TWEET SHEET: #KillingIsNOTConservation

1) #Trophy film @TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms features hunters who claim #TrophyHunting aids in #wildlife conservation, but in truth, trophy hunting has minimal wildlife conservation benefit! 🐘🦁💔 http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/hRlcPAqqIU

2) How can killing animals help conserve them? #TrophyHunting does not help #wildlife! http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #Trophy #KillingIsNOTConservation @TrophyTheFilm @CNN @CNNFilms 💔🦁 #TW #Trophy pic.twitter.com/XZh730azQu

3) .@TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms shows hunters who say #TrophyHunting benefits local economies but killing 1 #elephant costs $50k, while a living 🐘 can bring in $1.5M in conservation-friendly tourism http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9 #KillingIsNotConservation #TW

4) .@TrophyTheFilm on @CNN @CNNFilms features hunters who say #TrophyHunting provides economic benefits to local communities but studies show as little as 3% of 💰 from hunt goes to community! http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9 #Trophy #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/6xsgwSewpb

5) .@TrophyTheFilm @CNN @CNNFilms features #rhino breeder who advocates selling horns of de-horned rhino to reduce #poaching; legalizing rhino horn trade lines pockets of elite NOT aid #conservation http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  #TW #KillingIsNOTConservation pic.twitter.com/KnRWHw6RKc

6)  I stand with @BornFreeUSA and @BornFreeFDN: #TrophyHunting does not help conserve species because #KillingIsNotConservation! #TW #Trophy http://bit.ly/2lFiSG9  @TheLeadCNN @JakeTapper @CNN pic.twitter.com/xy4BiDZ8lc

7) Nature picks off the weakest, #TrophyHunting picks off the strongest. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/29XGdqwaTH

8) Over past several decades #TrophyHunting has been primary, in many cases ONLY method of conservation, in many countries and yet wildlife populations continue to plummet. How is that effective? @trophythefilm @CNN #KillingIsNotConservation #TW pic.twitter.com/H15TLWFUut

9) As we saw by the visceral reaction to Cecil the Lion, #TrophyHunting is simply not morally acceptable to most Americans. #KillingIsNotConservation #TW @TrophyTheFilm #Trophy @CNN pic.twitter.com/LfNPLCgdF6

10) Hey .@CNN @CNNFilms, wake up! @TrophyTheFilm is NOT the next #BlackFish. #KillingIsNOTConservation #Trophy #TW https://twitter.com/Voice_OT_Orcas/status/952290365972729856

11) Conservation groups urge .@CNNFilms and @CNN to reconsider airing @TrophyTheMovie bc it doesn't offer network's viewers an opportunity to see and hear counterviews to #TrophyHunting. #KillingIsNOTConservation #TW #Trophy http://bit.ly/2DvMlde

12) Trophy hunting can be linked to poaching. This can range from instances like with Cecil the lion, where hunters break law, to poachers using trophy hunting as a smokescreen for a more in depth poaching operation. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/GwfFbtlrdw

13) Over last 100 years, hunting has been main conservation method employed in many countries. If #TrophyHunting was so great for conservation, why have African lions declined by 95% since the 1940's? #KillingIsNotConservation #TW #Trophy pic.twitter.com/vBlC0n6Abl

14) .@TheEllenShow @DonCheadle @Alyssa_Milano @jimmykimmel @DebraMessing  Please speak out against @TrophyTheFilm, being shown on @CNN @CNNFilms without a counter view for viewers. #KillingIsNotConservation #Trophy #TW pic.twitter.com/GwfFbtlrdw

15) Americans overwhelmingly oppose #TrophyHunting! Animals are sentient beings and have a right to live. #KillingIsNotConservation #TW #Trophy 🐘🦁🐻 pic.twitter.com/sy5seNDUOx

TWEET SHEET: Save the Endangered Species Act

An attack on one is an attack on all. Tell your members of Congress to oppose ANY attempt to block Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled species. #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/jGR4WOK8Ez

Any policy “riders” that block Endangered Species Act protections for specific species undermine the Act itself . #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/nJaPc7Omkh

Attacks on the #EndangeredSpeciesAct are unnecessary & anti-wildlife provisions should not be added on to spending bills! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/VUXPaCRxSr

The Endangered Species Act WORKS. Tell your members of Congress to oppose attempts to block protections for vital species. #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/iCNeHNdWmt

Tell your reps to oppose budget “riders” to block protections for endangered species. No law has been more important than the Endangered Species Act to #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/5ziMUOkDmW

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Nomination to Trophy Hunting Council Due 12/8

Ryan Zinke's "International Wildlife Conservation Council" (aka council to promote trophy hunting abroad) is accepting nominations from the public for members.

The council will be stacked with Safari Club and other trophy hunting ilk. However, CEO and General Counsel for Born Free USA, Prashant Khetan, has offered up his services to sit on the council. 

Please take 3 minutes to email  joshua_winchell@fws.gov BEFORE the close of business on DECEMBER 8th.

COMMENT: I nominate Prashant Khetan, a well regarded conservationist and the CEO and General Counsel of Born Free USA, to the International Wildlife Conservation Council. Mr. Khetan is well known in the conservation community and a respected voice of wildlife advocates, who deserve a seat at the table. 

CLICK TO TWEET: Zinke accepting nominations for #TrophyHunting council to advise USFWS. Nominate a wildlife advocate to sit on it. EMAIL joshua_winchell@fws.gov by 12/8 to nominate Prashant Khetan, CEO of Born Free USA, for International Wildlife Conservation Council. pic.twitter.com/cFsGLaWrMb

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PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE 11/24: Oppose Council to Promote International Trophy Hunting for US Citizens

Ever since Trump was elected President, we knew, in the pits of our stomach, that this day would come. His sons would use their influence to expand their bloodthirsty pastime. Ryan Zinke has announced an International Wildlife Conservation Council which will advise the USFWS on the supposed advantages of international trophy hunting for conservation.

There is a two week public comment period to denounce this council. Please make sure that you speak out! Cecil the lion died two and a half years ago and the world roared. Let us roar on on November 25, 2017 at Secretary Zinke's despicable effort to equate killing with conservation.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: This is by far the most important and absolutely necessary part of this action. No matter what else you do, please write personalized public comment. If you were impacted by Cecil's death, share your feelings. Additional, scientific talking points are below.

Comments are due on November 24 at 11:59 EDT and emailed to joshua_winchell@fws.gov or mailed to Joshua Winchell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

Please choose 2 or 3 of the following talking points and re-word them into your own words as much as possible. Please also include any personal feelings you have - remaining civil. Perhaps share thoughts on Cecil.

- I oppose the proposed International Wildlife Conservation Council. Studies have repeated shown that trophy hunting does not aid in conservation. Over the last several decades, big game hunting has been the primary, in many cases only method of conservation, yet populations of wildlife continue to plummet. 

- Big game hunting is often unsustainable. For instance, only between 20,000 and 35,000 wild lions remain in Africa but 6,000 are killed each year by trophy hunters. That means between 2 and 3% of the popular is killed each year solely by big game hunters. This is NOT sustainable - particularly in light of other pressures on population including poaching, deaths from conflicts with ranchers and habitat loss.

- Trophy hunting works the opposite of natural selection. Nature targets the weakest but hunters target the biggest and the strongest. Hunters want the lion with the biggest mane or tusk. Often, these animals - the oldest, wisest, strongest - play critical roles in their populations. They are the protectors, leaders and their removal puts their populations at risk. It might mean that other individuals start disobeying rules, wrecking havoc with livestock, or that another male lion might move in and kill the cubs of the hunted lion. As a result, the death of an individual animal due to hunting can and often does have a ripple effect. 

- Over the last 100 years, hunting has been the main conservation method employed in main countries yet wildlife numbers keep declining. If trophy hunting was so great for conservation, why have African lions declined by 95% since the 1940's? The numbers simply do not support the assertion that trophy hunting benefits conservation.

- Despite assertions that trophy hunting helps communities, most of the money goes to middle men and does not make its way to local communities. 

- Trophy hunting can be linked to poaching. This can range from instances like with Cecil the lion, where hunters break the law, to poachers using trophy hunting as a smokescreen for a more in depth poaching operation. 

- Trophy hunting fees incentivize managers to inflate numbers to bring in more money, putting species at risk. 

- As we saw by the visceral reaction  to Cecil the Lion, trophy hunting is simply not morally acceptable to most Americans. Our society sees it as outdated, cruel and needless. Please do not expand this elitist and brutal pastime but instead acknowledge that most Americans are now gravitating to more non-consumptive activities such as wildlife watching, bird watching, hiking, kayaking and the like. 

- IF THE COUNCIL GOES FORWARD, I nominate Born Free CEO and General Counsel, Parsham Khetan to sit on the council. 

- For the foregoing reasons, I oppose the creation of an International Wildlife Conservation Council.

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I oppose the creation of an International Conservation Council to promote US trophy hunting abroad.  Studies have repeated demonstrated that this is not an effective method of conservation and Cecil's death demonstrated that most Americans find this pastime abhorrent. Please abandon plans to go forward with this council. #NoMoreCecils. 🦁

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TWEET SHEET: No Expanded Trophy Hunting Abroad

1) Did #CecilTheLion die in vain? .@SecretaryZinke to promote more US #TrophyHunting abroad! Public comments due Nov 24. #NoMoreCecils .@Alyssa_Milano @jimmykimmel @DebraMessing @SophiaBush @MiaFarrow @cher 🦁💔 http://bit.ly/2zSl1aa pic.twitter.com/720ocmllv9

2) .@Interior seeks to expand #TrophyHunting by US citizens abroad! Killing is NOT conservation. Submit comments by 11/24 saying #NoMoreCecils !! http://bit.ly/2zSl1aa  🐻🐘🦁💔 .@iansomerhalder @Schwarzenegger @Pink @rickygervais @BetteMidler pic.twitter.com/CbIPnFtIPM

3) .@SecretaryZinke wants to expand US trophy hunting aboard but killing ≠ conservation. 😡 Nature picks off the weakest, trophy hunters targets the strongest. Tell Zinke #NoMoreCecils 🦁! http://bit.ly/2z3WqPH pic.twitter.com/VqfgrLZMST

4) Remember how you felt when #CecilTheLion died? 💔 .@SecretaryZinke will make you feel that way again and again in push to expand US #TrophyHunting abroad. Tell him #NoMoreCecils 🦁 How to submit comments at bottom of article http://bit.ly/2z3WqPH  pic.twitter.com/VYfL695pv0

5)  DON'T LET THE TRUMP BROTHERS WIN! .@Interior to *expand* US #TrophyHunting abroad. Speak out. COMMENTS DUE 11/24. #NoMoreCecils 🦁  How to submit comments http://bit.ly/2z3WqPH  pic.twitter.com/zLg3FlPKuc

6) .@TheEllenShow @DonCheadle Not just elephants threatened by Trump adminis! Zinke forming council to EXPAND #TrophyHunting abroad. WE SAY NO! Public comments to oppose it due 11/24. http://bit.ly/2z3WqPH  #NoMoreCecils pic.twitter.com/LfNPLCgdF6

Write your OWN tweet making sure to use the HASHTAG #NoMoreCecils

Tweet Sheet: Save Our Wild Horses and Burros

.@SenThadCochran @lisamurkowski Please OPPOSE any effort to euthanize or kill America's wild horses and burros. pic.twitter.com/yCKGMJHwBn

.@SenatorLeahy @SenatorTomUdall Please oppose any effort to euthanize or kill America's wild horses and burros. pic.twitter.com/yCKGMJHwBn

.@SenatorCollins Pls oppose ANY effort to euthanize, kill or slaughter America's wild horses and burros. pic.twitter.com/1p2AHO468z

.@SenBobCorker @SenAlexander Please OPPOSE any effort to euthanize or kill America's wild horses and burros. pic.twitter.com/yCKGMJHwBn

Click on THIS TWEET. Click RETWEET and the QUOTE THIS TWEET. TAG YOUR SENATORS (find their Twitter IDs HERE). Tell them that you are a constituent and you oppose any effort to allow killing of America's wild horses and burros. 

TWEET SHEET: Save the Endangered Species Act!

House Natural Resources Committee voting this AM on bills to weaken Endangered Species Act 🐺🐋 #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/hUOHe5ZXJi

Happening Today:  House Committee considering legislation to weaken the Endangered Species Act.  #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/T2eAUoc2CV

Endangered Species Act saved 99% of listed species from extinction. Don’t let Congress weaken it! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/4BlINwV3wZ

Tell @NatResources @NRDems to support the #EndangeredSpeciesAct-- our best bet to #StopExtinction. 🐋🐺🐻🐍🦋 pic.twitter.com/GBVHIznh3N

Today House holding markup on bills to weaken Endangered Species Act. RT to ask @NRDems to oppose #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/AuJLttU26T

Endangered Species Act uses best available science to make listing decisions. Keep it that way! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/CFUqSMLOSQ

90% of Americans support Endangered Species Act. Why @NatResources GOP members pushing to weaken? #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/0WfMkrVFfT

RT to ask @NatResources to oppose 5 anti-ESA bills, including 1 to block protections for #wolves #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/TSQ3X3CZIT

Make your voice heard: call your Rep TODAY, ask him or her to support Endangered Species Act & #StopExtinction! pic.twitter.com/4Q6U5qKI7s

TWEET SHEET: #FireZinke

1) Live look at .@SecretaryZinke on oil/gas co private jet, flying into the swamp. #FireZinke #ChampagneCabinet #TW pic.twitter.com/Mbzqhb0iXk

2) .@SecretaryZinke told Nat'l Petroleum Council wld be happy working in that industry. Let's help! #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/PYG7Dz1g1o

3) .@SecretaryZinke eschews fact checking, public opinion in national monument review. #alternativefacts #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2xL88gy

4) National Monument report seems like pretext to open protected lands/waters to extractive industries #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2hyZKXI

5) .@SecretaryZinke's use of private jets, mixing personal/business ≠ethical!  ✈️  #FireZinke #ChampagneCabinet #TW pic.twitter.com/sRwaApdood

6) .@SecretaryZinke's monument review is full of #alternativefacts. Our #PublicLands deserve truth! #TW #FireZinke pic.twitter.com/qb6fx8sdpz

7) .@SecretaryZinke mixing business and pleasure on taxpayer dime. Public servant? 💸#TW #FireZinke #ChampagneCabinet 🍾 http://wapo.st/2x7UCzC

8) .@SecretaryZinke acts like he works for oil/gas industry, not American people 🇺🇸 #FireZinke #PublicLands #TW pic.twitter.com/bNptvEkSjE

9) Interior Dept experts on national monuments  played almost no role in writing/reviewing Zinke report. #TW #FireZinke http://bit.ly/2fUQHA6

10) .@SecretaryZinke's actions makes "folks at Interior think he's working for industry" not Americans 🇺🇸 #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2xCYQRx

11) Tell your Senators to help .@SecretaryZinke fulfill his dream of working in oil and gas industry! #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/PYG7Dz1g1o

12) Ignoring 100s of hrs of negotiation w/100s of stakeholders, Zinke rewrote sage grouse plan for oil/gas #FireZinke http://nyti.ms/2xAdviJ

13) Doh! Home state newspaper thinks Zinke's career is in a nosedive, he is headed toward failing grade. #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2xL88gy

14) .@realdonaldtrump Only 22% approval rating for Ryan Zinke. Bad ratings! VOTE HIM OFF! #TW #FireZinke Now!  👎👎 pic.twitter.com/FfJjn2GFdd

15) .@SecretaryZinke mixes political gatherings, personal travel w/taxpayer-funded work #ChampagneCabinet #TW #FireZinke http://wapo.st/2x7UCzC

16) .@SecretaryZinke monument review embraced needs of extractive industries; ignored Interior officials, public #TW pic.twitter.com/bNptvEkSjE

17) .@SecretaryZinke is either lying or incompetent. Monument review contains 30+ false/misstatements. #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/qb6fx8sdpz

18) BLM manages most monuments but Zinke did NOT ask BLM to fact-check monument report #TW #MonumentsForAll #FireZinke http://bit.ly/2hyZKXI

19) 😬 Ryan Zinke's home state newspaper calls his work "a monumental failure" #TW #FireZinke http://bit.ly/2xL88gy pic.twitter.com/tVpz9g6WQQ

20) .@SecretaryZinke is just like his boss! Thinks employees should be loyal to him, not America. 🇺🇸 #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/jnWXceKgbg

21) .@SecretaryZinke got an F on monument review! 30+ falsehoods/misleading claims. #MonumentsForAll #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/qb6fx8sdpz

22) Sign and RT to demand .@SecretaryZinke repay taxpayers for his private jet travel and resign #FireZinke #TW 💰 ✈️  👎 http://bit.ly/2xQJYka

23) .@SecretaryZinke took $12k charter flight home on oil and gas co private jet! 🍾 #TW #FireZinke #ChampagneCabinet pic.twitter.com/bCSzxHUS7v

24) Add your name: Demand answers from .@SecretaryZinke about using taxpayer money for private flights. #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2yN7psc

25) ✈️🍾 .@SecretaryZinke has no plans to pay taxpayers back for expensive charter flights 😤 #FireZinke #TW #ZinkeResign http://bit.ly/2ysaAtn

26) Guess which Rep got 2nd highest💰 from NRA in 2016? As Sec of Interior, he now does NRA bidding! #FireZinke #TW http://politi.co/2xRVYAw

27) This looks swampy! .@SecretaryZinke under investigation for use of taxpayer-funded private jets ✈️ #FireZinke #TW http://politi.co/2fErHwB

28) Interior .@SecretaryZinke Falsely Claims His Travel Expenses Are Publicly Available. Pants on 🔥! #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2xWxDLb

29) Zinke met with big donors/political groups more than half-dozen times while on department-paid trips #FireZinke #TW http://politi.co/2xVbknA

30) Zinke under investigation for acting inappropriately by abruptly reassigning dozens of senior workers #FireZinke #TW http://wapo.st/2yUUIg1

31) Zinke's monument review ignores public comment, Interior Dept staff. Who is he listening to? 🤔 #FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/XlbxLs5jop

32) Sign, RT to demand that .@SecretaryZinke resign over private jet flights, poor ethics! ~ @sierraclub #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2fUtHEA

33) .@SecretaryZinke's charter jet 'government business' travel keeps coinciding with private GOP events! #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2yrrbxz

34) Whistleblower Speaks Out: Morale At Interior Department Is "In The Toilet". ☹️ Tell ur Senators to #FireZinke #TW http://bit.ly/2y5PnEJ

35) .@SecretaryZinke questions loyalty of Interior employees but who is he loyal to? Oil/gas? NRA? 👎#FireZinke #TW pic.twitter.com/jnWXceKgbg

TWEET SHEET: Stop the SHARE Act

Quote THIS TWEET and tag your Representative asking him or her to VOTE NO ON THE SHARE ACT (HR3668). You can find your Representative's Twitter account HERE.

.@RepJeffDenham Vote NO on SHARE Act - permanently delists wolves, precluding re-listing if danger of extinction pic.twitter.com/1AMgff5C3X

.@BrianFitzUSA NO on SHARE Act! Promotes trophy hunting of threatened species, expands cruel trapping. ≠ ethical! pic.twitter.com/rqZLc4wu39

.@RepPeteKing Vote NO on SHARE Act! Unethical law bans regulation of lead ammo that poisons birds, other wildlife pic.twitter.com/Sa1mMUV1Bc

.@RepMcSally Pls Vote NO on SHARE Act! Expands indiscriminate trapping, promotes trophy hunting of polar bears. pic.twitter.com/mYjzlYu5dA

.@RepTomMacArthur NO on SHARE Act; delists #wolves permanently. USFWS cannot relist if in danger of extinction pic.twitter.com/FAgwWabtOF

.@RepMeehan Vote NO on SHARE Act. Delists wolves permanently. USFWS cannot re-list if in danger of extinction 🐺 pic.twitter.com/SN4Tj383Ph

.@HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats NO on Share Act! Bans rules to stop lead poisoning of birds, wildlife #NoOnSHAREAct pic.twitter.com/UxN1vuWVPE

.@RepLoBiondo  Vote NO on cruel SHARE Act! Promotes trophy hunting of threatened polar bears and wolves. 🐺💔 pic.twitter.com/QEMfaHf4KT

.@RepLanceNJ7 Vote NO on SHARE Act - promotes trophy hunting of threatened species ( polar bears and wolves). pic.twitter.com/81dhmv0OjB

.@RepDanDonovan Vote NO on SHARE Act. Promotes trophy hunting of wolves and polar bears, expands archaic trapping pic.twitter.com/x1nWoIyB2l

SHARE Act will open millions of acres to trapping, endangering wildlife & pets. Tell your Rep Vote #NoOnSHAREAct! pic.twitter.com/8JVsFaUf7J

.@RepRyanCostello Vote NO on SHARE Act. Expands trapping on public lands -archaic, cruel and indiscriminate! 💔 pic.twitter.com/SaBZJBJSOF

.@davereichert For love of wildlife, pls vote NO on SHARE Act! Expands trapping, bans regulation of lead ammo. 💔 pic.twitter.com/CNXRnAz5TO

.@RepEdRoyce Thank u for supporting animal welfare. NO on SHARE Act. Bans regulation of lead ammo (poisons birds) pic.twitter.com/HPXjmE5hAa

.@RepChrisSmith As friend to nature, vote NO on SHARE Act. Bans regulation of lead ammo (poisons birds, wildlife) pic.twitter.com/DeVnOY0qqz

.@claudiatenney NO on SHARE Act. Expands indiscriminate trapping; promotes trophy hunting of threatened species pic.twitter.com/aPbMyJJdOt

Lead poisoning from ammo kills millions of birds/wildlife! SHARE Act would block regulations that address it pic.twitter.com/Ie5G6ztt72

.@RepCuellar Do right by wildlife unlike with Young Amendment. NO ON SHARE ACT! Delists wolves no judicial review pic.twitter.com/vBQzGDQJbQ

.@RepGeneGreen made wrong choice on Young Amendment. Make right choice this time. NO on SHARE Act, undermines ESA pic.twitter.com/NreqPBfbDz

.@RepFredUpton Vote NO on SHARE Act! Promotes archaic trapping of wildlife and trophy hunting of polar bears. 💔 pic.twitter.com/EqZANArjZA

Stop SHARE Act! Would delist wolves PERMANENTLY! No re-listing from courts or USFWS. Tell ur Rep #NoOnSHAREAct pic.twitter.com/9IB8h0K43h

.@RepGonzalez was wrong on Young Amendment. Be right on SHARE Act! Vote NO! Undermines ESA -bans judicial review! pic.twitter.com/F9ZwHLUyG2

.@RepRonKind was wrong on Young Amendment. Be right now! NO on SHARE Act. Is a path to extinction for wolves 💔🐺 pic.twitter.com/OMmsqdDIar

CALL TO ACTION: Stop the SHARE Act

The House is expected to vote on the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, or  SHARE Act, this week. This bill would delist wolves permanently and prohibit bans of lead ammunition or fishing gear - among other disastrous impacts to wildlife  Please take the following actions to ensure that your Representative votes NO on the SHARE Act.

CALL: Find your Representative's phone number HERE and tell him or her to VOTE NO ON THE SHARE ACT (HR 3668). 

EMAIL: Find your Representative's contact form HERE. Tell him or her in your own words to oppose the SHARE Act or copy and paste the following:

Please vote NO on the SHARE Act, HR 3668. This law would undermine the Endangered Species Act by legislatively delisting gray wolves in the Great Lakes permanently. This would preclude judicial review and also prevent the USFWS from ever re-listing the wolves if science indicated that they had become endangered. This is a recipe for extinction.

The SHARE Act would also expand trapping which is an indiscriminate and barbaric method for killing wildlife. Expanded trapping not only increases the number of wildlife that would suffer needlessly and cruelly but it increases the odds that non-target wildlife, including endangered species, as well as family pets could be trapped.

Finally, this terrible bill would ban any regulation of lead ammunition or fishing gear, both of which are responsible for poisoning birds and wildlife by the millions each year. 

The SHARE Act has been through Congress many times and has always been rejected. Please make sure that the House rejects this very bad bill again. PLEASE VOTE NO ON HR3668, THE SHARE ACT.

RESISTBOT: Text 504-09 and type RESIST. The ResistBot will convert your texts to faxes or mailed letters to your Representative. Write your own message asking your Representative to vote NO On HR3668 (The Share Act) or copy and paste the message above.

TWEET SHEET: HERE

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TWEET SHEET: Save the Endangered Species Act

HAPPENING NOW: House Nat Resources Committee voting this AM to weaken Endangered Species Act #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/FzRaWcxyYZ

.@NatResources Endangered Species Act is one of US most successful, popular laws-keep it that way #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/HCoH3jiWoR

House Committee considering 5 bills to weaken Endangered Species Act. Vote NO .@WhipHoyer! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/DGa0Xvy2EL

Endangered Species Act saved bald eagle, 99% of other protected species. Protect the ESA @NRDems #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/PObszX02gI

We are facing 6th mass extinction. Why is Congress trying to weaken the Endangered Species Act? #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/fwf6Y0LmrO

Tell @NatResources members to support the #EndangeredSpeciesAct-- our best bet to #StopExtinction. pic.twitter.com/RckbRQGBts

NOW: House holding markup on bills to weaken Endangered Species Act. RT to ask @NRDems to oppose! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/gb9rBNc7kO

HR717 would keep species like #monarch stay on waitlist forever, without protections. No On HR717 #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/pk4z5nwH2m

DYK?: Endangered Species Act relies on best available science to make listing decisions. #science #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/FzRaWcxyYZ

Call your representatives in Congress TODAY & ask them to support the Endangered Species Act & #StopExtinction. pic.twitter.com/pPnl9FiD8t

Today .@NatResources considers 5 anti-ESA bills (1 to block protections for wolves). RT to OPPOSE #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/w4IH1Ozbtd

As we brace for devastating 6th mass extinction, .@NatResources must oppose efforts to weaken ESA #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/GbJmmN2RxW

90% of Americans support Endangered Species Act. Why is @NatResources GOP pushing to weaken it? #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/UM7uNdaH9R

Endangered Species Act saved 99% of listed species from extinction. Don’t let GOP weaken it! #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/ApTQirG650

DYK? The Endangered Species Act has prevented the extinction of more than 99% of listed species. #StopExtinction pic.twitter.com/pPnl9FiD8t

CALL TO ACTION: 5 Democrats Vote to Kill Baby Bears and Wolves

Alaska's Don Young is up to his old tricks! Along with insulting his female colleagues, Young is once again pushing his agenda of unethical hunting practices on federal lands. Most recently, the House of Representatives passed - with the help of 5 Democrats! - an amendment to repeal an Obama rule against abhorrent hunting practices on National Park Service lands in Alaska. These practices include: killing entire wolf packs during denning season, using artificial lights to kill hibernating black bear mothers and their cubs, killing grizzly bear families over baits, chasing black bears with packs of trailing hounds.

If you are a constituent of one of the Democrats who supported this awful amendment (Collin Peterson of MN, Gene Green of TX, Ron Kind of WI, Henry Culler of TX, Vicente Gonzalez of TX) please call or email them to express your disgust.

Everyone else:

TWITTER:
* Please note that the 5th Democrat, Collin Peterson of the 7th District in Minnesota, does not have an active Twitter account. 

Never forget that Dem .@RepGeneGreen voted to kill hibernating bear cubs, wolf families in dens on federal lands! pic.twitter.com/2WyDi1HZ2X

What sort of Democrat votes to kill hibernating bear cubs, kill entire wolf packs in dens? Shame on .@RepCuellar pic.twitter.com/93AcYyHPZ3

Faux Democrat .@RepGonzalez voted to kill hibernating bear cubs, wolf families in their dens on federal lands! pic.twitter.com/2WyDi1HZ2X

Democratic values of .@RepRonKind don't extend to wildlife. He voted to kill baby bears & wolves on federal land. pic.twitter.com/2WyDi1HZ2X

FACEBOOK:

Henry Cuellar
Vicente Gonzalez
Gene Green
Ron Kind
* Collin Peterson also does not have a Facebook page.

Leave the following comment or one in your own words (but please keep it civil):

I am extremely disappointed by your vote in support of Young Amendment 43 to HR3354 to allow the killing of wolf families in their dens as well as the killing of hibernating bear mothers and cubs. The amendment would also permit hounding of black bears and baiting of grizzly bears. All of this would be permitted on our federal public lands. I cannot believe a Democrat would support such abhorrent practices and will work to ensure constituents remember such a heartless vote.

CALL TO ACTION: Demand Senators Vote NO on S1514

S1514 (also known as the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act) would remove wolves permanently from the Endangered Species Act, precluding judicial review. Further, the bill would prohibit the EPA from regulating lead in fishing gear to help fish and other wildlife. The bill would also harm migratory birds and allow 41 trophy hunters to kill polar bears in the Arctic, despite their threatened status.

It is no surprise that this bill is backed by some of the Senate's most anti-wildlife members. Unfortunately, several Democrats have also supported the bill - either through co-sponsorship (Ben Cardin, Tammy Baldwin, Amy Klobuchar) or in committee (Tammy Duckworth, Tom Carper).

In exchange for these decidedly anti-environmental, anti-Democratic positions, the bill would also reauthorize several conservation wetlands programs -  "a procedural action by Congress that has no real-work impact of funding levels." Green groups describe this legislation as "a disaster" for wildlife and the environment.

Next up, this bill will go to the full Senate. Please make sure that your Senators know that you want them to vote NO on this bill.

PHONE CALLS: Please call your Senators and demand they vote NO on S1514. Phone numbers can be found HERE.

Constituents in Maryland, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Delaware, or Illinois: As your constituent, I am disappointed by your support of S1514 which would undermine the Endangered Species Act by legislatively delisting wolves and precluding judicial review. I expect you to vote NO on the Act when it comes to the Senate for a full vote.

Everyone else: Please vote NO on S1514 which undermines the Endangered Species Act and threatens our wildlife through lead poisoning.

EMAIL: Contact forms for your Senators are HERE. Write, in your own words, why you want him or her to vote NO on S1514 or copy and paste the following:

Please vote NO on S1514. I am extremely concerned that this bill would undermine the Endangered Species Act. It would legislatively remove protections for wolves in the Great Lakes and Wyoming, precluding judicial review. This would set a precedent of ignoring the best available science to suit the whims of politics. Further, the bill prohibits the EPA from addressing the impact of lead fishing gear on fish and other wildlife. Such a prohibition threatens our aquatic life and the birds - such as our national symbol, the bald eagle - that rely on these fish. Please vote NO on S1514 when the bill comes to the floor. 

RESISTBOT: Text 504-09 and type RESIST. The ResistBot will convert your texts to faxes or mailed letters to your Senators. Write your own message asking your Senator to vote NO on S1514 or copy and paste the message above.

TWITTER: 

.@SenatorCardin Pls withdraw sponsorship of #SB1514 - would kill wolves, poison rivers, undermine ESA! pic.twitter.com/ejcdJyi27V 💔🐺🐟

.@amyklobuchar S1514 threatens Endangered Species Act, bad for wildlife! Withdraw sponsorship now 🐟🐺 #NOonS1514 pic.twitter.com/ccMGJIZl8j

.@SenatorBaldwin S1514 threatens Endangered Species Act, bad for wildlife! Withdraw sponsorship now! #NOonS1514 pic.twitter.com/ccMGJIZl8j

.@SenatorCarper S1514 threatens Endangered Species Act, bad for wildlife! Vote #NOonS1514 in full Senate hearing! pic.twitter.com/ccMGJIZl8j

.@SenDuckworth S1514 threatens Endangered Species Act, bad for wildlife! Vote #NOonS1514 in full Senate hearing! pic.twitter.com/ccMGJIZl8j

Quote THIS TWEET and tag your Senators, asking them to VOTE NO ON S1514.

SHARE this post to spread the word - especially with anyone you know in Maryland, Delaware, Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Illinois.

SIGN & SHARE PETITIONS:

Endangered Species Coalition
National Anti-Vivisection Society
WildEarth Guardians
BornFree
Animal Welfare Institute
Environmental Action
Defenders (targeting Tammy Duckworth)

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