Join our Campaign to Protect America’s Wolves

Participate TOMORROW (May 6) in a Day of Action for wolves!

Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies are under attack. Although ESA protections were restored for some wolves by court order in February 2022, that decision did not protect the wolves of the Northern Rockies and the decision is currently under threat due to the Biden Administration filing a notice of appeal. We are keeping a close eye on the Biden Administration’s appeal while also increasing our advocacy efforts where wolves are currently under active pursuit: the Northern Rockies.

With no federal protections in place, the states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and the eastern regions of Oregon and Washington have declared a war on wolves, setting hunting and trapping seasons designed to wipe out the species and resulting in over 1,000 wolves killed in the last year.

Despite over a year of focused advocacy and public pressure campaigns, Northern Rockies wolves have received zero relief from the federal government.

Enough is enough. Starting today, we are turning up the heat and calling on our supporters to demand our public representatives take action. With the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service set to make a decision on the relisting of the Northern Rockies wolves by September, our advocacy cannot waver and our voices are more critical than ever.

Join our #ProtectAmericasWolves advocacy campaign and take weekly targeted actions to increase public pressure on our representatives, and demand the wolves of the Northern Rockies be relisted as endangered before it’s too late.

Tomorrow, in coordination with the Endangered Species Coalition and thousands of wolf activists from across the country, we are participating in a Day of Action to protect wolves. Follow the action steps below to participate.

Join us tomorrow for a coordinated Day of Action to kick off our #ProtectAmericasWolves campaign!

ACTION STEPS:

1. Call Secretary Haaland tomorrow and urge her to relist the wolves of the Northern Rockies NOW. Let’s jam the Department of the Interior’s office phone lines with calls about wolves! In collaboration with the Endangered Species Coalition and wolf activists from across the country, we are participating in a coordinated phone jam.
   • Call Secretary Haaland: Dial (202) 208-3100. If you are connected to a live representative, ask to be connected to the Secretary of the Interior’s office. If you get the automated directory, press 3 to be connected to the Secretary of the Interior’s office.
   • You may be connected to a live representative or have the opportunity to leave a voicemail. Either way, here’s what you should say:
     • Share your name, where you live, and why you care about wolves and a call to action. Keep your comments respectful, polite and brief.

Example script: Hello, my name is Renee Seacor and I live in Garrison, New York. I visit the Northern Rockies to view wolves in Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area. I am devastated to learn that one-fifth of the park’s wolves are gone due to horrific hunting and trapping seasons in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Secretary Haaland, you must take a stand and protect America’s remaining wolves from slaughter. By September, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will announce whether the wolves of the Northern Rockies will be relisted but September is a long time away and we can’t afford to lose more wolves. I am asking Secretary Haaland to use her authority to issue an emergency relisting for the Northern Rockies wolves now before it’s too late.

1. Tweet Secretary Haaland (@SecDebHaaland @Interior) and President Biden (@potus @WhiteHouse) to #RelistWolves of the Northern Rockies now. Sample tweets are included below.
2. Follow us on social media (Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook) to partake in future weekly actions for wolves. At least once a week we will be asking for organized action directed at specific targets (e.g., Biden Administration, Department of Interior Secretary, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, your State Senator). The best way to participate is to follow Project Coyote on social media for daily action steps.
   
3. Spread the word. Share this campaign and help raise awareness by educating at least 5 people about the continuing slaughter of wolves in the Northern Rockies and urging them to take action.

Here is what you can expect from the campaign over the next few weeks:  

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Sample Tweets

• Secretary Haaland:
  • @SecDebHaaland you’ve said you are “committed to ensuring that wolves have the conservation they need to survive and thrive in the wild based on science and law.” Well, science supports relisting, and the law is in your hands! Take real action and #RelistWolves NOW! @interior
  • @SecDebHaaland @Interior has the power to authorize an emergency relisting of the Northern Rockies wolves. With over 1,000 wolves dead over the past year now is the time to #RelistWolves
  • @SecDebHaaland @Interior 25 of our iconic Yellowstone National Park wolves have been killed. Stop sitting idly by and #ProtectAmericasWolves. #RelistWolves of the Northern Rockies NOW. 
• President Biden:
  • Pop, they’re going to kill all the wolves! They’re killing the wolves, Pop. Why’s that happening, Pop?” @POTUS your grandchildren are still right. They are killing all the wolves, and it’s happening on your watch. #RelistWolves
    Context: In May 2021, President Biden revealed his grandchildren’s well-founded concerns about the plight of America’s wolves—concerns he professed to share and promised to address. We’re directing his attention to that previous commitment and using it as a call for him to act.
  • @POTUS Over 1,000 wolves have died on your watch. #RelistWolves in the Northern Rockies now before it’s too late. What are you telling your grandkids?
  • We need @POTUS to #RelistWolves in the Northern Rockies NOW. Take real meaningful action instead of just giving lip service to protecting wildlife.

Thank you for helping Protect America’s Wolves!

For Wild Nature,

Renee Seacor, JD                         
Carnivore Conservation Advocate