
BREAKING: We're going to court for critically endangered wolves
Jamie Rappoport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
We’re running out of time to save Mexican gray wolves.
After almost 40 years on the Endangered Species List, the Mexican gray wolf (also called the lobo) hovers on the brink of extinction.
Tragically, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has failed to conserve the lobo, so we have filed suit to compel them to act.
Your emergency donation to Defenders of Wildlife can help save these critically endangered animals and other vulnerable wildlife.
The lobo is the most genetically distinct lineage of wolves in the world, and one of the most endangered mammals in North America. In the U.S., Mexican gray wolves historically inhabited much of the southwest, including portions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and ranged even further north into southern Utah and Colorado.
At the last official count, there were only 83 of these spectacular animals clinging to survival in the wild.
This will not be the first time that Defenders has gone to court to save the lobo. Just recently, we filed a lawsuit challenging the failure of FWS to develop a recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf.
There is no room for another failure. This may be our last chance to save one of America’s most iconic predators.
Help Us Save
This Wolf
At the last official count, there were only 83 of these spectacular animals clinging to survival in the wild.
Help us save one of the most endangered mammals in the world.
Sincerely,
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Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders of Wildlife |