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Restoring protections for Northern Rockies wolves

| July 12, 2022 1:00 AM

A court order on February 10, 2022 restored protections for all of the wolf populations in the United States except the Northern Rockies wolves (which includes Idaho and Montana). As they have been excluded from protections under the  Endangered Species Act, the wolves in Idaho and Montana have been killed indiscriminately. In Idaho this means each hunter can kill an unlimited number of wolves as long as they have purchased a corresponding number of tags with no restrictions on HOW they are killed.

According to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity up to 150 species become extinct every day on this planet.The wolves in Idaho and Montana are heading in this direction. Let us preserve the few remaining wolves. I don't want the only images we can see of wolves to be those on t-shirts, hats, blankets, jewelry, cups etc.  I don't want to show the children in my life pictures of this magnificent creature and tell them all about this animal who used to live here.

I am calling upon President Biden and Secretary Haaland to stand up for wolves and restore their protections under the Endangered Species Act.

CYNTHIA MASON

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