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Dear wolf advocate:
This morning the Acting Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will soon propose a new rule to administratively delist and remove Endangered Species Act protections for wolves. This would allow for state management of wolves. The USFWS will publish their proposed rule in the Federal Register in the coming days, and a public comment period will follow.
Howling For Wolves issued the following statement earlier today:
"Removal from the Endangered Species List means wolves will lose federal protections and states may allow senseless wolf trophy hunting, which is a death sentence and the road to extinction for the wolf.
Many state officials will disregard the damage that wolf-killing has on the population, the pack structure, and the wolves' genetic diversity. Wolves die in many ways when they lose federal protections, and this harms the long-term survival of wolves for future generations."
When the delisting rule is proposed and the official comment period opens, we will follow up with our supporters with ways to make sure our comments are included and our voices heard.
The fight to protect the wolf continues. We must persist!
Thank you for your action and please donate so we can continue to be a voice for the wolf!
-Maureen Hackett, MD, President and Founder, Howling For Wolves
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