På ett engelskt forum jag är medlem på är den en som startat en tråd om att rädda vargarna i USA som Regeringen kommer ta bort från listan över skyddade djur vilket kan medför att vargarna dör ut.
Om du vill hjälpa till så räcker det med ett brev eller e-mail till adressen som står nedan. (På engelska så klart)
Här nedan är exakt samma post som Flannmoriath postade på det engelska forumet, det är på engelska så om ni inte förstår nåt så här gärna av er via e-mail så ska jag hjälpa er.
Ta gärna lite av er tid med att skicka ett brev eller e-mail så kanske vi kan rädda vargarna i USA.
Just so everyone knows, you CAN write a letter even if you don't live in the United States. I encourage everyone to do so - if the government sees that people in other countries also care about the state of the wolves in the US, we've got a much better chance of saving them!!!
Help the Wolves of America
Overview
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service published a rule on March 27, 2006, proposing to remove the Gray Wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan from the list of threatened and endangered species. These three states hold 80% of the entire United States’ wolf population - approximately 4,000 wolves. If the proposal is approved, wolf management will become the responsibility of the state governments. It will also lift protections on the wolf in the surrounding states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Why This is a Problem
If wolves are removed – or “delisted” – from the threatened and endangered species list, they will no longer be protected by the federal government, but managed by government-approved state plans.
Minnesota’s state plan allows for the killing of 50% of the current wolf population by ranchers, allowing wolves to be shot or trapped for an offense as minimal as roaming within one mile of a rancher’s land. People will be allowed to shoot a wolf on the spot if they feel the wolf poses a threat to their life, even though there has never been any record of a healthy wild wolf killing a human in North America. Minnesota also plans on eventually opening a public wolf-hunting season after the delisting.
Wisconsin’s state plan allows for a public hunting season to be implemented whenever the public expresses their desire for one (50% of Wisconsin license-plate-holders are, or have been, hunters). In parts of Wisconsin, ranchers can get permission to “control” wolves in whatever way they deem necessary, and wolves could be shot for an offense as minimal as approaching livestock, a domestic animal, or a human.
Michigan’s plan doesn’t specify any details regarding the killing of wolves, other than that the killing will be “limited” until 50% of the present wolf population has been killed.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio – states that wolves could potentially migrate to – are not required to (and thus, do not) have any plans to control a potential wolf population. So, if wolves are delisted from these states, there will be nothing to prevent people from freely shooting them.
Ranchers and hunters are eagerly waiting for the wolves to be delisted. Hunters love to kill wolves for sport, and constantly complain that wolves are eating all of their game animals. Ranchers hate wolves because wolves attack livestock animals, and it’s easier to just kill wolves than to take precautions to keep them away.
What You Can Do
Let the government know that you want wolves to be adequately protected! Write a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service explaining why the gray wolf should not be delisted. Include as much data and factual information as possible, and cite your sources. Facts and data are what will ultimately make or break the government’s decision. Suggest alternative actions for ranchers to utilize to protect their livestock from wolves. Your comments will be accepted until June 26, 2006. You can send your comment via email, snail mail, fax, or through the Federal E-Rulemaking Portal.
Important: Include “WGL Wolf Delisting; RIN 1018-AU54” in the subject line of your emails, letters, and faxes.
Email [email protected]
Snail Mail
WGL Wolf Delisting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111-4056
United States
Fax (612) 713-5292
Federal E-Rulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main
Type “wolves” in the keyword box and press “submit.”
Further Information and Sources of Data
The Official Site of the Gray Wolf Delisting Proposal:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/2006pr_dl/
The Complete Proposed Rule:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/2006pr_dl/2006pr_dl.pdf
Government Tips on Writing Your Comment and Sending It:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/2006pr_dl/...r_dl_pubcom.htm
A great article on the issue:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2006/20...-09.asp#anchor2
Search Google News for “Gray Wolf”
People and Predators: From Conflict to Coexistence by Nina Fascione, Aimee Delach, and Martin Smith
Keep Updated! Type in “Gray Wolves” to get all the latest news about wolves emailed to you with Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts
