More Wolf "Howls" Needed. Tell a Pack of Friends.‏

Thanks again for answering the wolf's distress call by
telling Interior Secretary Salazar to protect wolves as
part of our "Big Howl" campaign.
 
The response has been amazing. In just 24 hours, over
55,000 people "howled" to tell the government to call
off the guns.
 
But we need your help to turn up the volume on
"The Big Howl" even louder -- otherwise, on May 4,
government agents will be free to open fire on wolves.
 
So please FORWARD this message to everyone you know and
ask them to take action and add their voices to
"The Big Howl."
 
It only takes a few minutes -- and the "howls" from your
friends could help save the lives of hundreds of wolves
in Idaho and Montana -- including newborn wolf pups and
their nursingmothers. Thank you for doing even more to
protect wolves.
 
Frances 
 
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Dear T.,
 
In just a few weeks, the mass killing of wolves could
begin in Idaho and Montana -- and not even newborn wolf
pups and their nursing mothers will be spared.
 
We cannot stand by while this slaughter unfolds. On
May 4, the wolf's federal protection will be lifted,
and government agentswill be free to open fire. After
that, the states will launch public hunts,
targeting wolves. 
 
We must act now to call off the guns! 
 
That's why NRDC is launching "The Big Howl" campaign
to mobilize Americans everywhere to protect wolves in
the Northern Rockies from the crossfire. 
 
Add your voice now to our campaign:
http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/w1SH64n14PCM/
 
Tell Interior Secretary Salazar to reverse his decision
to kick wolves off the endangered species list. 
 
This is absolutely the wrong time to rip away federal
protections from these struggling wolves. Over the past
year, the wolf population in Yellowstone National Park
has declined by 27 percent, with more than 70 percent of
wolf pups succumbing to disease. 
 
One pack alone lost all 24 of its pups! 
 
If the federal protections are lifted on May 4 as
planned, newborn wolf pups and their nursing mothers
traveling outside national parks will be in the line
of fire. 
 
That's why NRDC and our partners are filing suit in
federal court to block this disastrous policy. But we
must do more: we must raise a nationwide outcry that
the Obama Administration cannot ignore.
 
And so we're calling on everyone who cares about wolves
to take part in "The Big Howl" campaign:
http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/w1SH64n14PCM/
 
Please call on the Interior Department to go back to the
drawing board and submit this cruel plan to the kind of
rigorous scientific review the Obama Administration has
promised. 
 
Because you have always stood up for wildlife, I'm
contacting you first to take part in
"The Big Howl" campaign. 
 
After you send your own message, I will let you know
about an easy way to spread the word to your friends
and family. We need at least one million messages to
save the wolves -- so get ready to rally your friends
and family to add their own voices to "The Big Howl." 
 
Sincerely,
 
Frances Beinecke
President 
Natural Resources Defense Council 
 
P.S. Hearing the wolf howl after you take action is a
poignant reminder of why we must act swiftly to save
these treasured icons of the American West -- before
their federal protections are lifted on May 4:
http://www.nrdconline.org/ct/w1SH64n14PCM/
 
So please speak out today, and then tell everyone you
know to take part in "The Big Howl."
 
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