Court Decision Puts Lobos One Step Closer to Extinction. With
so few Mexican gray wolves on the ground, we need more lobos in the wild! But
late last week, a federal judge handed down a
decision that puts all releases of these wolves into the wilds of New
Mexico are on hold. This is especially devastating because the ruling comes
right in the middle of the best time of year for wolf releases. In fact, the
ruling effectively blocks a wolf release planned for July! We’re working to
intervene in this case, and prevent the state from further sabotaging Mexican
gray wolf recovery. It’s clear that these wolves are running out of time – but
this is one extinction we can prevent if we act now. Help us fight for Mexican
gray wolves >
Late last week, Defenders learned about yet another setback in the fight to recover Mexican gray wolves. A federal district judge handed down a decision that temporarily stops all releases of Mexican gray wolves into the wilds of New Mexico.
This is especially devastating because the ruling comes right in the middle of the best time of year for wolf releases. In fact, the ruling effectively blocks a wolf release planned for July!
Defenders is attempting to intervene in this court case in order to prevent the state from further sabotaging Mexican gray wolf recovery.
Your donation will help us keep up the pressure for lobos and other imperiled wildlife – in court, in the field and in the halls of power.
Lobos
Under Attack!
New
Mexico wants to block the fostering of Mexican gray wolf pups with wild wolf
packs.
Here’s the situation – the state of New Mexico has gone to court to try and stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from releasing captive-bred wolf pups and adults into the Gila National Forest. Even worse, the state has called for recently released pups to be re-captured and placed back into captivity.
That’s just crazy.
Polls have shown that the people of New Mexico overwhelmingly favor wolf recovery. You have to ask yourself, whose interests is the state serving by trying to hinder needed wolf releases?
As you know, Mexican gray wolves are the world’s most endangered gray wolves, with fewer than 100 clinging to survival in the wild. The maddening thing is that without constant political interference, the lobo could have already gained a steady foothold.
The anti-wolf people are the minority, but they’re a powerful group. Driven by old fears and hatred of the federal government, these forces have thrown sand in the gears of lobo recovery year after year.
We have gone to court time and time again to protect these critically endangered wolves – and we won’t stop until they’re truly on the road to recovery.
You’ve been such an important partner in this urgent work. Can I count on you today?
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It's happened again: Republicans in Congress have introduced
another disastrous rider to a must-pass budget bill that would strip Endangered
Species Act protections from wolves in Wyoming and the Great Lakes region.
Congressional lawmakers tried to pass the exact same language in last year's
bill, but were unsuccessful.
We need you to pick up the phone and call your representatives in Congress. Tell them to vote no on this bill until this horrible rider is removed.
This rider -- attached to the "Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill" -- is the 18th legislative attack on wolves introduced by the current Congress. But it should come as no surprise: Certain politicians are willing to do anything, even circumvent the best science and the courts, to take away wolf protections.
This year's budget bill also contains several other riders on industry's wish list. One explicitly forbids greater sage grouse from getting the federal protections they desperately need, even though their habitat is being consumed by the oil industry. Another would potentially weaken protections for salmon as well as the Delta smelt in California's Bay-Delta region.
Please -- call your representatives today and urge them to push for a clean budget, with no more anti-wolf or anti-environment backroom deals.
We need you to pick up the phone and call your representatives in Congress. Tell them to vote no on this bill until this horrible rider is removed.
This rider -- attached to the "Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill" -- is the 18th legislative attack on wolves introduced by the current Congress. But it should come as no surprise: Certain politicians are willing to do anything, even circumvent the best science and the courts, to take away wolf protections.
This year's budget bill also contains several other riders on industry's wish list. One explicitly forbids greater sage grouse from getting the federal protections they desperately need, even though their habitat is being consumed by the oil industry. Another would potentially weaken protections for salmon as well as the Delta smelt in California's Bay-Delta region.
Please -- call your representatives today and urge them to push for a clean budget, with no more anti-wolf or anti-environment backroom deals.
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