The Bush Administration is pushing through their final, 11th hour regulations that are the icing on the cake after eight painful years of their attacks on many health, environmental and civil protections that were legislated at the state and federal level in the past century. Of their 90 proposed changes, the majority will weaken standards designed to protect consumers, the environment and wolves. Yes, wolves. It’s not just Sarah Palin and her cronies who like to attack wolves but also the Bush Administration (of no surprise).

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Administration’s new plan could kill up to 1,000 gray wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho in one year!  The organization says this dangerous proposal could “unleash state-sponsored massacres that could push gray wolves back to the brink of extinction.”

Takepart today to protect our nation’s gray wolves by sending a letter to Interior Secretary, Dirk Kempthorne.

*photo from dobak’s flickr stream (creative commons)