The Wolf Preservation Blog

Rob Klavins, Oregon Wild, has a message for you:

‘Wolf news has once again faded from the headlines of the states major papers. But we’re still working hard to protect the Imnaha Pack. Unfortunately anti-wolf interests are hard at work too. Worse yet – the state is listening.

Make sure your elected leaders hear from you!

In news that left us shaking our heads, we learned that the state is going to actively fight the temporary stay of execution for the alpha male and young Imnaha wolf. Despite thousands of calls, letters, and e-mails, ODFW seems hell-bent on killing wolves and doesn’t want to wait for a judge to tell them whether it’s legal or not.

If ODFW is determined to appease anti-wolf interests and Governor Kitzhaber won’t listen to the thousands of Oregonians (and people around the world) who have weighed in over the past few weeks, perhaps he’ll listen to the state legislature.

Please take a moment and contact your state legislators. Let them know that you support wolf recovery. Tell them you don’t want more of your money wasted on fighting to kill endangered wolves.

With anti-wildlife interests expected to continue their attacks on Oregon’s already weak wolf protections in the next legislative session, it’s important that your representatives know that this issue is important to you.

Wolf opponents are well-funded, vocal, and politically powerful. But one thing they don’t have is the support of the majority of Oregonians who value native wildlife. The extermination of Oregon’s wolves in the last century was one or our greatest environmental tragedies. Their recovery has the potential to be one of our greatest success stories. But it’s not going to happen if the state continues to bend to special interests with no interest in meaningful wolf recovery.

Tell your state legislator that it’s time to stop the killing.

For Wolves,

Rob Klavins
Oregon Wild

PS – Wolf opponents know the last kill order catalyzed the Oregon public and hope  they’ll forget about the kill order issued at their request. Kudos to those of you who wrote and had published letters to the editor. Don’t forget to take a moment to contact your state legislator today, but if your letter wasn’t accepted, I hope you’ll try again.”