Every day I get emails, petitions, news bulletins, updates, and other material in relation to animals or wildlife. I try to narrow down the stuff I pass along, so bare with me here. It may seem a little crazy to be concentrating our money and efforts on wolves right now, especially with all the other animals in need of saving and good care. Here’s a problem where one of our endangered species, “lobos” or Mexican gray wolves, are down to the count of only 42. That’s it and they’re gone. Just think about it, with only 42 left, it’s really important that we save these animals from extinction. These amazing animals exist nowhere else in the wild, and they are quickly running out of time in their fight for survival.

It will only take a moment and we can give this our best shot.

Thanks,

Amy

Act Now to Save Lobos on the Brink F836 — one of the few wild lobos left in the world — was killed by a lawless wolf-killer last year shortly after being released into the wild. Wolf-killing criminals coupled with years of inflexible management have led this rare sub-species of wolf to the brink of a second extinction in the wild. Just 42 lobos remain in the wild! Please urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to fast-track federal recovery efforts for these highly endangered wolves. Help us reach our goal of generating 30,000 messages by Friday, March 26th. Please send your message today and forward this message to at least five others who care about wildlife.

Disturbing news: Just 42 “lobos” or Mexican gray wolves remain in the wilds of the Arizona and New Mexico, according to the federal government’s latest count.

These amazing animals exist nowhere else in the wild, and they are quickly running out of time in their fight for survival.

Take action today to save these rare and beautiful wolves. Urge the Obama administration to fast-track recovery of Mexican gray wolves and help prevent a second extinction of these amazing animals in the wild.

Over the last year, the number of wild Mexican gray wolves has declined by ten — a nearly 20 percent reduction in one of the most endangered wild wolf populations in the world. With just two breeding pairs left outside of captivity, these wolves are again threatened with extinction in the wild.

With so few lobos remaining, the loss of even one wolf could spell disaster for this rare wolf.

The lobo can’t wait. Tell U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to expedite the federal plan to recover lobos and restore them to their rightful place the Southwest.

During the last century, an orchestrated lobo eradication campaign nearly wiped these magnificent animals off the face of the earth.

Fortunately, the federal government protected lobos under the Endangered Species Act in 1976. Then with the help of zoos in the U.S. and Mexico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched a captive breeding program to keep these highly endangered wolves from disappearing forever.

But 33 years later, lobos remain on the brink of extinction in the wild due to past mismanagement that killed or removed too many wolves, increasingcriminal poaching of wolves and a vocal anti-wolf minority that has prevented reasonable management to save these important animals.

Help save lobos from a second extinction in the wild. Please take action now.

SIGN THE ANIMAL RESCUE SIGHT PETITION TO SAVE LOBOS

Wildlife Update

Alaska’s out-of-control wolf-killing program has claimed its latest victims. Last week, the Webber Creek pack of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was slaughtered by state agents in a helicopter – including two radio-collared adults being tracked for National Park Service research. Defenders and our sister organization, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund are continuing efforts on the ground, in Congress and in the courts to stop the state’s brutal, unnecessary and unscientific program.