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Defenders' community of activists is a powerful advocate for the protection of wildlife and wild places. Take an action below and join the fight!
Most actions are open to all U.S. residents. We will indicate if an action is open to international activists or is restricted to residents of a particular state or region.
Stop the 11th-Hour Attack on WolvesDeadline: 11/28/2008Federal officials have launched a final attempt to ram through a plan that could lead to the slaughter of as many as two-thirds of the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies wolf population. |
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Urge Your Senators to Save Snow Leopards and Other Rare AnimalsWrite your Senators and urge support for the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act! |
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Help Ensure a Lasting Future for Wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern RockiesUrge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to adopt a responsible management plan for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. |
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Stop the Bush/Cheney Assault on Endangered SpeciesUrge your Members of Congress to help stop the Bush/Cheney assault on the Endangered Species Act. |
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Help us fight to protect Hatteras!Support science over special interests. Take action now to let your elected officials know that you oppose legislation to turn back the clock on Cape Hatteras. |
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Help Save Cerulean Warblers and Other Neotropical BirdsDeadline: 12/21/2008Urge your Representative to co-sponsor the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. |
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Fighting For Your "Rights" in CongressUrge your Senators to support The Ship Strike Reduction Act of 2008 -- vital legislation to protect struggling right whales. |
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Help End A Bear Poaching PlagueUrge your Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to the Bear Protection Act (H.R. 5534) -- a bill that would help save America's bears. |
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Speak Out for Yellowstone Bison!Write to the Montana Promotion Division -- the state's tourism officials -- and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!Latest Update |
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Speak Out Against The Slaughter of Yellowstone BisonMT residents only - Write to Montana's Governor and speak out for sensible wildlife management of these American icons!Latest Update |
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Victory for Red Knots in New Jersey!NJ residents only - Send a message to your state legislators and to Governor Corzine to thank them for passing legislation to continue a ban on horseshoe crab harvesting in New Jersey to help save the red knot from extinction. |
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Protect the Refuge, Reject Big OilUrge your Senators to reject drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and support permanent protections for this special place. |
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Support a National Wolf Recovery PlanHelp ensure a lasting future for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies and provide a needed boost for wolf recovery and management efforts in the Southwest, Northeast and Pacific Northwest. |
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AZ & NM Residents: Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!AZ & NM Residents Only - Southwest wolves are struggling to survive: the latest population count confirms only 4 breeding pairs, and 52 wolves total, in the wild! Urge your members of Congress to support sensible, science-based management of struggling Southwest wolves |
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Speak Up for Southwest Wolves!Southwest wolves are struggling to survive: the latest population count confirms only 4 breeding pairs, and 52 wolves total, in the wild! Sign the petition to support sensible, science-based management of struggling Southwest wolves |
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Protect Wildlife at Our Borders!Over a quarter of the U.S.-Mexico border runs through national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas -- important habitat that jaguars, wolves, ocelots, Sonoran pronghorns, burrowing owls and other imperiled species need to survive.Latest Update |
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Urge Your Senators to Co-Sponsor the Global Warming Wildlife Survival ActUrge your Senators to co-sponsor the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act (S. 2204), legislation to protect wildlife from the impacts of global warming. |
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Help Save Dolphins and Promote International Ocean ConservationRatifying the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea -- a 25 year-old treaty that virtually every other developed, ocean-going nation has already joined -- is an important step in protecting dolphins and other marine wildlife and in restoring America's place in the world. |
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Support the PAW Act -- End Alaska's Aerial Hunting ProgramTell your Representative to sign on as a cosponsor to the Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act to put an end to Alaska's brutal aerial hunting program -- and prevent programs like it from spreading. |
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Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Forever!Urge your Senators and Representative to support the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39) and permanent protections for this special place. |
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Keep Tuna Safe for Families & for DolphinsSend a message to the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration urging them to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins. |
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