Save America's Wolverine!
Final signature count: 22,663
22,663 signatures toward our 30,000 goal
Sponsor: The Animal Rescue Site
Less than 300 wolverines remain in the contiguous United States, and they will all be wiped out if action is not taken soon.
Wolverines are rapidly disappearing from the United States.
There are less than 300 wolverines remaining in the contiguous United States, and there are currently no federal protections in place to keep the population stable or prevent sudden decline1.
Wolverine habitat has shrunk dramatically in the past century, with fragmentation due to human development and poaching making fewer and fewer places livable for the dwindling wolverine population2.
Climate change poses another threat, as wolverines rely heavily on prolonged snow cover in spring and early summer months to den3. Shrinking snowpack is expected to continue over the next half century, putting the wolverine in great peril4.
Even if strict emissions rules were put in place today, the climate impacts of the past century will continue to spiral to reduce snowpack in the coming years5.
Two courts have invalidated decisions that previously denied protections to wolverines under the Endangered Species Act6. This is a victory for the imperiled species, but the fight for survival is far from over. The wolverine population is still at great risk and in need of endangered or protected status before it is too late!
Sign the petition and ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save wolverines from extinction by protecting them under the Endangered Species Act!