Stop the Slaughter
Wisconsin Wolves Are Running Out of Time
We need $500 today to fund the media campaign that will make them act.
THIS IS WHAT’S COMING
If Congress delists wolves federally, or if our state petition fails,
Wisconsin will look like this.
Not a Prediction. A Threat.
This is not hypothetical. This is what happens when wolves are delisted and recreational hunting begins. It happened in Wyoming. It happened in Montana. It happened in Idaho. It is about to happen in Wisconsin—unless we stop it in the next 10 days.
Here’s what’s happening right now:
- Congress is actively moving H.R. 845, which would permanently strip judicial review from any wolf delisting decision
- The federal government is dismantling the research and monitoring infrastructure Wisconsin wolves depend on
- The Wisconsin DNR has 10 days to decide whether to hold a public hearing on our state endangered species petition
- We have ONE media campaign funded to make the case to Wisconsin residents, legislators, and decision-makers during those critical 10 days
If we DO win, wolves have a fighting chance.
What a state listing means:
- Wisconsin takes independent authority over wolf protection—no longer dependent on federal status
- State law prohibits recreational hunting of endangered species
- Targeted management of genuine problem animals continues (like Minnesota does)
- Wolves survive. Farmers are protected. The ecosystem stays intact.
Why We Need Your Money Right Now
The Wisconsin DNR has 10 days to issue a decision on our petition. Our formal demand letter was sent May 26. That clock is running.
The outcome will be decided in the media and political environment during those 10 days. If Wisconsin residents, legislators, and decision-makers hear that 126+ organizations representing 13 million people support this petition, that decision changes. If they don’t hear it, the agency deflects, delays, or denies.
🎯 What $500 Today Funds:
- Paid social media reaching Wisconsin voters and legislators in the next 10 days
- Digital advertising targeting key constituencies and geographic areas where wolf tolerance is high
- Media outreach to press covering state government, environmental policy, and wildlife law
- Strategic messaging that makes the case: Wisconsin can protect wolves. The science supports it. The law allows it. The public wants it.
We have ONE chance to change the conversation during these 10 critical days.
We need your money to do it.
We Need $500 Today
We raised the media campaign goal. But that was the baseline. To reach legislators. To reach undecided voters. To reach the people in the room where this decision gets made—we need to go bigger, faster, and louder in the next 10 days.
$500 TODAY = Media blitz during the decision window
Every dollar funds the campaign that tells Wisconsin: “You want wolves. Your neighbors want wolves. The science supports wolves. Stop the slaughter before it starts.”
Stop the Slaughter
This is not a long-term ask. This is emergency funding for a specific, time-limited campaign.
Make a tax-deductible donation to Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance today.
What You’re Stopping
The images and video above are not from Wisconsin. Not yet. They are from other states where recreational wolf hunting was allowed. They show what happens when the political will to protect wolves disappears.
It’s not hunting. It’s slaughter.
- 218 wolves killed in less than 3 days in Wisconsin in 2021 (82% over quota, during breeding season)
- Pups orphaned when breeding females were killed
- Livestock conflict actually increased after the hunt (the DNR’s own Wolf Advisory Committee confirmed this on the record)
- Zero biological data collected to assess the impact (the DNR refused to enforce its own data collection requirements)
Your donation stops this from becoming Wisconsin’s normal.
The 10-Day Window
May 26 – June 5: The Decision Window
The Wisconsin DNR must respond to our formal demand for a decision on the wolf petition. We have ONE chance to shape that response through public and political pressure.
Our media campaign is the voice that reaches Wisconsin voters, legislators, and decision-makers during these 10 days.
After June 5, if the agency doesn’t act, we go to court. But the court battle is won or lost in the court of public opinion first. Right now.
One More Push
We’ve already funded the baseline media campaign through the incredible support of people like you.
But this fight needs more.
$500 today = Maximum reach in the 10-day decision window
Donate now. Share this message. Make noise.
Stop the Slaughter before Wisconsin’s wolves become a hunting statistic.
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