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Hi John,
Oregon has turned its back on wolves, and the results are heartbreaking.
The state and its agents wiped out 16 wolves last year, more than twice than ever before. And a dozen more were illegally killed, most of them poisoned, leading to prolonged, painful deaths.
This carnage must end.
Please help us protect wolves in Oregon and elsewhere by giving to the Saving Life on Earth Fund. All gifts will be matched dollar for dollar.
Oregon used to be a model for wolf management. But now we see the same hatred of wolves there as in places like Wyoming and Idaho.
The sad, final tally from last year was just released by Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife.
That agency issued kill orders on members of 10 different packs, a record. There are now fewer packs and fewer breeding pairs in Oregon than just a year ago.
And for the first time in 16 years, the state's wolf population didn't grow.
Rather than update the state wolf plan to reflect the most current, best available science — which concludes that killing wolves to resolve conflicts with livestock isn't effective — officials in Oregon decided to keep on with business as usual: killing more wolves.
This is a choice the state is making. But we won't go back to the days when wolves struggled to survive.
Wolves remain targets of persecution. We see them hunted down in snowmobiles in Wyoming. Montana allows wolves to be killed using bait and strangulation snares. Idaho hires private contractors to kill wolves.
We're in court to save wolves in those states. We'll keep pushing state officials in Oregon to end their trigger-happy approach to wolf management. And we'll do all we can to bring wolf killers to justice.
Wolves are icons of the wild. We need you with us to help keep them safe.
Please make a matched gift today to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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