Urge Your Representative to Oppose Action Prioritizing Hunting Over Other Priority Uses of the Refuge System

From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org):

Members of the House of Representatives are taking a short break from their crusade to make our air and water dirtier to make it easier to kill bear cubs and wolf pups on national wildlife refuges.

Existing law allows traditional and sport hunting on wildlife refuges. But other rules will apply if H.J. Res. 69 passes. Alaskan officials would target wolves and bears through extreme methods including killing mother bears and cubs, killing wolves and pups in their dens; and trapping, baiting and using airplanes to scout and shoot bears.

Tell your representative to vote against this violation of America’s wildlife refuges at http://act.alaskawild.org/call/babyanimals/.

The National Wildlife Refuge System is the only network of federal lands and waters dedicated to wildlife conservation. Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges conserve more than 76 million acres of habitat, including some of the Refuge System’s most incredible crown jewels like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The ‘kill baby animals act’ will allow Alaskan officials to prioritize hunting over other priority public uses of the Refuge System – uses funded by our tax dollars like wildlife watching, taking photographs, fishing, teaching and interpreting our environment. Three times as many Americans visit wildlife refuges to view, rather than kill wildlife. And, most Americans, including Alaskans, oppose these highly controversial, extreme measures that could reduce or eliminate carnivores across entire landscapes.

Help keep Alaska wild so that our wildlife refuges can still provide refuge to the iconic bears, wolves and other animals that make Alaska so special.