Heartbreaker: Mounting Wolf Deaths in Greater Yellowstone

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We want to run this powerful ad in New York's Times Square through the Thanksgiving Holiday and reach millions of Americans.

Please make an emergency donation to save wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies and other imperiled wildlife.

Help us reach our goal of raising $150,000 by Friday, October 23rd.

Our 5-point Plan to Save Wolves:

Fight in court to restore protections for wolves.
Counter anti-wolf lies in the media.
Work on the ground to reduce conflicts between wolves and livestock producers.
Mobilize wildlife activists to save wolves.
Bring lawless wolf poachers to justice.

Entire wolf packs in the Greater Yellowstone and northern Rockies region are being stalked and killed.

Already destroyed is Yellowstone National Park's famous Cottonwood pack. The pack's adults were all apparently gunned down -- and
now the surviving pups will likely starve to death without their family.

Please make an emergency donation to expand our public awareness campaign by running a powerful, eyecatching ad in New York's Times
Square and save these wolves and other wildlife -- part of our comprehensive 5-point plan to counter the biggest threat to wolves in
the region since they were reintroduced over a decade ago.

Your generous support will help us in one of our most ambitious public mobilization efforts yet: a Times Square ad that will run
during the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and reach millions of Americans.

Please help us run our Times Square ad through the Thanksgiving Holiday -- and mobilize millions to help save wolves in the Greater
Yellowstone and northern Rockies region. Help us reach our goal of raising $150,000 by Friday, October 23rd.

Already, more than 60 wolves have been killed in Idaho and Montana. And hundreds more wolves will be targeted in the coming weeks.

In fact, Idaho's hunting season in some critical areas extends into the crucial denning season for wolves, which could put denning
wolf mothers and their newborn pups at grave risk.

Please help us stop the senseless wolf killing in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies. Make a tax-deductible donation
today.

Our five-point plan to save wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies is moving into high gear.

Over the span of just a few days, more than 80,000 Defenders supporters like you have signed our petition to Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar urging his immediate action to stop the killing -- an absolutely incredible response by caring wildlife supporters.

In the courts, our legal team has won an important ruling from a federal judge that indicates we're likely to eventually win our
case to restore protections for northern Rockies wolves.

And our new ad featuring powerful imagery of wolves is being placed on the CBS big screen in Times Square -- a 520 square-foot,
full-color screen seen by hundreds of thousands of people each day and will reach millions. And with your help, we can keep it
running even during the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Please donate today to help us reach millions of Americans and stop the wolf killing in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies
and save other wildlife.

Together, we can save the wolves that you and I care so much about -- and ensure they have a lasting future.
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Sincerely,
Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. We can't allow more Yellowstone packs like the Cottonwood family to be wiped out. Please make your tax-deductible contribution
on our secure website to ensure your donation will be put to immediate use to save wolves and other wildlife. You can also donate by
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EPA Approves Deadly Poisons to Kill Prairie Dogs

From: Defenders of Wildlife defenders@mail.defenders.org

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Help Us Fight for Prairie Dogs

Rozol and Kaput-D -- two poisons approved to kill prairie dogs like this -- can cause horrible deaths for prairie dogs, endangered
black-footed ferrets and other imperiled wildlife.

Please help us raise $25,000 to save prairie dogs and other imperiled wildlife by Friday October 9th!

Right now, America's prairie dogs are being poisoned and suffering horrible deaths. Slowly bleeding to death -- even through their
skin -- their agony can last weeks.

The cause of their deaths: the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) shocking approval of the use of two incredibly toxic poisons
known to cause wildlife deaths well beyond their intended use -- Rozol and the morbidly named Kaput-D.

Defenders of Wildlife is going to court to protect prairie dogs and other prairie wildlife from these deadly poisons, but we need
your support to win. Please donate today to support our emergency legal efforts.
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Prairie dogs are an essential part of healthy prairie ecosystems; they are a food source for predators, maintain short vegetation,
and dig burrows that many other animals also use. But these keystone mammals already have been eradicated from more than 95% of
their historic range across the Great Plains!

Scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have questioned the EPA's approval of Rozol and Kaput-D, citing serious concerns
about the effects of these poisons on prairie ecosystems -- and especially on highly endangered black footed ferrets and imperiled
swift fox, burrowing owls, bald and golden eagles and other wildlife linked to prairie dogs in the food chain.

Yet these poisons are now being used to kill prairie dogs, threatening many of the imperiled prairie bids and mammals that we've
fought so hard to rescue from extinction.

Last week, we filed a lawsuit with our local allies at Audubon of Kansas challenging the use of Rozol and Kaput-D. We face a tough
fight ahead as we take on the lawyers at the EPA and the well-funded legal teams of the makers of these poisons.

Help us win in court with your tax-deductible contribution to save prairie dogs and other endangered wildlife from an agonizing
death.

Rozol and Kaput-D can take weeks to kill a poisoned prairie dog, making them easy prey as they become disoriented and slowly lose
bodily function.

And, because these poisons can linger in a prairie dog's carcass for weeks, animals like black-footed ferrets and birds that feed on
dead or dying prairie dogs or live in contaminated burrows (as burrowing owls often do) can also inadvertently become poisoned and
share the same grim fate.

The effects of Rozol and Kaput-D are widespread and dangerous. Will you help us fight in court to end the misuse of these deadly
poisons and protect America's prairie wildlife?

For the Wild Ones,
Jonathan Proctor
Rocky Mountain Region Representative
Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. Your help can make a big difference. Thanks to the actions and donations of caring people like you, Defenders has been able to
help the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana and private landowners in Kansas save two important prairie dog colonies in these states
and help establish two new footholds on America's plains for endangered black-footed ferrets.

Please make a secure donation online now or call 1-800-385-9712 to help us win our latest fight for America's wildlife!
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