It feels good to do something that actually brings about some action! Today I received a thank you email from the Defenders of Wildlife organization, thanking me for my participation in the petition drive to stop the killing of Wolves in the Northern Rockies. The Grey Wolf had been taking off the endangered list, and moved to the "Threatened" list, which allowed people to kill these animals. There were reports of about one wolf being killed a day after the delisting of the classification had occurred.

Because of numerous petitions like the one I digitally signed through the Defenders of Wildlife, the district Judge reversed the gray wolf delisting throughout Northern Rockies on Friday, July 18th. Although the delisting is only temporary, organizations like the Defenders of Wildlife make it their number one priority to save animals from extinction caused by humans. 

Press Release: http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2008/07_18_2008_...

Judge Molloy acknowledges unreasonable threat to
wolf population under current plans; states that USFWS acted
prematurely by delisting wolves despite scientific evidence

MISSOULA,
Mont. – Today, Judge Donald Molloy of the
U.S. District Court in Missoula
granted a preliminary injunction placing gray wolves in the Northern
Rockies region back under federal protection until a court case
challenging the removal of wolves from the federal list of endangered species is
decided. Below is a statement by Suzanne Asha Stone, northern
Rockies wolf conservation specialist for Defenders of
Wildlife, regarding today’s announcement.

“We’re very
pleased with today’s decision to restore federal protections to wolves in the
Northern Rockies until the ongoing case is ultimately
decided by Judge Molloy.  This is a
very important first step, since it stops the continued and almost
indiscriminate killing of wolves under the states’ management plans that could
have put the long-term recovery of the wolf at risk.

“The delisting of wolves was inappropriate and illegal in
large part because existing state management plans are inadequate to ensure the
long term conservation of wolves in the region, allowing far too many wolves to
be unnecessarily killed. Responsible, balanced management by the states would
benefit wolves, ranchers, hunters and all Northern
Rockies residents. While the court continues to weigh our challenge
to the delisting decision, we will continue to work to improve the current state
plans so that they maintain a healthy wolf population.”

Learn more about how Defenders is working to save wolves.

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