Montana wolves are struggling to survive

Vulnerable wolves face a six-month long hunting season in areas of Montana. Donate $10 now to help protect wildlife and the planet before another wolf faces a gruesome fate! Dear Friend, Vulnerable wolves face a six-month long hunting season in areas of Montana. Donate $10 now to help protect wildlife and the planet before another wolf faces a gruesome fate! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Snow splattered red. Helpless cries of a mama wolf. She is dying in pain, trying to protect her young pups. They won’t survive without her. These needless deaths were all too common in Montana this winter. The state declared war on vulnerable wolves – extending the hunting season to six months in some areas. That means wolves are spending half of the year trying to dodge bullets from trophy hunters. Or being gunned down where they sleep. Still, brutal hunters are pushing against vital protections for wolves. All so they can keep killing them off for “fun.” [The vicious hunt of helpless wolves can’t continue, Friend. Donate $10 today and help us reach our $4,300 goal to protect vulnerable wildlife and the planet!]( The snow in Montana this winter wasn’t sparkling white -- it was soaked red by the blood of innocent wolves. During the 6-month hunting season, hunters gunned down nearly 300 helpless wolves across the state. To make matters worse, Montana allows wolf hunting along Yellowstone’s northern border. That means any Yellowstone wolf that wanders over the park’s border loses its protection and is instantly fair game to hunters. And trophy hunters don’t just kill wolves. They make them suffer using inhumane methods like neck snares and steel traps. Wolves are left reeling in pain for days before dying. And their babies are left orphaned and facing the same fate. These devastating scenes are completely avoidable -- and now is the time to take action. Hunting season is taking its toll on wolves. Act now to help protect vulnerable wildlife and the planet: Donate $10 today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( This winter was devastating for wolves. And with only 6,000 wolves remaining in the lower 48 states, these precious canines can’t go on like this much longer. That’s because one wolf kill isn’t just one wolf kill. When a mama wolf is gunned down by a trophy hunter, her babies’ chances for survival plummet. Without protection, orphaned wolf pups could starve or freeze to death. Or they might survive long enough to fall prey to other animals and trophy hunters. And to make matters worse, some state hunting practices are worse than anything we’ve seen before. Wolves are chased down by helicopters. Run over by snowmobiles. Dynamited in their dens while they sleep. And it’s all completely legal. No animal deserves this fate, Friend. But if we don’t act soon, it could get even easier for hunters to viciously torture and kill wolves in droves. That’s because Big Polluters are using their massive influence to help trophy hunters strip away the last few protections wolves still have. If they get their way, they could wipe out wolves. All so they can take over their lands and open them up for destructive mining and logging. That would also destroy any possibility of wolves being able to recover in the future. Trophy hunters and Big Polluters have shown time and again that they care more about lining their pockets than the lives of wolves and survival of our planet. But Friend, is private profit really worth all of this bloodshed and destruction? Don’t let greedy corporate interests drive our last wolves to extinction. Donate $10 for vulnerable wildlife and our planet today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Here’s what we’re up against: Powerful trophy hunting and Big Oil lobbies are fighting tooth and nail against protections for wolves. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is ignoring science-backed wolf recovery practices. That means struggling wolf populations are being abandoned in pro-hunting states like Montana as we saw when they denied wolves critical protections in the Northern Rockies. And losing wolves would have serious impacts on our planet. Wolves are a keystone species. They help balance out their ecosystems by keeping prey populations in check. Not to mention, scavengers rely on their kills to sustain them. Without wolves, other plant and animal species could suffer. With hunting season taking its toll, it’s never been more important to stand up for wolves. Friends of the Earth is working to strengthen the Endangered Species Act and protect the wildlife that depends on it. A vital piece of legislation, the ESA allows us to shield endangered species from violence. Even more, it gives us the power to block destructive industries like Big Oil, logging, and factory farming from destroying critical habitats for profit. With your help, we’re pushing back against vicious attacks on the Endangered Species Act and the greedy corporations that want to dismantle it. Friend, your membership gift today can help us continue this planet-saving work and protect our only Earth. But we’re up against some powerful foes. Private trophy-hunting interests and Big Polluters have seemingly bottomless resources to get their way. That’s why I’m asking for your help today. We are falling $1,293 short of our goal. But if just 1 in 12 people reading this makes a $10 contribution today, we can reach our $4,300 goal and make real change for vulnerable wildlife and the planet. Will you stand with us today? Greedy interests can’t be allowed to drive wolves to extinction. Donate $10 immediately to fight for wildlife and the planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Standing with you, Raena Garcia Senior fossil fuels and lands campaigner, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us]( Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2023, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]