Wolves are under attack in our country. Since 2003, more than 1000 wolves have been slaughtered from the skies in Alaska. Alaska is the only state in the U.S. where private trophy hunters use aircraft to gun down wolves from low-flying airplanes or chase them to exhaustion, then land and shoot them at point-blank range.
We have a real chance to put a stop to this barbaric practice once and for all.
Right now,The Wolf Conservation Center is working with Defenders of Wildlife to build support for the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act, a bill that would close the deadly loophole that allows Alaska to continue its brutal state-sponsored aerial hunting program. Wolves need broad bi-partisan support to make the promise of the PAW Act a reality. That’s where you come in…It's crucial that our elected officials in Congress hear from us -- and that we urge our local newspapers to start paying more attention to this important issue. This is our best chance to end aerial wolf hunting, and we don't have any time to lose.
Here's how to help:
> You can find your representative by visiting www.house.gov and entering your congressional
district. This will take you to your representative’s web page
> Call or write your representative with the following suggested talking point
The PAW Act would:
> Clarify the conditions under which states can use airplanes and helicopters to aid in the management
of wildlife
> Bar states from using aerial hunting to artificially boost game species populations for hunters, and;
> Place a specific, new restriction on inhumane “land and shoot” hunting
Please co-sponsor the PAW Act (H.R. 3381) and (S. 1535).
Learn more by selecting from the following menu provided by Defenders of Wildlife:
PAW Act – What You Can Do *
PAW Facts *
PAW Report July 2009 *
PAW Testimonials
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September 25th - Rep. George Miller (CA) introduces Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act with Defenders of Wildlife's Rodger Schlickeisen, ambassador wolf Atka, and WCC's Maggie Howell and Spencer Wilhelm.
