Blood money at the expense of wolves’ lives

Dear Friend, The attacks on wolves are being funded -- fight back for their protection. Make your $27 contribution today to protect 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]( Idaho has gone too far in their BLOODTHIRSTY attacks on wolves. They are requesting additional funds that will add up to $1 million total -- all for the purpose of killing wolves in the state. The trophy hunting lobby is fighting to get this approved in the summer and could mean one of the deadliest years for wolves in the state yet. [Stop the murder spree before it’s too late: make your $27 contribution to protect wolves and our planet.]( The record for wolf killings in Idaho is already high. Last year, the state allowed hunters and private contractors to kill as many as 90% of gray wolves in the state! Worst of all, they are even allowed to kill precious Yellowstone wolves that are lured out of the national park. They already killed nearly 500 wolves in the state last year alone, along with 23 Yellowstone wolves, eliminating the iconic Phantom Lake pack in just TWO MONTHS. States in the Northern Rockies continue to resist the consensus of the other states that reinstated wolf protections as of last month. With Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming being home to the largest wolf population in the American West, these wolves are our chance to ensure that they survive extinction in the country. But trophy hunters have other plans -- interested only in their kill count, no matter the consequences. Wolves in the Northern Rockies are suffering at the hands of trophy hunters. Fight against private interests with your $27 contribution today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( If this murder spree isn’t shocking enough, the methods trophy hunters use to kill wolves is the stuff of nightmares. Wolf pups are cornered, defenseless in their dens, and shot to death. Wolves are left panicking as wire neck traps tighten and cut into their flesh in a futile struggle to break free. Others are left reeling in pain with their paws stuck in sharp steel traps for days on end. Some are shot down by hunters in helicopters as they run in fear of the unfamiliar sounds and dazing bright lights. And still, others are kept frantically running from ATVs to the point of exhaustion, until they are run over or shot. These gruesome and inhumane are methods are ones that the Trump administration legalized. This is what America’s iconic wolves are being subjected to in the states they lack protections, and the death toll is only climbing. The attacks on wolves have also emboldened other extremists to take even more ruthless actions. In Oregon last year, 8 wolves were POISONED to death by poachers in an insidious attack. As a result, an entire wolf pack was eliminated. Tortured, shot, and poisoned -- wolves are subjected to torturous deaths. Make your $27 contribution 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]( Anti-wolf extremists and Big Ag are teaming up to wipe out wolves in the country, all for private interests. But we need to team up to protect these precious canines, Friend. We must take a stand against this reckless assault on this iconic species. Otherwise, the consequences could be dire. The loss of wolves would be devastating due to their status as a keystone species. Wolves help keep elk and deer populations in check, allowing other plant and animal species to thrive. The remains of their kill redistribute nutrients and feed scavengers as well. The disappearance of wolves is a serious risk to the ecosystems they help support -- potentially putting other species in GRAVE danger as well. Your membership gift today would mean a second chance for the last 1,600 wolves left in the Northern Rockies, the ecosystems that depend on them, and our planet. And it will allow us to fight private interests like the trophy hunting lobbies and Big Ag to ensure that they are held accountable for their ecological destruction. But the wolves are currently being hunted, and we have no time to lose. Make your contribution of $27 or more today to Friends of the Earth! We can’t allow anti-wolf extremists to decimate our remaining wolves. 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