From the Center of Biological Diversity:

As you read this email, a federal sharpshooter in a plane is tracking a pair of wolves near eastern Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness. Homing in on a radio collar worn by the male wolf, the sharpshooter is under orders to shoot both wolves because they killed livestock.

The wolves are in a forested area where a clear shot is not guaranteed. Furthermore, the killers must shoot the uncollared wolf first to ensure that both wolves are destroyed.

That means there may still be time to save these wolves.

Right now, the Center for Biological Diversity is fighting to restore these wolves' yanked Endangered Species Act protections through a lawsuit that also seeks protection for wolves in Idaho and Montana.

We have requested an injunction that could come any day now; if granted, it would mean the end of this hunt and a renewed opportunity for wolves, livestock, and people to co-exist peacefully in Oregon.

The permit to kill these wolves has been issued by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Please ask Governor Ted Kulongoski to intercede and spare these wolves now -- they're running out of time.




Use the following text to urge Governor Ted Kulongoski to call off the hunt immediately. Call him at (503) 378-4582, fax him at (503) 378-6827, or email him via the web at http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact_us.shtml.

Dear Governor Kulongoski,

I urge you to immediately call off the hunt for the pair of wolves near eastern Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness and insist the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife rescind the kill order and permit.

You can intercede and spare these incredible animals -- but time is running out.

The targeted wolves killed sheep and a cow in April and May, but after ranchers took steps to protect their stock they suffered no more losses through June, July, and most of August.

Oregon Department of Wildlife should continue helping livestock owners develop effective means to protect their stock and give Oregon the opportunity for wolves, livestock, and people to co-exist peacefully. In the meantime, occasional but rare depredations should not preclude the survival of these precious recolonizing wolves. These wolves need your help now.

Please call off the hunt and urge the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to immediately rescind the kill order and permit.