wolves are intelligent, highly social animals. our treatment of them reflects directly upon who we are. unbelievably, in violation of the federal airborne hunting act, a mass slaughter of wolves is being planned:

http://donate.defenders.o...n_homepage

and

Defenders of Wildlife can be contacted at:
1130 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036



this is an excerpt:

Things aren’t looking good for Northern Rockies wolves.

At a Boise rally of anti-wolf zealots, Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter told the crowd, "I'm prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf myself." He then endorsed a plan to kill 54 of the state’s 65 packs -- over 80 percent of the state’s wolves.

In Wyoming, the state legislature is moving forward with a bill to “aggressively manage” their wolf populations by killing up to 66% of wolves in their state outside national park boundaries.

We need your help to stop them. Please support our work with your emergency gift of $100, $50, $35 or another amount.

Any day now, the Bush-Cheney Administration could sanction the largest massacre of wolves to occur in the lower 48 states in decades. And in Wyoming and Idaho, state governments are preparing plans to make it happen.

These irresponsible proposals could even lead to the killing of Yellowstone wolves. As individuals and packs cross park boundaries, they would find themselves directly in the line of fire.

Defenders of Wildlife is working hard on the ground, fighting against what would be the most significant setback in wolf recovery in decades.

We’ve already mobilized more than 47,000 activists to urge the Fish & Wildlife Service to keep protections for wolves in place. Northern Rockies Representative Suzanne Stone has given dozens of media interviews and is coordinating with state and local conservation groups, ranchers and sportsmen to stop these misguided plans.

And that’s not all we’re doing. We’re rallying our activists on the ground, launching public education campaigns and are preparing for legal action to ensure protection for Western wolves.

But we’re going to need your help. Your tax-deductible emergency donation will help prevent a Northern Rockies wolf slaughter.

The future of our wolves depends on you.

omg when will humans ever learn ...we are SUCH a virus to the earth and life on it, I swear

thank you for making us all aware of this XxAxX

Its a lovely idea, really. Poor wolves.

But I am NOT giving my money to wolves!

SureThing said:

What's the problem? Why do these people want this cull? And why such a large one?

I didn't even know there were "anti-wolf zealots" in this day and age. I thought people were more educated than that by now.

It's just really sad. I think I'll donate something.

I just visited the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN in October actually.

http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp

Here are some pics we took of a couple of the wolves there...

They are SO SO SO SO SO cute.

I just don't see how something like this could even pass. You can't just say, "oh there is too many of them now so we need to get rid of most of them". Or at least, not in this country. There has to be real, real concern to have something this drastic take place.

I don't get the beef against wolves at all. There is no reason for farmers to lose their livestock to them. The solution to losing livestock is a real simple one. It's called livestock guard dogs, like the Akbash dog. Cheap and extremely effective.

Culls are completely ineffective anyway. They should have figured this out by now. Human intervention on population numbers is the most useless idea ever.

Human encroachment on wildlife habitat makes me ill.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

JustErin said:

control of human population would help the most. but noooo, us vicious little monkeys, we should breed and breed and breed until our demand for land completely obliterates the habitat of other animals.

the Federal Airborne Hunting Act should prohibit snipers from shooting wolves from helicopters but no....


damn. this stuff breaks my heart

XxAxX said:

I know.

JustErin said:

Agreed. I don't understand what they're talking about when they say that the population of a certain animal has grown "too big". Too big for what? For their own good? Well if there isn't enough food for them then they will either move or die off by themselves. Nature has regulated itself for the planet's entire history. Or do they mean too big for the humans? As if humans have ever had a problem defending themselves against other species.

retina said:

I'm not even gonna pretend to know what yous are talking about.....

But I know when they say here that the pop is too big for there own good, its cuz the place is crawling with (deers) and they get hit by cars every other second.


The wolve are cute though.

Natisse said:

Yes some humans are and I doubt we will ever learn until it is 2 late

minneapolisgenius said:

Beautiful pictures they are stunning animals.

katt said:

we have such a lovely planet, filled with intelligent life such as elephants and dolphins and crows and bears and wolves and cats and dogs... the list is too long for this page. and the more we learn about other animals the more we come to realize that they have social orders, lanugages, tool-making skills, etc.

what could be cooler than sharing a planet with so many diverse and beautiful species?

wouldn't it be nice of we could treat them with compassion?

SureThing said:

So if humans enter for example wolf territory and get killed, does that mean we should kill off humans so it doesn't happen as often, you know, for our own good?

I say put up some wildlife fence if the deer are causing traffic problems. Simple.

.

I will pass info(link) on XxAxX and donate today

SureThing said:

See, deer get culled the most. They use car accidents and endangerment to humans as the reason to get culls pushed. It's sickening.

Deer populations increase and decrease on their own (as with all species), and we're not talking about drastic numbers. The problem is not numbers skyrocking, it's encroachment forcing them into smaller pockets, making it look like there are much more of them when in fact there are not.

The hunting season is the other reason why deer get hit so often. Ever notice that car/deer accidents seem to spike at certain times of the year? Deer accidents always rise during hunting season as the deer are simply fleeing the deep woods to avoid being blown away.

retina said:

Don't get me involved. I don't want the animals to get killed either.

Just tellin ya what it means here.

It's prob like the second leading cause of automobile accidents here. The first prob DUI.

You know how shit works, its cheaper to kill them than put fences up.

katt said:

thank you. i wish i were wealthy enough to personally donate the $75,000 they need...

that amount of money would be what? one shopping trip for paris hilton? one bentley lease and matching shiny suits for prince? donald trump's dinner for five?

sorry. down on humankind today, i am

JustErin said:

THAT is true. I forgot about that.

XxAxX said:

I totally agree. I live surrounded by animals try and help where I can I just wish others would understand how wonderful animals are, I personally believe they are more intelligent than humans.

retina said:

Actually, it's really not that simple. You can't just fence them in either.

JustErin said:

You're not fencing them in, you're fencing them out. And only where there are a lot of traffic problems.

I do hear what you're saying about the humans moving the animals around and concentrating them in certain spots though. What is the best way of dealing with that, in your opinion?

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XxAxX said:

Ugh, Boise! That explains everything.

It really makes me angry when people bitch and moan about wolves and mountain lions encroaching in their neighborhoods.

Umm, hello????? You've kinna got that backwards!!!

XxAxX said:

I wish I also could do more but all we can do is try our best. The internet is a powerful tool lets see if we all can make it work for good. I will email and post the information right now 2 all that I know maybe we will get them the amount they need by the end of the week if we all do this.

retina said:

I really don't know of a really effective solution and I'm not even gonna pretend that I do. If I did, I'd be busting my ass trying to make some changes.

The only solution is to stop development and that's never, ever going to happen, so I dunno.

As for hitting wildlife, people need to slow the fuck down and be cognisant of their surroundings. Just doing that would save lives, both animal and human.