Orphaned wolves are starving to death

Dear Friend, Vulnerable wolves are being hunted in droves. Donate $27 now to help us reach our $2,920 goal by midnight tonight! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Tiny paws wander across the forest floor. Eager pups get their first look at summer. These innocent wolves don’t notice the steel traps set by trophy hunters lurking in the trees. They don’t have time to react as the metal rips into their paws, painting the forest floor red. Their lives have barely begun, and now they’re in a struggle to survive. [No innocent creature should endure this: Donate $27 immediately and help us reach our $2,920 goal by midnight tonight to help protect vulnerable wolves and the planet.]( This scene is common in Northern Rockies states that border Yellowstone. There are no safeguards to keep gray wolves safe from vicious trophy hunters. They’re killing off innocent and vulnerable wolves in droves -- and using the most inhumane of hunting practices. The situation is dire, Friend, but there’s still hope for vulnerable wolves. Thanks to members like you, we can still make real change happen and protect wolves before it’s too late. But trophy hunters are doubling down against protections for these precious animals. We need to act now to give them a fighting chance. These vicious hunting practices can’t continue. Help us protect wolves and the planet: Rush your $27 donation now! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Wolves had begun to make a slow but promising recovery over the past six decades. Last year, three baby wolf pups were born to the only wolf pack left in Colorado. The pups were suspected to be the first wolves born in Colorado in 80 years. Protected by the state, they were a symbol of hope for repopulation efforts. But wolves aren’t bound by state lines -- the second they set their tiny paws onto Wyoming soil, they become vulnerable to the most brutal hunting practices we’ve seen. Sure enough, three mangled, bloody young wolf carcasses were found across Wyoming state lines. Not even wolves in Yellowstone are safe from the pattern. The park recently lost a record high of 25 wolves, leaving only 89 behind. Yet the states that border Yellowstone still have limited safeguards to keep gray wolves safe from vicious trophy hunters and their inhumane practices! In states like Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, wolves are dynamited in their dens while nursing their pups. Baby wolves are left bleeding out in steel traps and slowly choking to death on snares in a futile attempt to escape. Trophy hunters unleash bloodhounds on them, tearing their flesh apart while they yelp for help that won’t come. Will you join us and help answer their cries for aid? Help protect vulnerable wolves from brutal hunters and Big Polluters before it’s too late. Donate $27 immediately and help us reach our $2,920 goal! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Did you know that wolves are vital to the ecosystems they live in? They help keep elk and deer populations in check, allowing other plant and animal species to thrive. What’s more, the remains of their kills redistribute nutrients and feed scavengers. They truly are a keystone species! Yet, trophy hunters and Big Oil lobbies are pushing against protections for these precious creatures, hoping to kill them for sport and invade their habitats for the sake of corporate greed. Their actions have contributed to the gutting of the Endangered Species Act and protections for wolves, bears, and other vulnerable species -- and now, only 6,000 wolves remain in the lower 48 states. And for trophy hunters, it’s not enough to just take the lives of innocent wolves -- they resort to helicopter chases and torturous snares that fill a wolf’s last hours with panic, dread, and insurmountable pain. To make matters worse, wolf pups are left orphaned after their mothers are gunned down in the woods. Without their mothers, wolf pups can suffer from hypothermia, starvation, and predation. Friends of the Earth is fighting back and working to end the bloody violence against our last surviving wolf packs and protect our planet. That means we’re fighting with everything we have to protect the Endangered Species Act. The ESA allows us to shield endangered species from senseless violence and also block destructive industries like Big Oil, logging and factory farming from destroying vital habitats for profits. Friend, your membership gift today can help save wolves from vicious attacks on the ESA and protect the future of our planet. But we are facing pushback from private trophy-hunting interests, and we need to step up our efforts before it’s too late. If just 1 of every 10 people reading this contribute, we can reach our $2,920 goal -- will you rush your $27 donation now? Protect the remaining wolves and our planet from greedy private interests. Donate $27 before the clock strikes midnight and help us reach our $2,920 goal. 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