To Friends of our Wolves
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Within the next two weeks, Congress must reach an agreement to fund our government for the next two years or face another shutdown. Predictably, the process has turned ugly: Republicans are trying to sneak in more than 100 policy riders that will have serious consequences for our environment and wildlife, including ending Endangered Species Act protection for wolves in many parts of the country.
Please -- call your senators. Urge them to oppose these backroom dealings.
If the attacks succeed, protections will be stripped from gray wolves throughout much of their current range -- in Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Utah and the Great Lakes region. This would undercut decades of successful recovery work under the Endangered Species Act, and put thousands of wolves in the crosshairs. It would also override several federal court rulings and ignore years of scientific research showing that wolves still need protection.
This is not how democracy works, or how we should be making crucial policy decisions. Act now to urge your senators to oppose all riders attached to this year's Interior spending bill.
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