Wandering Wolf OR-7 Fathers Pups Two Years in A
Row! Wildlife biologists watching OR-7 — made famous for being the
first wolf to reenter northern California in 2011—and his black female
companion, were right in their suspicions that the couple would soon mate! Last
year OR-7 was part of the first wolf pair to successfully breed west of the
Cascades in Oregon in over 100 years as he and his mate sired three wolf pups,
two of which survived the winter. This week, Oregon Fish and Wildlife biologists
found pup scat in the area where OR-7’s family is living, proving the couple has
new pups again this year! We’re thrilled to see the OR-7’s family – which has
been named the “Rogue Pack” – expand again this year! These wolves are bringing
hope to advocates everywhere by showing that if given the opportunity, wolves
can and will begin to reclaiming the vast historic, suitable habitat in western
Oregon! We’ll be keeping our eyes on you, OR-7! Psst – Check out a short time-lapse video of OR-7’s yearlings playing in the
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest … cute!
Big news for wolf recovery on the West
Coast: Wildlife officials in Oregon report that wolf OR-7 -- who
made international headlines in 2011 for becoming the first wild wolf in
California in 87 years -- has sired another litter of
pups.
OR-7 has been roaming southern Oregon and Northern California for the past four years; he finally found a mate last year and had a litter of pups. It's happened again for the second year in a row: While the new pups haven't been seen, biologists say they've found scat making it clear there's another litter.
It's great news, but the future of wolf recovery in Oregon and the West still hangs in the balance. Oregon wildlife commissioners are considering a proposal to end state protections for wolves, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service keeps pushing to end federal protections for nearly all wolves around the country.
"OR-7 traveled 4,000 miles to find a mate and start a family," said the Center for Biological Diversity's Amaroq Weiss, "but this important recovery can only continue if we keep protecting wolves."
Read more in The Oregonian -- where you can also see photos of OR-7's pups from a year ago -- and watch our video.
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Certain
members of the House of Representatives have snuck more than 25 backdoor
provisions into a bill that, if signed into law, will have devastating
consequences on our environment, including endangered wildlife. A similar ploy
was recently attempted with a military spending bill. Now these shameless,
far-right Republicans are trying again with a must-pass bill that funds the
Department of the Interior.
Please call your representative to stop this now. Two of the backdoor riders will strip protections from wolves.
Section 121, introduced by Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), would cut protections for gray wolves in the Great Lakes region and Wyoming -- and forbid judicial review of the policy rider itself.
Amendment No. 19, introduced by Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), would permanently cut all federal protections for wolves in Washington, Oregon and Utah -- even though recovery is still in its early stages in Washington and Oregon, and has barely begun in Utah.
Time and again the courts have sided with scientists in keeping wolves protected -- which is why these politicians have resorted to underhanded schemes. If passed these riders would not only undermine wolf recovery but damage the Endangered Species Act itself -- one of our nation's bedrock environmental laws. They would expose thousands of wolves to brutal hunting and trapping seasons and open the door to stripping protections from other species whenever those species are deemed inconvenient by politicians.
Act now to call your representative and defend wolves. These riders are a direct attack on the Endangered Species Act and would set a dangerous precedent.
Please call your representative to stop this now. Two of the backdoor riders will strip protections from wolves.
Section 121, introduced by Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), would cut protections for gray wolves in the Great Lakes region and Wyoming -- and forbid judicial review of the policy rider itself.
Amendment No. 19, introduced by Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), would permanently cut all federal protections for wolves in Washington, Oregon and Utah -- even though recovery is still in its early stages in Washington and Oregon, and has barely begun in Utah.
Time and again the courts have sided with scientists in keeping wolves protected -- which is why these politicians have resorted to underhanded schemes. If passed these riders would not only undermine wolf recovery but damage the Endangered Species Act itself -- one of our nation's bedrock environmental laws. They would expose thousands of wolves to brutal hunting and trapping seasons and open the door to stripping protections from other species whenever those species are deemed inconvenient by politicians.
Act now to call your representative and defend wolves. These riders are a direct attack on the Endangered Species Act and would set a dangerous precedent.
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Famed Wolf OR-7 Sires a Second Litter of Pups in Southern
Oregon
Big news for wolf recovery on the West
Coast: Wildlife officials in Oregon report that wolf OR-7 OR-7 has been roaming southern Oregon and Northern California for the past four years; he finally found a mate last year and had a litter of pups. It's happened again for the second year in a row: While the new pups haven't been seen, biologists say they've found scat making it clear there's another litter.
It's great news, but the future of wolf recovery in Oregon and the West still hangs in the balance. Oregon wildlife commissioners are considering a proposal to end state protections for wolves, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service keeps pushing to end federal protections for nearly all wolves around the country.
"OR-7 traveled 4,000 miles to find a mate and start a family," said the Center for Biological Diversity's Amaroq Weiss, "but this important recovery can only continue if we keep protecting wolves."
Read more in The Oregonian -- where you can also see photos of OR-7's pups from a year ago -- and watch our video.
Only 110 Mexican gray wolves roam the American wild, but for far-right
Republican Steve Pearce, that's 110 too many. Congressman Pearce has proposed a
bill to eliminate the federal recovery program for the lobo -- allowing them to
be shot, trapped and poisoned across the Southwest. If he succeeds, it would
undo decades of hard work to save these wolves from near extinction and restore
them to their ancient home.
To defeat attacks like these, your contribution to the Predator Defense Fund is crucial.
Pearce's bill is deceptively simple -- it attempts to override scientific findings by declaring that the Endangered Species Act will have no "force and effect" over the Southwest's wolves. The Tea Party strategy is to take apart the Act one animal at a time. If they can win on wolves, then sage grouse, prairie chickens, jaguars, panthers and spotted owls will be targeted with similar bills, and one of our bedrock environmental laws will be gutted.
With a donation to the Predator Defense Fund, you can help us defeat this deadly legislation, protect the Southwest's wolves, and preserve the Endangered Species Act all at once.
The only thing stopping these low, vicious political assaults on wolves and other species is the Center's team of lawyers, scientists and activists. Your help through the Predator Defense Fund keeps us going. The Center knows how to win -- we've secured protection for more than 500 species. But with the wolf-haters stepping it up, we need your help.
Give to the Predator Defense Fund today and support our work for the Southwest's wolves -- some of the most endangered animals in the United States. Their very survival depends on us defeating this craven attack.
To defeat attacks like these, your contribution to the Predator Defense Fund is crucial.
Pearce's bill is deceptively simple -- it attempts to override scientific findings by declaring that the Endangered Species Act will have no "force and effect" over the Southwest's wolves. The Tea Party strategy is to take apart the Act one animal at a time. If they can win on wolves, then sage grouse, prairie chickens, jaguars, panthers and spotted owls will be targeted with similar bills, and one of our bedrock environmental laws will be gutted.
With a donation to the Predator Defense Fund, you can help us defeat this deadly legislation, protect the Southwest's wolves, and preserve the Endangered Species Act all at once.
The only thing stopping these low, vicious political assaults on wolves and other species is the Center's team of lawyers, scientists and activists. Your help through the Predator Defense Fund keeps us going. The Center knows how to win -- we've secured protection for more than 500 species. But with the wolf-haters stepping it up, we need your help.
Give to the Predator Defense Fund today and support our work for the Southwest's wolves -- some of the most endangered animals in the United States. Their very survival depends on us defeating this craven attack.
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