***Got this email today and thought I should pass it on!! If this is an issure thats important to you please, please cut and paste the link provided and sign the pention that will hopfully say to the Congress, Presidents and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne that this rule change is unacceptable!! Thanks..dB***
Ignoring tens of thousands of citizens like you, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has just made it much easier to kill wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies region -- wolves that still remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Take action now! Tell Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne that this rule change is just not right!
Wildlife officials will soon be able to shoot, trap and kill endangered wolves. Even those that wander from the safety of Yellowstone National Park and other protected areas could be killed.
This rule change allows officials to start killing wolves as soon as March. Please speak out today!
Here's what happened: Federal officials changed the so-called "10j" rule yesterday, lowering the bar for killing wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. This terrible rule change opens the door to the slaughter of hundreds of endangered wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies region.
The states would only need to prove that wolves are a "major cause" of the inability of elk and deer to meet state management goals. Wolves could be killed even if they only have an effect on how elk herds move or behave -- not just if they reduce herd numbers.
Write to Secretary Kempthorne to express your outrage today!
These wolves are still listed as "endangered" animals -- federal officials still have yet to decide whether to remove protections under the Endangered Species Act for wolves in the Greater Yellowstone region.
Our partners at Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund are leading the efforts to oppose this outrageous decision. We need your voice. Tell Secretary Kempthorne that you are outraged by this rule change!
Thank you for acting today to save wolves,
Rebecca Young,
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/374176612?z00m=13071424
