Brutal hunting practices allowed for wolves

Dear Friend, Vulnerable wolves -- from pups to adults -- are being slaughtered with impunity. Rush your $27 gift today to protect them and the planet! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( 90% of Idaho’s 1,500 wolves are on the chopping block. Earlier this month, the state allowed hunters to slaughter most of their resident wolves, going so far as to offer bounties for their carcasses! [Help us save vulnerable wolves from this carnage and protect the ecosystems they uphold: Donate $27 or more before it’s too late.]( There is an even greater risk here for wolves if Idaho hunters follow in the footsteps of Wisconsin’s spring wolf hunt: hunters in the state BLEW past the quota within the first 72 hours. With most wolves in Idaho on the line this season, we could see irreversible damage done to the state’s wolf population. And once they are gone, it would be extremely difficult -- if not near impossible -- to bring them back. Colorado is all too familiar with that struggle. After years of working towards building back this iconic species -- reintroducing wolves time and again -- there is only one wolf left in the northwestern area of the state. And the prognosis is grim: the chances for wolves to survive without a pack are low. Don’t let trophy hunters paint forests red with the blood of vulnerable wolf pups. Donate $27 or more today to fight for the protection of wolves and our planet. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Seeing what they can get away with in other states, bad actors in Montana have also successfully set a devastating quota that will allow the slaughter of 85% of the state’s wolves, even allowing hunting practices like baiting, which is illegal when hunting any other type of animal! As the trophy hunting lobby continues to push for increased hunting quotas and barbaric hunting practices, we must push back with everything we’ve got. This fragile species only has 6,000 left in the lower 48 states after more than 3,200 were killed in the last decade. Their extinction would have dire ripple effects on the surrounding ecosystems. Wolves are a keystone species. They regulate deer and elk populations, balance other predators like coyotes, and as a result, allow certain plant species to thrive, which brings birds and mammals into the area. This rich biodiversity is what balances surrounding ecosystems and allows the cycle to continue. An outright slaughter is underway, and we need to put a stop to it. Since the premature delisting of wolves from the ESA by the Trump administration, wolves have been on the chopping block. Kill orders are being called in states across the country as they are given free rein on the fate of wolves -- and wolves are being pushed towards extinction. Iconic wolves are on the chopping block. Protect them and our Earth with your $27 donation to Friends of the Earth today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( The only way to truly protect the remaining packs of wolves across the country is to push the Fish and Wildlife Service for immediate relisting of wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Until then, wolves will be slaughtered with impunity as states continue to allow unmitigated hunting and trapping. Wolves are already functionally extinct in 85% of their former range across the continental U.S. The removal of protections is driving them further down the path to the point of no return. As wolves are being considered for relisting, bad actors are working to uphold the Trump-era rulings and remove the few protections currently left to save remaining wolf populations. This is why we need you by our side, Friend. The attacks on wolves are mounting, and we need you to help protect them -- before their blood blankets the very forests that rely on them. Your membership gift today will allow us to fight for the relisting of wolves and other vulnerable species under ESA protections, protecting our ecosystems and our planet. Will you take a stand against the outright slaughter? 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