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Gray wolves can now be heartlessly strangled and gunned down across Idaho and Montana.

Gray wolves are facing new threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. They are being strangled by snares, run-down by ATVs, gunned down from helicopters, and killed in dens alongside their pups.

In an extreme act of cruelty, wolves are even being baited out of protected areas, just so they can be “legally” hunted and trapped.

This season alone, around 20% of the wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed by just a handful of hunters and trappers after the iconic animals crossed the invisible park borders into surrounding states. And that number of dead wolves is expected to climb as the year goes on.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland must restore Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies to halt this senseless killing.

Urge Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to restore Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and halt this barbaric killing.

Send your letter now to Secretary Haaland urging her to end this assault and protect gray wolves in the Northern Rockies!

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Please grant protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies

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Dear Secretary Haaland:

I'm writing to urge you to restore protections under the Endangered Species Act to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.

In 2021, Idaho and Montana loosened restrictions on killing wolves and turned to unethical and aggressive tactics in an effort to drastically reduce the wolf population in the Northern Rockies. In fact, around 20% of wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed this season alone. These wolves can be legally baited to cross the invisible borders of surrounding states. The death toll will only go up as the year goes on.

Gray wolves are an irreplaceable keystone species that maintain and restore ecological integrity. This species also holds significant value to Native American tribes who have the right to be consulted over wolf management decisions.
 
A century ago, our nation allowed the kinds of practices that we're now seeing again in Idaho and Montana, and wolves were nearly hunted to extinction.

Without federal protections, the region's wolves will lose decades of progress toward recovery.

Please act to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and help save this nationally beloved species.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Tell Interior Sec. Deb Haaland: Protect Gray Wolves from Senseless Killing

Tell Interior Sec. Deb Haaland: Protect Gray Wolves from Senseless Killing

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