Late last week, even as many families enjoyed the final hours of July
4th vacations in Yellowstone National Park, officials in the
Bush/Cheney Administration announced a new proposal that could lead to
widespread regional killing of gray wolves, some of the park's
most popular residents.

Oppose the Administration's latest assault on America's
endangered wolves. Send your message now online at:

[link]

On Friday, July 6th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a 30-day
comment period on its latest outrageous proposals plans that would
sanction the killing of more than 700 wolves in the Yellowstone area
and parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, including wolves protecting
their pups on National Forest lands and Wilderness areas.

The proposal would set the stage for aerial gunning of wolves in
Wyoming and Idaho and clear the way for the extermination of three out
of four wolves in the Lolo area of Idaho's Clearwater National
Forest, a plan that had been shelved after more than 41,000 wildlife
supporters spoke out against it.

Under this latest proposal, these and other wolves could be killed,
even if gray wolves in the Northern Rockies remain protected under the
Endangered Species Act.

The proposal comes even as federal officials are reviewing the
hundreds of thousands of public comments submitted in opposition to
the Administration's plan to eliminate Endangered Species Act
Protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.

Fight back against the Bush/Cheney Administration's latest
assault on protections for endangered wolves... Send your message
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now:

[link]

Just last month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed its long
term opposition to Wyoming's wolf management plan, clearing the
way for a state policy that allows wolves to be shot on sight in most
of the state if they wander outside the safety of Yellowstone or Grand
Tetons National Parks and nearby areas.

Once again, federal officials are bending over backwards to allow the
killing of still-endangered gray wolves. And, once again, Defenders
needs your help to stop them.

This may well be your last chance to comment on these actions before
wolves in the region are removed from the list of federally protected
threatened and endangered species. We're trying to generate
50,000 comments opposing these terrible proposals before August 6th.
Will you help?

Speak out now. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that you
strongly oppose its acceptance of Wyoming's wolf management plan
and proposed changes to wolf management in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.

[link]

We only have until Monday August 6th to speak out against these
proposals, so please send your message today.

[link]