* Defenders Of Wildlife is a member group of the Save Our Environment Action Center (SOEAC), a leftist coalition describing itself as “a collaborative effort of the nation’s most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the [I]nternet to increase public awareness and activism on today’s most important environmental issues.” Fellow SOEAC members include, among others, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the League of Conservation Voters, the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the World Wildlife Fund.