Dear Wolf Advocate,
Right now in Washington lawmakers are working to remove protections for midwestern and Wyoming wolves through HR 424 and S. 164. Senate file 164 was introduced by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI). The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to "reissue" the final rules relating to the delisting of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and the State of Wyoming. The wolf will be delisted as they were in 2012 and the states' hunting and trapping seasons will be implemented immediately. This bill also contains language stating that there will be "no judicial review" of this law. This is a dangerous precedent in the use of power by congress over the courts.
Senate bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/164?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22s164%22%5D%7D&r=1
Please stand strong and make calls to your own US Senators asap.
Urge the Senators NOT to co-sponsor or vote for S. 164 the wolf delisting bill.
For Minnesota residents, Senator Franken has not co-sponsored this bill. He needs us to urge him NOT to sponsor or support this bill. Please call Senator Franken at 202 224-5614 in DC, 218 722-2390 in Duluth, 651 221 1016 in St. Paul, 210 284 8721 in Moorhead.
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has co-sponsored S 164. Please ask her to reconsider and withdraw her sponsorship for this bill. Please call her at 202 224 3244 in DC, 612 727 5220 in Minneapolis, 507 288 5321 in Rochester, 218 741 9690 in Virginia and 218 287 2219 in Moorhead.
For Wisconsin residents, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has co-sponsored S. 164. Please ask her to reconsider and withdraw her sponsorship from the bill. Call her at 202 224-5643 in DC, 800 247 5645 toll free from WI or call one of her district offices.
For all other states, urge your US Senators to NOT sponsor or vote for S. 164.
For those who live in New York, Senator Schumer as the minority leader will be involved in determining what bills are voted upon and he can assist with defending the wolf. Senator Schumer can be reached at 202 224-6542, 518 431-4070 in Albany.
Here are some talking points if time permits on your call. Otherwise, make a simple request to vote NO on S.164 and keep the wolf federally protected.
Delisting will be detrimental to the gray wolf. As soon as the wolf was no longer federally protected, wolf killing was unleashed and it occurs now. The massive wolf killings through state-supported hunts has already lessened the genetic diversity of the wolf population and created chaos in the wolf packs.
The wolf is essential to a healthy ecosystem. Many other species' live and thrive where the wolf is present. Even the deer are larger and healthier when living near the wolf, an apex predator.
Wolves are not a threat to cattle. In Minnesota where 2.78 million cattle were raised in 2015, only 74 calves and cows were verified killed by a wolf. Yet for that insignificant and small mortality (.0032%) from a suspected wolf, almost 200 wolves were killed in Minnesota in response by federal agents using baiting and trapping of wolves without any verification of any specific wolf. That is 10% of the entire wolf population in MN! The wolf still needs federal protections. Make the call today. Find your senators here.
Keep howling,
Howling for Wolves
-Maureen Hackett, MD, President and Founder, Howling For Wolves
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