Original Article: https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/save-wolverines/
Wolverines are rapidly disappearing from the United States.
There are less than 300 wolverines remaining in the contiguous United States, In These Times reports, and there are currently no federal protections in place to keep the population stable or prevent sudden decline.
According to the Wolverine Foundation, 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 beloved mammal.
Climate change poses another threat, National Science Foundation reports, as wolverines rely heavily on prolonged snow cover in spring and early summer months to den. According to the EPA, shrinking snowpack is expected to continue over the next half century, putting the wolverine in great peril.
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 years, NCAR & UCAR News reports.
According to the Pagosa Daily Post, two courts have invalidated decisions that previously denied protections to wolverines under the Endangered Species Act.
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!
Click below and ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save wolverines from extinction by protecting them under the Endangered Species Act!
Source: The Animal Rescue Site Blog
