Friend, the survival of Gray wolves is at risk. After decades of efforts to restore gray wolves to the lands they once roamed, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming have given hunters and trappers free reign to kill wolves using barbaric practices like snaring, baiting, night shooting, and other cruel tactics.

In Montana, gray wolves can be baited, strangled by neck snares, and shot at night using artificial light or night vision scopes. In Idaho, people are allowed to bait, snare, and use snow mobiles and all-terrain vehicles to chase wolves until they are too exhausted to run.

Even the wolves that live in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks are at risk if they leave their protected area and explore land adjacent to the parks. In the 2023-2024 hunting season alone, 11 wolves were killed making it the third deadliest for Yellowstone wolves since 1995.

We know what happens when a campaign to exterminate gray wolves succeeds – because it happened before, back in the 1800s. Hundreds of thousands of animals were shot, trapped, and poisoned. And as these top predators disappeared from the landscape, the health of the overall ecosystem was thrown wildly out of balance.

We can't let anti-wildlife lawmakers and special interests undermine the will of Americans who value healthy, thriving wildlife. The time to act is now—stand with us to defend gray wolves and other endangered species in need.