28 March 2014
47,500 Defenders Members Send Comments to The Fish and Wildlife Service Opposing Gray wolf Delisting Proposal: Last month, you heard
that a panel of independent expert scientists unanimously concluded
that The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) used bad science to justify
their gray wolf delisting proposal. In light of peer review findings,
the Service reopened the comment period and 47,501 Defenders members
submitted comments strongly opposing this misguided rule. (These
comments are submitted in addition to the approximately 1 million comments that were submitted by the environmental coalition in December, when the official comment period closed.)As part of this effort, we thought you’d like to see this heartwarming video from some of the nation’s youngest, most impassioned wolf advocates who effectively drive home many of our primary concerns with this delisting proposal. As the kids put it, now that it’s been confirmed that the proposal is not based on good science, we are left wondering why the Service wants to turn its back on wolves. As Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has said, the gray wolf delisting proposal is “… about science and you do what the science says.” Secretary Jewell now has the power to change the deadly direction that wolves are headed and we are hopeful she will listen to the thousands of you who have commented.
Saturday Marks the 16th Anniversary of Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery:
On March 29, 1998, the Service released 11 captive Mexican gray wolves
into Arizona in an effort to reestablish the population of imperiled
wolves into the American southwest. Today, there are only about75 wolves
in the wild and another 300 in captivity, making Mexican gray wolves
the world’s most endangered species of wolves. Unfortunately, 16 years
after recovery first began, the Service has suspended recovery planning
for Mexican gray wolves. This is unacceptable and Defenders believes
that unless the Service takes immediate action, this magnificent animal
will cease to exist in the wild. A recent study has emphasized the fact
that this species needs more wolves in more populations with more room
to roam. You can help us by telling the Service
that Mexican gray wolves have no time to waste, and that the Service
cannot give up on Mexican wolf recovery before the job is done! On this
anniversary, we are holding the Service’s feet to the fire!Animal Footprints on Mt. Hood Confirmed to be Wolf Tracks! A bit of good news… finally, for wolves. Biologists have confirmed that that the tracks found earlier this season on Mt. Hood are indeed wolf tracks, indicating that Oregon’s wolves are dispersing westward to the Cascades. These confirmed tracks make this the first documented wolf to appear in the region since 1947! We hope other wolves will follow — quite literally — in this wolf’s tracks towards the ample wolf habitat in the Cascades region. We’ll be watching!
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