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Take Action: No Punishment for Wolf Poaching?
Ask the Fish and Wildlife Service to look into the case of a family who illegally poached an endangered pack of wolves.
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Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
High up nestled in the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest lies a scenic and remote place called the Methow Valley. And in the Methow Valley lives an elusive pack of wolves called the Lookout Pack.
The Lookout Pack disappeared from the Methow Valley 70 years ago and was rediscovered there in just 2008. In fact it was the first documented wolf pack in Washington in decades. But a Methow-area family is credited with the possible decimation of this particular species for simple profit gain.
Tom White killed two of the pack's wolves, and his wife and father assisted in shipping their pelts to a hunting buddy. A FedEx employee discovered a bloody package and found the pelt inside. The package was traced back to the Whites.
The Whites stand to leave sentencing with nothing more than probation and some fines. Urge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to consider the gravity of this crime and to punish the Whites appropriately.
Dear Daniel M. Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
I strongly oppose a recent plea agreement made by the White family and a U.S. attorney that dictates the family won't fully pay for its actions.
A pack of wolves in Methow Valley, Washington called the Lookout Pack recently resurfaced after vanishing from the area over 70 years ago. The recent sightings suggested the endangered gray wolf pack was procreating and on its way to recovery. But federal workers soon found evidence that a few of these wolves had been brutally killed and their pelts mailed via FedEx.
Tom White and his wife Erin were found responsible for the killings and the mailings, but it now looks like these criminals could end up only paying a fine and shirking all jail time. This prospect not only sends the message to the Whites that their crime was much less offensive as well as that other poachers might be able to get away with similar actions.
We can't allow illegal poaching to skirt the true purpose of the law. If we allow the Whites reduced punishments we set the precedent for future illegal hunting.
Please use your power as our federal fish and wildlife agency to see that these criminals are punished appropriately.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
cat day
May 14, 2013
Dan Boyle
The fact that this family may get off with just "a slap on the wrist" is very irritating at the least. This was a crime and the guilty party must be punished for it to the full extent of the law. The wolves were brutally killed and they deserve justice.
May 14, 2013
Michele Thielke
May 14, 2013
Lytha Lee
May 14, 2013
Megan Campesi
Poaching is punishable by law. Why are wolves not protected? This makes no sense. After reading what happened, I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth. How can this be condoned? Jail time for this crime should not be avoided when they're guilty.
May 14, 2013
john wilson
May 14, 2013
Margaret Walden
May 14, 2013
Teresa Walsh
A slap on the wrist?!
May 14, 2013
Robin Parrotta
May 14, 2013
Christina DeHaro
May 14, 2013
Ankie Ellajdel
May 14, 2013
Chris Martino
May 14, 2013
Lynda Ferrara
May 13, 2013
Jessica Pynn
May 13, 2013
(Name not displayed)
STOP THE CRUELTY, PLEASE?
May 13, 2013
Cecelia Samp
May 13, 2013
Nancy McClelland
May 12, 2013
Carolyn De Voe
May 12, 2013
Liane Gayler
May 12, 2013
Kevin Kenger
May 12, 2013
Stefania Nobile
Abuse, hurt, or kill and animal... go to JAIL!
May 12, 2013
Nicole Matier
May 12, 2013
Alison Adams
May 12, 2013
Vickie McClintock
May 11, 2013
Linda Haney
May 11, 2013
Vicki Wright
Sick people!
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
Kerstin Duffy
May 11, 2013
michel raciti
May 11, 2013
linda reid
Wolves are special animals and a true symbol of the wild. Don't let them disappear due to the stupiduty and greed of man
May 10, 2013
Sandra Givas
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Lisa Wilson
May 10, 2013
Irena Hodzic
May 10, 2013
beth lancaster
May 10, 2013
Alexe Bouchard
May 10, 2013
Esme Perez
May 9, 2013
doinita geanina ciubotaru
May 9, 2013
christopher goetz
May 9, 2013
Anja Boyd
May 9, 2013
Aline Juncarol
May 9, 2013
Veroy Tison
May 9, 2013
Akira Kikuchi
It's nothing to do with religion, but Higher power will punish these kind of people they are watching....
May 9, 2013
Lisa Lewis
May 9, 2013
(Name not displayed)
its disgraceful they should be given a stiff sentence not a slap on the wrist the wolves have a right to live
May 9, 2013
S Guthrie
Please see that these criminals are punished.
May 9, 2013
Kristine Vedd
What has happened with people. The love of our animals. This is sick
May 9, 2013
Andrea Scheri
If we are to save endangered species then we must have harsher laws for those that don't follow them. Tom and Erin White need to be jailed and have high fines for the deaths of these two wolves.
