It’s a sudden and tragic end to what should have been one of the great wildlife comeback stories of all time.
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially stripped gray wolves in the lower 48 states of their federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. This ruthless decision leaves gray wolves at the mercy of states, some with increasingly hostile anti-wolf policies – even some where we’ve already seen wolves slaughtered.
This isn’t over. We’re taking this administration to court to defend gray wolves fighting for their lives. Will you help?
Wolves need your help today. Please make your emergency donation to help fight back to save the lives of wolves and other imperiled animals!
We cannot and will not allow wolves to be abandoned, and their recovery to be cut off after decades of work.
Wolves occupy only 10% of their former range and need continued federal protection to fully recover. There are still vast areas of suitable habitat in the lower 48 states where wolves have not recovered, including Colorado. As recently as last year, a wolf spotted in Colorado brought a spark of optimism for the future of wolves in the Southern Rockies.
That hope could now be smashed.
Delisting wolves is the wrong move at the wrong time. We’ve already seen a wave of violence as some anti-wolf states have allowed even more barbaric methods to trap, shoot and kill gray wolves – and things could get a lot worse for these wolves without our help.
