great Lakes wolves lost federal protection under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, state managers rushed to authorize wolf hunting and trapping seasons. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit to stop the sport killing of wolves, but state courts refused to take action.

Hunters shot and needlessly killed more than 120 of Minnesota's wolves in the first 12 days of the hunt. The state's goal is to kill 400 by the end of the season.

Wolf trapping season begins tomorrow, Nov. 24, and hundreds more of these beautiful and intelligent animals will suffer and die in gruesome leghold traps and snares.

Wolves are an essential part of the American wildscape. They regulate prey populations and help maintain biodiversity. Sport hunting and trapping may actually exacerbate problems between domestic animals and wolves. Sport killings disrupt pack dynamics and create lone wolves that are more apt to target livestock or pets out of desperation.

Don't let wolves continue to be killed for sport in Minnesota. Tell Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to oppose sport hunting and trapping of wolves and help halt all unnecessary killing.

Click here to find out more and take action.

If you can't open the link, go to http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11977
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