To eradicate the "War On Wolves" and continue the protection of endangered gray wolves

The Issue

The following is details taken from the website http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2017/01/minnesota-wisconsin-and-wyoming-have.html?m=1 and http://earthjustice.org/

"Senators from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming yesterday introduced the “War on Wolves Act,” a companion bill to legislation introduced last week in the House that would strip federal protections from wolves and allow trophy hunting and trapping of the species in four states.

If the legislation passes both chambers and gets signed by the president, it would hand the fate of wolves in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Wyoming over to states whose management wolf plans two federal courts ruled inadequate to securing the species at legally required population levels in absence of Endangered Species Act protections.

In Wyoming, this would allow the state to resume a hostile management program that allowed for unlimited shoot-on-sight killing of wolves across 85 percent of the state. The legislation would further strip citizens of the right to challenge these lethal programs in court. The appeals process of two federal court decisions that restored federal protections to wolves in those four states are still underway. Decisions on those cases are expected any day."

 

Politicians should not meddle in the science-based listing status of a particular species at any stage, but now is an especially bad time as these cases are still playing out in the courts. We urge those who support the protection of wolves to call their senators and representatives and tell them to vote down this lethal legislation.

 

 

 

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The Issue

The following is details taken from the website http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2017/01/minnesota-wisconsin-and-wyoming-have.html?m=1 and http://earthjustice.org/

"Senators from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming yesterday introduced the “War on Wolves Act,” a companion bill to legislation introduced last week in the House that would strip federal protections from wolves and allow trophy hunting and trapping of the species in four states.

If the legislation passes both chambers and gets signed by the president, it would hand the fate of wolves in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Wyoming over to states whose management wolf plans two federal courts ruled inadequate to securing the species at legally required population levels in absence of Endangered Species Act protections.

In Wyoming, this would allow the state to resume a hostile management program that allowed for unlimited shoot-on-sight killing of wolves across 85 percent of the state. The legislation would further strip citizens of the right to challenge these lethal programs in court. The appeals process of two federal court decisions that restored federal protections to wolves in those four states are still underway. Decisions on those cases are expected any day."

 

Politicians should not meddle in the science-based listing status of a particular species at any stage, but now is an especially bad time as these cases are still playing out in the courts. We urge those who support the protection of wolves to call their senators and representatives and tell them to vote down this lethal legislation.

 

 

 

The Decision Makers

Former U.S. Senate
2 Members
Al Franken
Former US Senate - Minnesota
Michael B. Enzi
Former US Senate - Wyoming
U.S. Senate
3 Members
Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Senate - Minnesota
Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Senate - Wisconsin
Ron Johnson
U.S. Senate - Wisconsin
John Barrasso
John Barrasso

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Petition created on January 31, 2017