Emergency: Senators Target Animal Protections

		Protect Endangered Species Your senators can stop the assault on protections for imperiled animals. But they need to hear from you! Speak out for endangered species. Call your Senators now! Dear Kenny, What starts with an attack on imperiled lizards and prairie chickens could end with the destruction of vital protections for America’s threatened and endangered animals like polar bears and rare Mexican wolves. As early as today, Senators John Cornyn and James Inhofe (two of the most anti-wildlife members of the Senate) plan to offer amendments to an unrelated bill that would undermine the integrity of the Endangered Species Act, one of our most important wildlife conservation laws. Your senators can stop the assault! Contact your senators right now using the information below… Mark Udall - (202) 224-5941 or (303) 650-7820 Michael F. Bennet - (202) 224-5852 or (303) 455-7600 If information for your senators does not appear above, you can be connected to their offices by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. … and deliver this simple message:  My name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm calling from [YOUR TOWN] to urge the senator to oppose Amendments #397 proposed by Senator John Cornyn and #429 proposed by Senator James Inhofe and any similar amendments to S. 782. These amendments would not only bar protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard and lesser prairie chicken, they would also threaten the Endangered Species Act by encouraging Congress to block protections for wildlife that it finds politically inconvenient to protect. We’ll be tracking responses on this important debate closely over the next few hours, so please make sure to report your call to help us more effectively advocate for endangered species. The Endangered Species Act has helped save animals like grizzly bears, wolves and bald eagles from extinction in the wild and now protects more than 1,000 unique kinds of animals and plants. Now Senators Cornyn and Inhofe have launched a stealth attack on protections for some of America’s most imperiled wildlife... and we need your help to stop them. The amendments by Senators Cornyn and Inhofe would bar much-needed protections for imperiled dunes sagebrush lizards and lesser prairie chickens. By blocking protection for particular species for the sake of special interests such as the oil and gas industry, the amendments would also undermine the very integrity of the Endangered Species Act. Make no mistake: if passed, these amendments would truly destroy the Endangered Species Act by encouraging Congress to block protections for any species it finds politically inconvenient to save.  We only have a very limited time to stop this assault on vital protections for our most vulnerable wildlife please take action now. Sincerely, Robert Dewey Vice President, Government Affairs Defenders of Wildlife
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