Posted in Wolves and educational activities on May 30, 2011| 3 Comments »
Wolf Preservation presented an educational program at the Zionsville Public Library. Wolf prizes were given away, including entrance passes to Wolf Park, drawing to win a Wolf Park cake, and kids advocated against the aerial gunning of wolves.
Wolf Preservation is available for educational presentations upon request!
Posted in Wolf Preservation Efforts on May 28, 2011| 2 Comments »
“Friends of Animals” joins the fight by challenging unconstitutional Wolf Delisting Rider. Please visit their site and thank them! http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2011/may/friends-of-animals-c.html
Please read below and comment! Thank you to “Friends of Animals” for providing this information:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 27 May 2011
Contact: Dustin Rhodes
Phone: (202) 906-0210
“Darien, Connecticut—Friends of Animals filed a Motion to Intervene in the case Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Salazar, which challenges the constitutionality of Section 1713 of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, P.L. 112-10 (also called the “budget rider” or the “wolf rider”). The budget rider directed the USFWS to reinstate the 2007 wolf delisting rule, which removed gray wolves in all areas of the Northern Rocky Mountains Distinct Population Segment (DPS) from protection under the Endangered Species Act. The original complaint was filed by Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians on May 5, 2011 and the case was recently consolidated with another case, Center for Biological Diversity v. Salzar. The complaints challenge constitutionality of this legislative enactment.
Friends of Animals’ president Priscilla Feral says,
We must do everything in our power to undo the deadly disservice that was done to gray wolves; taking them off of the Endangered Species List was not only unethical and unjust—it was unconstitutional.
The wolf delisting rider, which was included in the 2011 federal budget, was sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and was passed with a bipartisan vote of 81-19 on April 14, 2011.
Friends of Animals: We are a non-profit, international animal advocacy organization, founded in 1957. Our goal is to cultivate a respectful view of non-human animals, freeing them from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world.”
Posted in Uncategorized, Wolves and educational activities on May 23, 2011| 2 Comments »
Youtube user “thewolfpoet” put together this thought provoking, emotional video compiliation titled “The Memory of Wolves.” The artist is Enya performing instrumental music called “The Memory of Trees.” Please follow the link below, watch this memorable video, share with others, and share your thoughts on Wolf Preservation! Think about the hundreds of wolves scheduled to be killed at the expense of political gain.
Posted in Wolf Current Events, Wolf Preservation Efforts on May 19, 2011| 6 Comments »
“Defender’s of Wildlife,” a non-profit organization, has issued the following information about aerial gunning of wolves in Idaho:
“In one of its first moves since retaking the reins of wolf management, Idaho officials last week called in Wildlife Services — the federal government’s chief wildlife-killing agency — to kill wolves in the central part of the state.
Federal marksmen took to the skies in Idaho’s Lolo wilderness, targeting up to 60 wolves to help artificially boost game populations in the region.
Using radio collars to track down wolf packs in the area, the airborne marksmen only managed to kill five wolves. The mission was quickly abandoned, described as both inefficient and expensive by the Wildlife Services agents themselves.
But that’s not stopping Idaho’s plan to kill dozens of wolves in the region to artificially boost elk populations. Wildlife Services could continue gunning from the skies and trapping on the ground.
Wildlife Services is a program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Their mission is to “create a balance that allows people and wildlife to coexist peacefully.” Idaho officials claim that wolves are a major cause of elk declines in certain parts of the state. But the science says otherwise: In 23 of 29 elk management zones, populations of these animals are at or above targets. In fact, many of the areas experiencing declines contain few or no wolves.
And the Clearwater National Forest — an area targeted by Wildlife Services’ aerial gunning plan — was experiencing steep declines in elk numbers in 1988, well before wolves returned to the area.
Science tells us that predator populations are naturally maintained by their prey population levels — almost never the other way around. But Wildlife Services’ plan kills wolves for doing what they do naturally: Preying on elk and fulfilling their ecological role in a natural system.
But instead, they have become the federal government’s de facto wildlife hitmen — heavily relying on killing wildlife rather than using proven, effective non-lethal methods of control.
Now, it seems, Wildlife Services has gotten into the business of killing wolves to artificially boost elk populations.”
Help stop Wildlife Services’ terrible wolf-killing operation to artificially boost elk populations in Idaho by visiting this link and signing a petition!
(http://action.defenders.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=67181.0&printer_friendly=1) **Please encourage others to petition against the aerial gunning of wolves!
Posted in Wolf Research on May 15, 2011| 4 Comments »
Please visit the link below and vote “no” to delisting wolves! Also, please comment why.
(http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=617187)
The Daily Pulse on Fox Up is running this poll. Thank you to UpperMichigansSource.Com for providing the information below.
“At a time when gray wolves have been removed from the endangered species list in the Upper Peninsula, there is now a proposal to expand that policy nationwide.
A member of Congress is proposing legislation to remove federal protections of gray wolves across the country.
Michigan Republican Candice Miller introduced the bill this week. Miller says congressional action is needed because environmentalists’ lawsuits repeatedly have blocked regulators from keeping wolf numbers under control.
Tonight in the Daily Pulse, we’re wondering: Do you believe gray wolves should be delisted nationally? Yes or no.”
Posted in Wolf Current Events on May 14, 2011| 1 Comment »
“Wildlife officials have shot and killed five wolves from a helicopter in the Clearwater Basin’s Lolo region since Wednesday.
Shooters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services stooped Friday, saying weather conditions were no good for firing at the wolves from a helicopter.
Idaho Fish and Game biologists have recommended wolf numbers be reduced in the Lolo Zone to help struggling elk populations.
Wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains were removed from the federal endangered species list more than a week ago and Idaho once again has authority to manage the animals.
In crafting plans for a public hunt this fall, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission is expected to set its goal for the wolf population at somewhere below 500 next week. Biologists estimate there are some 700 to 1,000 wolves in the state.
Fish and Game hopes to reduce wolf numbers to between 20 and 30 wolves in the two big game units that make up the Lolo zone. (Idaho Statesman)”
*Special thanks to Jason Ford of (http://www.koze950.com/2011/05/13/five-wolves-shot-in-idaho’s-lolo-zone-from-helicopter/) for providing this information.
Posted in Wolf Preservation Efforts on May 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
“Long-time Lobo activist, Cindy Roper, has designed new, great looking bumper stickers based on a classic sticker popular in New Mexico years ago. The stickers say People for the Wolves, Wolves for the West, and have a Mexican wolf line drawing and the mexicanwolves.org URL.
Please help get the word out and get more people engaged in the important campaign to recover Mexican wolves.
For as long as they last, the bumper stickers are available at cost for $1.00 each, plus $2.00 postage for 1-10 stickers, and $5.00 postage for more than 10.
You can order them by sending an email to Cindy at: croper56@gmail.com.”
Take a look at this attractive bumper sticker at: http://www.mexicanwolves.org/index.php/news/403/51/New-Limited-Supply-Lobo-Bumper-Stickers-Available
*Thank you to “Lobos of the Southwest” for providing this information!
Posted in Wolf Organizations, Wolf Preservation Efforts on May 4, 2011| 2 Comments »
“Wolves are going back to court and what terrific news this is.
Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians plan to file a lawsuit in US District Court, challenging the wolf delisting rider on Constitutional grounds.
Mike Garrity, Executive director of AWR, states: “We believe the wolf delisting rider violates the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution.”
The three groups are being represented by Jay Tutchton, environmental law attorney.
Wolf advocates have felt powerless to help wolves since the wolf delisting rider was slipped into a must pass appropriations bill by Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID). The budget bill was passed by the Senate with the wolf rider intact and signed into law by President Obama on April 16th, 2011. The USFWS had 60 days from that date to publish the final rule and it was announced yesterday, in the Lewistown Chronicle, that they intend to so this week.
From the Idaho Statesman:
“Wolves will be delisted in the Northern Rockies except Wyoming on Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.“
Please give generously to these environmental groups that are standing firm with wolves and are willing to go to court to defend them once again.
Here are the links to their websites:
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Friends of the Clearwater
WildEarth Guardians
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It was reported on the Wildlife News that Western Watersheds Project also expects “to file litigation challenging the wolf delisting rider.”
This is great news for wolves and wolf advocates.”
**Special thanks to “Howling for Justice” for providing this information
(http://howlingforjustice.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/environmental-groups-will-sue-over-constitutionality-of-wolf-delisting-rider/)
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