Saturday, June 24, 2006

The anti-conservation Alaska Board of Game has just voted to allow up to 900 wolves to be killed by the barbaric practice of aerial gunning. This is six times as many as were killed last winter.

You can help protect Alaska's wolves for future generations by adopting a wolf pup for someone on your holiday gift list: Adopt a wolf!

Last year, Governor Frank Murkowski authorized the aerial killing of wolves in Alaska. Families of wolves can be gunned down from airplanes, or run to exhaustion in the deep snow and then slaughtered when they are too fatigued to escape. 147 wolves were killed last winter by aerial gunning.

And once the snow falls, the killing will begin again. That's why I'd like to tell you about the Defenders of Wildlife wolf gift adoption program. At the wildlife adoption center you can make a truly meaningful - and critical - gift this holiday season by adopting a wolf for those special people on your holiday gift list.

To save the wolves targeted for slaughter this winter, we need 900 wolf adoptions in the next 72 hours. By sending a wolf gift adoption, you will help protect Alaska's wolves from those determined to kill them.

Your gift adoption will help fund:

Grassroots efforts to stop aerial gunning of wolves. Defenders is mobilizing Alaskans and people around the country, and has launched a national phone call program to the Governor's office.

Please call Governor Murkowski at (907) 465-3500 and urge him to stop aerial gunning.
Legal initiatives to fight for wolves in the courts. Defenders has petitioned the federal government to enforce the Federal Airborne Hunting Act - which clearly states that policies like Governor Murkowski's aerial gunning program are illegal.

Education and lobbying campaigns to promote wolf protection. Defenders is working to get the Alaskan tourism industry to pressure the governor to stop this senseless war on wolves. And when you adopt a wolf, Defenders of Wildlife will send your gift recipient a plush wolf toy and a personalized adoption certificate suitable for framing.

Help ensure a healthy future for America's wolves and pass on the legacy of stewardship and conservation to friends and family.

Go to the wildlife adoption center and make a wolf gift adoption today. http://www.care2.com/go/z/18762 The holidays will soon be here - please adopt a wolf today!

Thank you for caring,

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