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In May of 2021, we, along with the Humane Society of the United States and our allies, filed a legal petition urging USFWS to immediately restore Endangered Species Act protections for these wolves. They recently announced they would not restore protections. We are devastated by this decision, but that does not mean we will stop fighting to protect this iconic species from extinction.
Gray wolves used to thrive across the country until they were hunted down in massive numbers or perished because their habitats were destroyed. Today, wolves are still absent from about 70% of currently suitable habitat in the lower 48 states, and the no-holds-barred wolf slaughter sanctioned by the laws in Idaho and Montana could wipe out wolves in those states forever. And now that USFWS has decided they will not protect them under the Endangered Species Act, it is not an overstatement to say the survival of Northern Rocky Mountain wolves is in jeopardy.
We’ll never stop fighting on behalf of wolf families and the many people across the U.S. who care about them and want them protected—and we hope you’ll join us.
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