Endangered Female Wolf Killed, Dumped Along Road

Dumped on the Roadside

F836 one of just 52 lobos left in the wild was killed by a poacher shortly after being released to the wild. Federal officials said
that prior to her death she "was on her way to being a successful animal."

She was one of the rarest in the world: a southwest wolf (also known as a lobo). Scientists gave her the designation F836 to keep
track of her.

Raised in South Salem, New York's Wolf Conservation Center, she was released with excitement into her native habitat in Arizona late
last year.

But just two months later, a poacher killed her then dumped her like garbage along a road near Pinetop, Arizona. Sadly, her few
remaining brethren could face a similar fate if we don't act right now.

Lobos like F836 are the most endangered wolves in the world. Only 52 lobos -- and only two breeding pairs of these Southwest wolves
-- now exist in the wild.

Your compassionate contribution today will help pay for rewards to bring the killer of wolf F836 to justice and catch other
criminals who kill endangered wolves. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, illegal shooting was the leading cause of
documented loss of lobos in 2008.

Your contribution is also vital to our court battle to correct the terrible mismanagement that has undermined lobo recovery efforts.
In 2007, 19 wolves were removed from the wild under flawed management policies now in place -- more than one-third of the lobos then
in the wild.

We know there is a better way to manage wolves in the southwest. With the support of caring people like you, we recently scored an
important initial legal victory in our case to return wolf management responsibilities to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and to
end the controversial "three-strikes" rule that has led to the unwarranted killing and removal of lobos from their natural habitat
in the wild.

For the Wild Ones,
Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife

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1-800-385-9712 to contribute over the phone.