Defender,

More wolves have been sentenced to death in Washington – we need your help to break the cycle!

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved lethal removal of wolves in two separate packs in the Kettle Range following livestock depredations in the area.

These conflicts and killing of wolves were preventable. After years of conflict between wolves and livestock, WDFW still has no protocol to ensure that acceptable nonlethal methods were used. The price of their failure is measured in dead wolves.

Don't let more wolves die – tell WDFW to end these needless conflicts!

The cruel killing of wolves isn’t working as a deterrent. Even after eliminating wolves from the area, new packs find their way back to these forests. This prime habitat will continue to attract wolves – and unless WDFW changes course, wolf killings will continue.

Entire packs have already been wiped out.

Take action to save wolves: Prevent wolf-livestock conflict and put an end to the repeated killing of wolves!

We’re calling on WDFW to implement solutions that protect wolves while minimizing wolf-livestock conflicts, and to end the cycle of ineffective and brutal killing of wolves.

Gunning down wolves year after year is not the answer. With your help, wolves can return safely to their historic range, where they belong.