Remember back in February when the gray wolf was about to be delisted from endangered species protection?

After the slaughter of 110 wolves, the gray wolf was placed back under protection, in part, because of people like you and me speaking up.

Well, while we’re headed for change, we aren’t there yet.  The NRDC says the Bush administration’s final blow may be the slaughter of over 1,000 wolves.  The Bush administration is again trying to end endangered species protection for the gray wolf.

According to an NRDC e-mail:

“This parting shot by the outgoing administration would leave wolves vulnerable to mass killing by the Northern Rockies states.

Over 60,000 online activists have already submitted Official Citizen Comments and registered their opposition, but we need 40,000 more by the November 28 deadline.

Your Official Citizen Comment could be the last, best hope for wolves, so please take a few seconds to send it right now.

We don’t have a moment to lose. The administration is taking public comments only until November 28 — the day after Thanksgiving.

Even before this plan was announced, park biologists were predicting a crash in Yellowstone’s wolf population this year. And wolf pups are dying from an outbreak of a yet-to-be-determined disease.

What these struggling wolves need is a humane national recovery plan, not a state-sponsored massacre.”

All you have to do is lend your name to the cause.  It’ll only take a minute.  Fill out the form here.

To learn more about the gray wolf, take a look at Nature’s In the Valley of the Wolves on PBS’s website.