Please call these numbers and demand that Washington State stop killing these endangered animals.
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire: 360-902-4111
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson: 360-902-2200
Note: The Department of Fish and Wildlife has received so many calls that there is greeting:
If you are calling about the Wolf Ridge pack, please press #.
But, if you press #, you get a recording that there are so many calls, they can't take yours.
Instead, I stayed on the line, and left a message on the poaching hotline.
Killing endangered animals is a form of poaching, and to have state wildlife officials engaged in poaching is illegal.
The state has plenty of non-lethal options. Wildlife experts have touted tried and true options, including using domesticated animals such as donkeys or llamas as guard animals. While there may be limits on the effectiveness, searching for non-lethal solutions is a good start to ending sadistic practices of torturing and killing wolves.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5814595_can-farmers-protect-livestock-wolves_.html
http://agrilife.org/texnatwildlife/coyotes/table-of-contents/alternative-methods-of-predator-control/
Please sign this petition http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-torture-of-wolves-in-our-forests
The latest news regarding a newly-discovered wolf pack in Washington state, is that state officials have decided to condemn the wolves to death for hunting for food. The wolves are blamed for killing a rancher's cattle that graze on public lands. In a classic case of dystopian double think, State officials believe that killing this wolf pack will help make a sustainable area for future wolf packs, ie killing as a means of living. http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/sep2112a/
“Once wolves become habituated to livestock as their primary food source, all of the wolf experts we’ve talked to agree that we have no alternative but to remove the entire pack,” Anderson said. “By doing that, we will preserve the opportunity for the recovery of gray wolves in balance with viable livestock operations.”
Despite being officially labeled an endangered species, the pack of gray wolves called the "Wedge" pack have already lost two wolves, shot from helicopters near the Canadian border. In the September 26, 2012 article "State kills two wolves in Stevens County" by
Rich Landers of The Spokesman-Review, Landers writes:
"Shooting from a helicopter, a marksman with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife killed two wolves in northeast Washington on Tuesday in the effort to eliminate a pack that has preyed on at least 17 cattle since July in a remote grazing area near the U.S.-Canada border."
On the Howling for Justice blog, the article "Death Rains Down from the Sky, 2 Washington Wedge Pack Wolves Aerial Gunned..."
"Sad, sad news Wolf Warriors. 2 Wedge Pack wolves met death from the sky today as WDFW sharpshooters slaughtered two wolves and are in pursuit of the rest of the pack, including puppies. This is a dark day for Washington state."
The blog includes a call for action, to call the Washington State Department of Tourism and Governor Gregoire:
Washington State Tourism
Washington State Travel Counselor at 1-866-964-8913.Monday through Friday – 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (PST)
tourisminfo@watourismalliance.com
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Governor Gregoire
Phone: (360) 902-4111Fax: (360) 753-4110
Website: www.governor.wa.gov
E-mail: Contact Via ‘Web Form“
PO Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire: 360-902-4111
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson: 360-902-2200
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson: 360-902-2200
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