To: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (CT-1), and Sen. Christopher Murphy (CT-2)
Connecticut Stands for Wolves
Wolves are highly evolved, intelligent, social animals whose presence increases biodiversity and keeps their prey populations healthy and strong. Wolves deserve our respect and protection, and the best ways for us to stand up for them are:
— to maintain the Endangered Species Act (and protect wolves under its mandate),
— to protect our wild lands,
— to continue the reintroduction of lobos in the Southwest and red wolves in the Southeast,
— to outlaw barbaric trapping/hunting practices (leg-hold traps, cable snares, baiting, use of dogs, killing contests),
— and to curtail the activities of the Wildlife Services division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (which will kill pretty much any predator on four legs at the request of a farmer or rancher, using any means deemed convenient, including poison, which places all nearby species at risk).
— to maintain the Endangered Species Act (and protect wolves under its mandate),
— to protect our wild lands,
— to continue the reintroduction of lobos in the Southwest and red wolves in the Southeast,
— to outlaw barbaric trapping/hunting practices (leg-hold traps, cable snares, baiting, use of dogs, killing contests),
— and to curtail the activities of the Wildlife Services division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (which will kill pretty much any predator on four legs at the request of a farmer or rancher, using any means deemed convenient, including poison, which places all nearby species at risk).
Why is this important?
So many bills in Congress now target wolves; our senators and representatives need to be asked to keep up their good work in supporting the Endangered Species Act and other important legislation! Connecticut has no wolves, but America's national parks and forests belong to all of us, and it's up to the rest of the country to control the activities of local special-interest groups (mostly ranchers and sport hunters). If you sign this petition, I want you to imagine howling back to the wolves at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY, or having one of their wolf ambassadors look into your eyes. You'll be able to look back into that golden gaze, knowing you did what you could to save their kind from the jagged teeth of a leg-hold trap or the cross-hairs of a rifle like the one that killed Echo, the first wolf to make it back to the Grand Canyon.