Protect wolves before they are driven towards extinction

Dear Friend, 25 Yellowstone wolves slaughtered: Protect wolves, other vulnerable species, and our planet with your gift of $27 or more! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Blood dripping on leaves. Mangled fur. A mother wolf died in pain here, trying to protect her young cubs. They died next to her. This gruesome scene is the norm in the Northern Rockies, where vulnerable wolves still do not have Endangered Species Act protections. And our worst fears have come true: 25 Yellowstone wolves were SLAUGHTERED -- a record for the area since wolves were reintroduced 25 years ago. [Stand with wolves and donate $27 to Friends of the Earth today!]( Wolves in the Northern Rockies are under threat. Last year alone, states like Montana and Idaho passed laws legalizing brutal “hunting” methods from snares to helicopter chases, painting the forests red with the blood of innocent wolves. Last May, Idaho called for the killing of a shocking 90% of its wolf population. All this could erase decades of painstaking recovery for the species. This is wrong and downright dangerous for our ecosystems. Bad actors and special interests are ruthlessly targeting America’s most vulnerable wildlife. But if we stand together now, we could work to protect wolves, the lands they roam, and our planet. We can’t allow special interests to drive wolves toward extinction. Take action for wolves and our planet today with a $27 contribution to Friends of the Earth. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Trump’s assault on wildlife was the worst we’ve seen from any president. Few animals have suffered more from this than America’s wolves. For centuries, wolves have been villainized, demonized, and hunted mercilessly across Europe and North America. Today, wolves are victims of a political war -- a disinformation campaign that ignores science. The culprits include the trophy hunting lobby and other special interests looking to use the lands they roam for drilling and logging. These groups worked hand-in-hand with the Trump administration to gut the Endangered Species Act and dismantle protections for wolves and other animals. Now, bad actors are working to uphold Trump-era rules in the Northern Rockies and gut other animal protection laws, all to benefit special interests and wealthy developers. It’s critical that we strengthen the work we do protecting vulnerable wolves, other endangered species, and our planet here at Friends of the Earth. We need your help to stop these atrocious attacks on some of our most threatened wildlife! You can help: Stand up to the hunting lobby, safeguard wolves, and protect our planet with a $27 contribution. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( We need wolves. As a keystone species, wolves balance ecosystems and even drive natural evolution. If a keystone species is removed, the ecosystem drastically changes -- or, in some cases, collapses entirely. But when their lives are left up to the whims of Big Ag interests and the trophy hunting lobby, bad things happen. States including Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming have refused to reinstate ESA protections -- and in the last decade, more than 3,200 wolves have been killed. That’s more than half as many wolves alive in the lower 48 states today. Only around 6,000 wolves remain, and just 89 left in Yellowstone itself. If we don’t fight back before it’s too late, fragile species will be driven toward extinction, and America’s wild places will never be the same. At Friends of the Earth, we’re fighting to protect endangered species, ecosystems, and public lands at every level. We’re pushing the Biden administration and putting pressure on local decision-makers to restore protection for wolves before it’s too late. 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 of $27 or more today will allow us to fight for the relisting of wolves and other vulnerable species under ESA protections, the protection of our ecosystems, and our planet. Help save wolves and protect endangered species: Make your $27 gift to Friends of the Earth now. 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