Don’t abandon Yellowstone wolves, Friend

Dear Friend, Trophy hunters are luring and mercilessly killing wolf pups. Act now to protect wildlife and our planet by rushing your $27 gift. 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]( Less than 100 gray wolves remain in Yellowstone National Park. And as hunting season rages on, they could be slaughtered in an instant. A curious baby wolf pup explores his home. But he doesn’t know the difference between the safety of Yellowstone boundaries and the danger of stepping into a bordering state where it’s completely legal for trophy hunters to trap, torture, and kill him for fun. The second his tiny paws step over the border, he is fair game. But it doesn’t have to be this way. [Friend, will you act now to protect wildlife and our planet and donate $27 before another wolf needlessly dies?]( Bloodthirsty trophy hunters lurk in the trees waiting to prey on wolves, even outside of protected areas and on public lands. In 2022, hunters viciously gunned down an entire pack of 25 Yellowstone wolves – a RECORD HIGH loss for Yellowstone. And now, they are fighting tooth and nail to prevent protections for wolves so they can keep senselessly murdering them. But trophy hunters aren’t alone in the fight. They are teaming up with Big Polluters to stop any chance of recovery for these precious canines. To them, it’s a perfect plan: wipe out wolves and turn their habitats over to the greedy fossil fuel industry. And they’re getting away with it: The Fish and Wildlife Service just decided NOT to relist gray wolves – leaving them vulnerable to killing quotas of more than 40% of the wolf population in some states! We can’t let this continue. Don’t let trophy hunters get away with their vicious plans. Donate $27 today if you care about protecting wildlife and our planet before it’s too late! 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]( Things are only getting worse for wolves. Montana and Idaho both extended their hunting seasons – leaving wolves fighting for their lives for half of the year. Not to mention, hunters don’t just kill wolves – they make them suffer. In Idaho, wolves are hunted down in helicopters. Other states allow hunting practices as brutal as dynamiting wolves in their dens and running them over with snowmobiles. No animal deserves to die this way, Friend. Especially not mama wolves who leave behind helpless pups. The orphans are drastically less likely to survive without their mothers. They are likely to starve, freeze, or fall prey to other animals and even trophy hunters. That’s right – hunters have no aversion to gunning down innocent wolf pups. Four of Colorado’s first wild-born pups in more than 80 years were shot and killed just feet from the Colorado-Wyoming border by trophy hunters. A father and son shot three of the wolves after luring them in and posted pictures with the dead wolves on Facebook. They then skinned them, tanned their hides and hung them in a storage room. Innocent baby wolf pups shouldn’t be fighting to survive when they’ve barely lived. And it definitely shouldn’t be legal to brutalize one of our nation’s most beloved species this way. Wolves must be protected at all costs. Donate $27 today to fight back against greedy interests and protect 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]( Even one wolf loss is devastating to the pack, but losing wolves would have serious impacts on our planet as well. 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. That’s why each death of this iconic species is a big deal. Since a court ordered ruling excluded federal protections for gray wolves in Northern Rockies states, the trophy hunting lobby has pushed for even more cruel and inhumane laws throughout wolves’ natural habitats. Even worse, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has the ability to reinstate federal protections for these creatures -- but has still failed to do so! With hunting season taking its toll, it’s never been more important to stand up for our wildlife. Friends of the Earth is working to put a stop to the violent attacks against the last surviving wolf packs and protect our planet. And that means protecting the Endangered Species Act. A vital piece of legislation, the ESA allows us to shield endangered and other species from violence. Even more, it gives us the power to protect these species from destructive industries like Big Oil, logging, and factory farming who could destroy critical habitats for profit. Your membership support can go a long way to fuel our efforts to uphold the ESA and protect our planet. 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. If just 1 in 12 people reading this makes a $27 membership contribution, we stand a chance to make real change for wolves and the planet. 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