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Hi John,
A Mexican gray wolf named Hope followed her instincts to roam — to a place where she could form a family and thrive.
But she's just been captured and collared by government agents, who want to use her to track down her partner so they can grab and relocate them both. This interference with endangered wolves is reckless and unjustified.
The Center for Biological Diversity is fighting to keep these wolves alive and free. Please help today by giving to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
Mexican gray wolves were nearly trapped and poisoned into extinction by the government.
Today they're among the most imperiled mammals on the planet.
But years ago the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made an arbitrary decision to limit the range of these "lobos" to areas south of Interstate 40.
This was a concession to the livestock industry that serves no helpful purpose in wolf recovery.
Left on their own, lobos will naturally find their way back into the wider expanse of habitat that was their ancient home. The Service's boundaries are invisible to them. And that's what happened with Hope.
Time and time again, officials stand in the way of what's best for these intelligent and social creatures. And time and time again the Center has to stand up to them.
Science is on our side. True recovery for lobos means they would once again wander free in the Grand Canyon ecosystem and the southern Rockies, both of which are north of I-40.
So the Center and allies are pushing the Arizona Game and Fish Department to let Hope and her partner — together named the Kendrick Peak pack by Arizona schoolkids — stay where they've chosen to live.
The Center has fought for Mexican gray wolves for decades. Progress has been painfully slow: As of last year, only 257 of these wolves were counted in Arizona and New Mexico.
Their recovery is far from certain — but they'll have a much greater chance if government agencies leave them alone and stop trying to appease ranchers at every turn.
We'll never stop doing all we can to save them, and we need you.
Please help today with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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