[WOLF UPDATE]: House votes to strip wolves of protections.

If finalized this could mean open season on ALL wolves. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Dead Gray Wolf © ADF&G | Lauren Boebert © GageSkidmore/flickr]( Defender, They will stop at nothing until every wolf is dead. Earlier this week, anti-wildlife extremists in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to prematurely strip most gray wolves in the lower 48 states of their Endangered Species Act protections. [EMERGENCY DEFENSE]( Let’s be clear – this bill, led by Rep. Lauren Boebert and deceptively named “Trust the Science Act” – has absolutely nothing to do with science. It has everything to do with the senseless killing of wildlife for political points. Wolves need our help now more than ever as this dangerous bill now heads to the Senate. [Join the fight to stop egregious anti-wildlife legislation and defend wolves!]( The Northern Rockies have shown us in heartbreaking detail precisely what happens when gray wolves lose their federal protections: Bounty programs that literally put a price on wolves’ heads. Baiting and night hunting on private land. Chasing wolves to exhaustion with snowmobiles before killing them. Strangulation snares that choke them to death. Just a few weeks ago, we even witnessed the unspeakable torture of a young wolf in Wyoming. She was run down and severely injured by a snowmobile. Afterward, the man taped her mouth shut, paraded her broken body around a bar, and then shot her out back. If this bill passes and the bloodthirsty Members of Congress get their way, the rest of our nation’s wolves will be faced with the same cruelty. [Donate right now to save wolves and other wildlife and stand up to these extremist legislators and the special interests they represent.]( Sincerely, Mike Senatore SVP, Conservation Programs Defenders of Wildlife [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street NW • Washington, DC 20036 defenders.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Photo Credit: Dead Gray Wolf © ADF&G | Lauren Boebert © GageSkidmore/flickr This email was sent to {EMAIL} Please do not respond to this email. [Unsubscribe here]( or update your preferences [here!]( [supporter]