Wolves don’t deserve to languish in pain for the sake of profit

Dear Friend, An entire Yellowstone wolf pack is gone forever. Donate $27 today and your tax-deductible gift will be matched dollar for dollar to protect vulnerable wildlife and the planet. 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]( I wish this news wasn’t so dire. But hunting season is in full swing, and vulnerable wolves are in serious trouble. We were hopeful that gray wolves were making a comeback. But just last year, a trophy hunter rampage ruthlessly gunned down an entire Yellowstone wolf pack. Now, only 89 gray wolves remain in the park. And though they’re protected inside the boundaries of the park, wolves don’t know that they are in perilous danger as soon as they step a paw outside the borders. Once they do, they could find themselves in hostile states where hunters can senselessly murder them without consequence. This hunting season, gray wolves must be protected at all costs. And right now you can make twice the impact: that’s because a group of donors is stepping up to match all gifts, up to $850,000 -- but only until the clock strikes midnight on December 31st. [Make your tax-deductible gift of $27 today and help us reach our urgent year-end goal to protect vulnerable wildlife and the planet!]( For trophy hunters, it isn’t enough to simply kill a wolf. Hunters killing for sport needlessly terrorize these helpless animals. They resort to painful neck snares, leaving wolves to choke to death in futile attempts to escape. They chase them down with helicopters. In some states, it’s even legal to DYNAMITE nursing wolf mamas and their baby pups inside their dens! And ever since the Trump administration loosened Endangered Species Act protections, the problem became worse. Now, hunters and Big Polluters are continuing to fight against protections for wolves. Why? So they can keep killing for “fun” and take over the land for mining and logging. This system is broken, Friend. But it’s not too late to fix it. Thanks to members like you, we still have the chance to make real change happen. But we need to protect our vulnerable wildlife and the planet before the loss is too great! Will you join us in this fight? Wolves don’t deserve to suffer like this. Donate $27 today towards our $850,000 matching gift goal for our nation’s wildlife and the planet, and your tax-deductible gift will make twice the impact! 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]( This fall and winter could be devastating for wolves. With only 6,000 remaining in the lower 48 states, these precious canines can’t afford another hunting season like this. 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. Orphaned wolf pups are at a higher risk of starving or freezing to death. Or they might survive long enough to fall prey to other animals and trophy hunters. No animal deserves this fate, Friend. But if Big Polluters get their way, they could end up wiping out wolves -- all so they can take over their lands and open them up for destructive mining and logging. This 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? Our wildlife should come before corporate profit. Rush your tax-deductible, year-end gift of $27 now and make twice the impact before wolves and vulnerable wildlife are driven to extinction and it’s too late for our planet. 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]( 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. 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 in full swing, it’s never been more important to stand up for wolves. Friends of the Earth is fighting with everything we have to strengthen the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A vital piece of legislation, the ESA allows us to shield endangered and threatened 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 and polluting the communities that rely on them. That’s why we’ve collected thousands of comments from supporters just like you -- urging our elected leaders to put an end to these vicious attacks against the ESA.  Your membership gift today will go TWICE as far to support our planet-saving work. 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 short of our goal. But if just 1 in 9 people reading this makes a tax-deductible contribution of $27 or more today, we can reach our $850,000 year-end goal and make real change for wildlife and the planet. Will you stand with us today? Wolves, vulnerable species, and our planet are on the line. Donate $27 today and help us hit our $850,000 goal by midnight on December 31st! 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]( 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]