| Media Advisory, March 6, 2019
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/wolf-rally-seattle-03-06-2019.php Contact: Sophia Ressler, (206) 399-4004, sressler@biologicaldiversity.org SEATTLE— Activists in wolf masks will rally outside Seattle’s Henry M. Jackson Federal Building at noon Thursday to oppose the Trump administration’s new plan to end protection for nearly every wolf in the lower 48 states. Trump’s plan, announced Wednesday afternoon, is the most significant blow to the recovery of wolves in the past 40 years. Thousands of people around the country have already spoken out. What: Protesters in wolf masks will speak out against Trump’s wolf plan. When: Noon on Thursday, March 7. Where: In front of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA, 98104. Media availability: Activists and Center for Biological Diversity representatives will be on hand for interviews before and after the rally. Background Trump’s proposal would remove federal protections for all gray wolves, with the… |
The most significant blow to wolf recovery in the last 40 years is the backroom deal delisting by Congress to circumvent legal challenge that happened in 2011 under the Democratic Obama administration.