Dear Montana and Idaho Safari Club International Members:

A number of animal rights groups are about to file a lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s newest rule that delisted the wolves of your states and that returned wolf management to your state fish and game authorities.

SCI’s Litigation Department will be moving to intervene to defend the wolf delisting rule. To participate in this litigation, we must demonstrate for the court how the rule benefits SCI members and how the Plaintiffs’ success in challenging the rule would harm our members. For that reason we would like to hear from members who:

1) hunt in Montana and/or Idaho.

2) have encountered a wolf while hunting, have lost prey to a wolf or have competed with a wolf for prey while hunting; have lost a pet or hunting dog to a wolf; have noticed a difference in game population numbers and/or behavior due to the presence of wolves in a preferred hunting area; or have had to change your choice hunting locations due to the presence of wolves in the area.

We are looking for individuals who can describe one or more of the experiences above and who would be willing to sign a declaration (statement under oath) that documents their experience. Although we know that there are many SCI members and other members of the hunting community who are frustrated by the presence of wolves, please contact us ONLY if you are an SCI member and have experienced one of the circumstances listed above.

If you have had one of the above experiences and would be willing to help us prepare and then sign a declaration, please e-mail our Director of Litigation, Anna Seidman [aseidman@safariclub.org] with a brief description of your experience. Please provide your e-mail address and your telephone number and Anna or one of the other members of our Litigation Team will contact you.

Thank you.

Anna M. Seidman

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