December 15, 2012
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Photo: USFWS Flickr Commons
Video: Courtesy YouTube
Posted in: Wolf Wars, Wolf Warriors
Tags: over 600 dead, wolf slaughter, fight back, get active, save America’s wolves
1827 Dead Wolves -Northern Rockies/Great Lakes 2013/early 2014
Update: November 21, 2014
Putting this all together, adding the current 2014 wolf mortality numbers of 443, plus the 1827 wolves killed during 2013/early 2014, minus the 11 wolves who died of natural causes, adds up to 2256 wolves killed between January 2013 and November 21, 2014. They were wiped out by hunters, poachers, Wildlife Service control actions, ranchers and accidents. I believe the numbers are much higher than this. Many more wolves have been killed illegally and will never be counted, so we can only speculate on those numbers but I’m sure they’re not insignificant.
In less than 23 months over 2200 wolves have been killed! This is an absolute outrage. Wolves cannot sustain these high mortality rates. Something must be done to stop the carnage.
In the coming days I’ll be exploring a way in which wolf advocates may be able to challenge this slaughter. It’s been written about and discussed but hasn’t been tested.
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November 20, 2014
My previous post dealt with the ongoing number of wolves killed in 2014. This post deals with total 2013/early 2014 wolf mortality in the Northern Rockies/Great Lakes. It’s a huge number! A slaughter! What’s behind this madness? It’s certainly not because wolves are harming humans or are a threat to the livestock industry.
From Wildearth Guardians:
Livestock Losses
Cattle
Myth: Wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bears, and others kill lots of cattle.
Truth: Less than a quarter of one percent, 0.23%, of the American cattle inventory was lost to native carnivores and dogs in 2010, according to a Department of Agriculture report.
The government’s own data show that the real killers of cattle are not a few endangered wolves or other wildlife – it’s illness and weather. Yet, the predation myth has directly contributed to a federal, 100-year, paramilitary assault on millions of native carnivores.
The livestock predation myth is a big lie imposed on the American public. While lethal predator control does little to help the fat cats of agribusiness, it ensures that the USDA-Wildlife Services stays in business. While the feds assault millions of our native wolves, bears, cougars, and coyotes, the true cattle killers are illness and weather. The Wildlife Services’ lethal predator control program must end, and the taxpayers, wildlife, and wildlands will reap the benefits.
Read the full report here
Wolves are being wiped out in record numbers, driven by a hate filled anti-wolf movement . Their numbers are small but unfortunately for wolves, the haters dominate policy in wolf states. They also have powerful allies, like The Safari Club, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Sportsman for Fish and Wildlife, Cattlemen’s Association, etc. The profit motive is also driving the killing machine. State fish and game agencies win in two ways, a top predator is killed off to inflate ungulate numbers for their customers, the hunters and the state makes money off the sale of wolf hunt tags. Wolves are also the target of ranchers, Wildlife Services and poachers. Anywhere wolves turn, they’re in danger. Even Yellowstone National Park wolves aren’t safe. Many collared park wolves have been shot by hunters when they step one toe outside the park. The most famous wolf in the world, the Lamar Canyon alpha female, better known as O6 (her birth year), was killed by a hunter’s bullet.
No wolf is safe in America.
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Northern Rockies: 2013 Wolf mortality
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery
Program 2013 Interagency Annual Report
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Northern Rockies or NRM -2013 Wolf Mortality
In 2013, 922 wolves were killed in the Northern Rockies. This USFWS chart, shows the breakdown of wolves mortality in each state. Hunting (Harvest), Control, Human (Poaching/Accidents), Natural Causes, Unknown.
Idaho – 335 wolves
Montana – 473 wolves
Wyoming – 109 wolves
Oregon – 3 wolves
Washington – 2 wolves
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Total 2013 Northern Rockies: 922 dead wolves
http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/wolf/annualrpt13/reports/FINAL_NRM-Sum2_2013.pdf
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Great Lakes -2013/early 2014 Wolf Mortality
Unlike the Northern Rockies, the Great Lakes states combine 2013/2014 wolf mortality numbers. In my previous post I did not include the 2013/2014 wolf hunt mortality numbers in that total.
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Minnesota
2013/2014 Hunt 238 wolves (previous hunt in 2012 killed 413 wolves)
2013/2014 Control Actions 127 wolves killed (previous control actions in 2012 killed 295 wolves)
*No numbers for poaching, accidents or natural mortality
Total wolf mortality Minnesota 2013/2014: 365 wolves
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Wisconsin
Wolf hunt 2013/2014: 334 wolves
Control actions 2013/2014: 65 wolves
Total wolf mortality Wisconsin 2013/2014: 429 wolves
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Michigan
Wolf hunt 2013 : 23 wolves
Control actions: Since there’s no breakdown on the number of wolves killed in control actions between 2012-2013 I’m going to half the 73 control action numbers to 36 for 2013.
*No numbers for accidents, poaching or natural mortality.
Total wolf mortality Michigan 2013: 109 wolves
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Great Lakes/Total Wolf Mortality 2013/early 2014 – 903 wolves
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Illinois
March 2013, 1 radio collared female wolf, from Wisconsin, found dead
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North Dakota
1 year old male wolf killed by a deer hunter -2013
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/wolf/monitoring/pdf/Year1PDMReportSept2014.pdf
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Total wolf mortality Northern Rockies/Great Lakes – 2013/early 2014
1827 dead wolves!
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Top photo: USFWS
Bottom Photo: Idaho Wild Wolf Images Copyright 2011
Posted in: gray wolf, Wolf Wars, Animal cruelty
Tags: Idaho, Montana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, North Dakota, Washington, Oregon, wolf hunts, wolf poaching, wolf persecution, wolf slaughter
Wisconsin Trophy Hunters Slaughter 91 Wolves in 5 days, Go Over Limit In Two Zones
UPDATE: October 21, 2014
The numbers changed today on the DNR 2014 “wolf harvest”. It’s now 92 wolves dead but the numbers have moved around on the chart. Hmmmm. Notice there is one less dead wolf in Zone 1, where trophy hunters went over the legal limit. Yesterday the number of wolves killed in that zone was 37, now it’s 36. So one dead wolf was moved from Zone 1 and added to Zone 3. Also notice that it says “Zones will close when quotas are reached”. So how did they allow so many wolves to die above the legal limit? It’s bad enough there is a hunt at all but hunters in Zone 2 killed FOURTEEN more wolves than they were supposed to. And in Zone 1 they killed 5 wolves, now it’s been changed to 4, over the legal limit. That’s 18 dead wolves who shouldn’t be dead. This is outrageous!!
I hate that I have to look at this chart. I hate that I have to ask about dead wolf numbers. I hate I used the word “harvest”, if only to describe what’s on the chart.
Have wolf advocates been reduced to counting dead wolves? It’s so incredibly maddening.
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Wisconsin DNR Wolf “Harvest”
It’s bad enough 91 wolves have been slaughtered in Wisconsin since October 15 (just five days) but notice Wisconsin trophy hunters are going over legal limits of killing wolves. In Zone 1 by 5 wolves and in Zone 2 by 14 wolves. Is the DNR ignoring what amounts to poaching of wolves by not monitoring the hunt closely and letting hunters kill wolves with impunity?
Please flood their lines and ask why hunters have been allowed to go over the legal hunting limit in Zone 2 by 14 wolves and Zone 1 by 5 wolves. Do they care?
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Governor Scott Walker
(608)266-1212
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Wisconsin DNR
Call Center Staff Available 7 Days a Week (7 a.m.-10 p.m.)
General Information 1-888-WDNRINFo | (1-888-936-7463) | Hours: 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
101 S. Webster Street . PO Box 7921 . Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921 . 608-266-2621
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Seems like Wisconsin trophy hunters are well on their way to beating the 2013 over-limit:
UPDATE: Wis. wolf season ends with 6 extra wolves killed
Posted: Thu 3:24 PM, Dec 26, 2013
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wolf hunters and trappers went slightly over the quota this season.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Thursday the 2013 season ended with 257 wolves harvested. That’s six animals over the 251-wolf limit.
http://www.nbc15.com/news/state/headlines/Wis-wolf-hunt-gets-underway-227838411.html
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Posted in: Wolf Wars, Wisconsin Wolves, gray wolves
Top Photos: Wisconsin DNR
Bottom Photo: Courtesy Our Wisconsin, Our Wildlife
Tags: Wolf killing frenzy, Wisconsin, wolf slaughter, State should be ashamed, wolves suffering, contact the Wisconsin DNR, over-limit in 2013 as well
Killing Wolves
Summer is almost over and instead of wolves being allowed to raise their young pups in peace they’re being subjected to pain, suffering and death because wolf hunting season is upon them once more. This will be the fourth wolf hunt in Montana and Idaho, there would have been five but Judge Molloy relisted wolves in the Northern Rockies in 2010, stopping the fall hunt. It was a short-lived victory because Senate Democrats passed a wolf delisting rider (with no judicial review) in the Spring of 2011. The rider was sneakily tacked onto a budget bill and all Democrat Senators, save three, voted for it. Obama signed it into law, effectively ending the ability of advocates to fight the delisting in court.
Here are the links to fish and game agencies who promote and profit off the killing of wolves for sport. The Idaho hunt started on August 30th but in reality wolves are hunted somewhere in the state year round. Montana wolf archery started on Sept. 6, it makes me sick to think wolves are being shot at with compound bows and broad head arrows. In Wyoming’s wolf predator zone, wolves can be killed 24/7, 365 days of the year, by any means. Wisconsin is allowing wolves to be hunted with dogs, basically legalizing dog fighting. The brutality has begun again!
Since mid-term elections are right around the corner you might want to click here. It lists who voted for the 2011 wolf delisting rider. Then in November, you’ll know exactly who betrayed wolves and vote them out of office!
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Idaho – IDFG – Wolf Hunt started on August 30, 2014
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Montana – MFWP – Wolf Hunt by Archery started on Sept. 6, 2014
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Wyoming – Predator Zone – Wolves can be killed 365 days of the year, 24/7 by any means.
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Minnesota – DNR – Hunt starts November 8th, 2014
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Wisconsin – DNR – Hunt starts October 15, 2014 (Wolves can be hunted with dogs)
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Dead Wolf Image Emailed To Wolf Advocate on Christmas Eve 2009 With The Caption “Merry Cristmas”
Gunning For Four Wolf Packs In Montana….What About The Pups?
August 1, 2014
This was first posted in 2010. Wildlife Services continued to kill wolves even though 500 wolves died in the Northern Rockies in 2009, due to the first wolf hunts held in Montana and Idaho after the Obama admin. stripped them of their ESA protections. Along with poaching and Wildlife Services, wolves continued to die in 2010 after the hunts were over. This is just a fraction of the damage Montana and Idaho have inflicted on wolves over the last five years. Read it and weep, then get active. There’s a time to write about tragedy and a time to do something about it. How many more years will I have to report about dead wolves? It’s burning a hole in my soul.
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May 5, 2010
Wolf killing season continues even though the “legal hunts” are over.
Wildlife Services and Montana FWP are gunning for four wolf packs. The Trapper Peak Pack, Miner Lakes Pack, Bender Pack and any remaining wolves from the Battlefield Pack.
Do any of these packs have pups? It’s pup season and babies are just weeks old, totally dependent on their mothers to survive. Is this how Montana FWP intends to further reduce the wolf population by wiping out wolf pups when they kill their parents? The situation is disgusting to say the least. What happens to these pups when their parents are killed. They are BABIES! Do they leave them for dead, kill them along with the other members of the pack? When is this going to end?
The Montana Wildlife Services wolf extermination squad continue to go after wolves for livestock depredation even though wolf predation is a tiny figure in overall cattle deaths. Let’s ask ranchers how many cows they lose to disease, weather, theft and reproductive issues? They don’t want to talk about that because they don’t get reimbursed for cows killed by lighting.
People are outraged by the continued wolf killing. And the ranchers just sit back and let the feds take care of “the problem” for them. Why do Montanans owe the ranchers anything? It’s their cattle. Hire range riders, use electrified fladry, herders, guard dogs, what ever you have to do but why are federal tax dollars being used to kill wolves for agribusiness? It’s a subsidy for ranching pure and simple.
Yes, Montana Wildlife Services has been very busy and it’s only four months into the 2010. Read it and weep.
Stats From Montana FWP Weekly Wolf Reports:
Horse Prairie Pack….12/31 and 1/5 two wolves killed, 3/31 WS authorized to remove entire pack, 4/1, WS authorized to remove remaining two wolves, 4/21 collared female killed. (breeding pair at end of 2009)
Miner Lakes Pack 1/8 two wolves killed, 2/15 authorized to remove entire pack.
Bender Pack 1/14 one wolf killed, 1/20 one wolf killed, 3/11 WS gunning for last wolf in this pack
Fishtrap Pack 2/8 authorized to remove 1/2 the pack (up to four wolves), 4/22 WS killed wolf NW221F who was the last collared wolf remaining (was breeding pair end of 2009)
Camas Prairie Pack 2/4 two wolves killed, 2/17 one wolf killed, 4/21 one wolf killed, 4/22 killed remaining collared wolf
Candy Mountain Pack 4/1 Authorized to kill two wolves (breeding pair end of 2009)
Dry Forks Pack 4/6 Removing wolves and collaring wolves, 4/7 one wolf killed, possibly two. (breeding pair end of 2009)
Ninemile Pack 3/23 one wolf shot from helicopter (breeding pair end of 2009)
Silcox Pack 3/ 5 one pup killed (breeding pair end of 2009)
Superior Pack 4/20 two wolves killed, 4/21 alpha male killed which removed the entire pack ( six wolves killed in total) (was breeding pair end of 2009)
Cedar Creek Pack 4/22 WS services given permission to kill five wolves from this pack, WS has killed three of those wolves
Trapper Peak Pack: alpha male and another wolf killed 2009, 4/13 (aprox date) yearling wolf shot by rancher, 4/23 WS authorized to kill entire pack
3/8 one wolf killed
3/23 three wolves killed
4/9 Gunning for entire wolf pack near Wisdom
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From Ralph Maughin’s Website: From April 22, 2010
March Idaho Wolf Management Progress Report released
April 22, 2010 — Ken Cole
28 wolves killed in control since the beginning of the year
The Idaho Wolf Management Progress Report has been released by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. So far the report says there have been 28 wolves killed for 14 livestock animals taken. This doesn’t make sense when you consider that last month’s depredation numbers were the same as this month’s yet they report that 8 calves were taken and 10 wolves killed this month. Something didn’t get updated properly.
It also notes that “Additional capture efforts are planned through April.” This is noteworthy since wolves den in April. Does this mean that they have been capturing pregnant females just before denning? Usually ground trapping doesn’t occur when there is a chance of freezing temperatures due to the possibility of injury to the wolves’ feet so presumably capturing refers to aerial darting of wolves.
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This was not the purpose of the reintroduction.
Nobody envisioned wolves would be continually killed by the state for agribusiness. Why would you reintroduce wolves in the West only to send them down the road to extinction, once again? This is slaughter pure and simple and it’s WRONG.
And again, what about the newly born pups? They are doomed along with their parents!
Wildlife officials target 3 wolf packs for attacks on stock in Big Hole Valley
By the Associated Press | Posted: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:47 pm
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_2fb6262e-4f54-11df-85a6-001cc4c03286.html
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State decides to kill Trapper Peak wolf pack
Ravalli Republic | Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 12:00 am
http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_436e6a62-57df-11df-8321-001cc4c03286.html
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Bitteroot Wolf Pack To Be Eliminated
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 4:09 PM
By Mark Holyoak
http://www.kpax.com/news/bitterroot-wolf-pack-to-be-eliminated/
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Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Wolf Policies Foreshadow Extinction
The federal authorization for each state to reduce wolves to 100-150 animals puts northern Rockies wolves on a spiral toward extinction.
By Michael J. Robinson, Guest Writer, 4-21-10
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Please write to Carolyn Sime and the rest of the wolf team to express your outrage over the continued killing of wolves for agribusiness:
Carolyn Sime, Helena
Montana Statewide Wolf Coordinator
(406) 444-3242 (work)
(406) 461-0587 (cell)
Click Here To Email Her:
Click Here To Contact Montana Wolf Team:
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Write to Montana’s Office of Tourism and tell them you want Montana to stop killing wolves or you won’t spend tourist dollars in the state:
Montana Office of Tourism
Mailing Address
Montana Office of Tourism
PO Box 200533
Helena MT 59620-0501
Email
mt-webmaster@visitmt.com
Phone/FAX
Phone: 406.841.2870
Fax: 406.841.2871
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Lastly, please stop eating beef!! It’s a cruel industry and will help save wolves. Watch Earthlings and Food, Inc. to see how much ranchers care about their cows and sheep. It will make you sick!
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Helicopter Photo: Courtesy AGRO, James Balog
Posted in: Wolf Wars, Wildlife Services War on Wildlife, Howling For Justice
Tags: wolf pups, wolf slaughter, wolf persecution, killing wolves for agribusiness
Wisconsin Knee Deep In Wolf Blood….
When I was a kid I loved Wisconsin. We spent our summers there in a rustic cabin by a deep blue lake. I spent hours laying on the pier watching tadpoles develop on lazy summer afternoons. I loved to see their little legs springing to life, turning them into frogs. There were snapping turtles on the beach, bullfrogs, the lake was teeming with fish. The little sunnys and perch would shelter under the pier during the hottest parts of the day. I remember tracing my fingers through the water thinking about nothing but the warmth of the sun and blue sky overhead, wonderful days. I tracked muskrats through the marshes near the cabin, built forts with my friends, spent time at a dairy farm down the road, drinking fresh milk, straight from the cow. We spent hours sitting in an ancient apple tree, chatting about the day, At night the cows would trek home from the field, the lead cow wore a bell and all the other cows would line in behind her as she led them home. That’s when dairy cows spent their days grazing on lush pasture not holed up in dark, dank factory farms. In the winter we’d ice skate on the lake, making sure not to get too close to the reeds and cattails where the ice was thin. Those were precious memories from my youth, now tainted by the wolf slaughter. Wisconsin has become a killing field for gray wolves. I no longer love it and the images of my youth have been ruined forever. I only think of Wisconsin now when I read the latest evil done to the wolves, who are being systematically destroyed in my childhood playground.
In the states second wolf hunting season 251 wolves have been targeted for death. They are knee-deep in wolf blood in Wisconsin, 193 wolves have been wiped out since the hunt began. They’re aiming for a total of 251 dead wolves and it looks like they’re going to get there pretty darn quick. An average of 11 wolves are being killed every day since the hunt began on October 15, a mere 22 days ago.
The only upside to this horror is the dog/wolf hunt probably won’t happen this year, as they race toward their murderous ” 251 dead wolf quota”. By the time it’s legal to hunt wolves with dogs, on December 2, the “wolf blood lust season” will be closed/ maybe? There’s an appeal waiting to be decided, only the court can stop this “dog/on/wolf”
madness.
“When a pack of dogs pursues a wolf … a wolf will turn and fight and kill if necessary to protect its territory. And there you have a state-sanctioned bloody dog fight right here on our public land.”…..Opposing Views
And I thought the Northern Rockies were brutal but they’re downright vicious in Wisconsin.
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Fast Kill Rate In Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Could Mean No Dogs Will Be Used
By Phyllis M Daugherty, Mon, November 04, 2013
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Wisconsin wolf hunting on a brisk pace
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Photo: Wisconsin DNR
Posted in: Wolf Wars, Animal Cruelty
Tags: Wisconsin, Badger state, boycott wolf killing states, wolf slaughter
Wolf Wars Part 1000…
October 7, 2013
This banner, from Center For Biological Diversity, pretty much says it all…although I think the Northern Rockies estimate is too high, Nobody really knows how many wolves reside in Idaho, Montana or Wyoming. Jay Mallonee, Montana wolf biologist, believes Montana FWP’s data on wolf numbers is seriously flawed. AND the chart doesn’t take into account the number of wolves who died in Montana and Idaho in 2009/2010. Over 500 wolves perished in the wolf hunt, Wildlife Services killings, 10j, poaching and general mortality…which would raise the total of dead wolves to over 2000, not including the ongoing wolf hunts taking place now, Wildlife Services slaughter and continued poaching of these beleaguered animals.
The Obama administration has been the worst thing for wolves since their first extermination in the lower 48. He and his cronies have undone the hard-won progress made to bring wolves back from the brink!
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Photo Banner: Courtesy Center For Biological Diversity
Posted in: Wolf Wars
Tags: Wolf slaughter, ongoing wolf hunts, how many wolves have to die, wolf hunt states: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota and soon to be Michigan
Another Senseless Killing, Yearling Wolf, OR 16 Slain For Nothing…
Yearling Wolf OR-16, a member of Oregon’s Walla Walla pack , was slain January 19, 2013 in the bloody Idaho wolf hunt
Update: May 5, 2013
While we’re mourning the death of OR-5, remember Oregon’s Walla Walla Pack yearling wolf OR-16, was also slaughtered in Idaho’s wolf hunt in January of this year. That makes three Oregon collared wolves wiped out in Idaho. Anyone think collaring wolves is a good thing? Interesting how collared wolves are targeted so easily. As Bob Dylan famously wrote, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”!
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January 25, 2013
Here’s the convo from an anti-wolf Facebook page laughing about OR-16’s death. This is what these freaks find funny, the death of a yearling wolf.
Too bad it didn’t get shot. So much for the whole family thing the wolf humpers claim.
Larry O.
Hopefully he will stay in Idaho long enough to get angel wings. With that black hide he will make a great rug.
Bill K
If us pushing that wolf back over to be shot in idaho works.. we willc ontinue to push many more back for the shooters. hell we will even pay for the ammo. ha ha ha ha.
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January 24, 2013
I might as well be a funeral director, that’s all I seem to be doing is reporting on dead wolves.
OR-16, a beautiful black yearling Oregon wolf, who made the terrible mistake of crossing the Snake River into the killing fields of Idaho, was slaughtered for nothing last Saturday in the deadly Idaho wolf hunt. There was talk he and other collared Oregon wolves were being targeted.
I don’t know about you but I’ve had enough of this insanity. I’m not planning on sitting on my hands this year and watching the carnage continue. Enough is enough. The wolf killers are rubbing our faces in it but their hubris will be their downfall because wolf advocates are more upset than I’ve ever seen them.
The anti wolf crowd thinks they hold all the cards but they forget they are the minority and we are the majority. It’s just a matter of waking up the sleeping masses. The killing of collared wolves, who many people identify with, is mobilizing the troops. The killing of Yellowstone’s Lamar Canyon alpha female O6 and her beta male 754 and many other collared wolves, including OR-9, brother to famous wolf OR-7 and now OR-16, has people hopping mad. Not because these wolves are more important than the almost 1000 wolves who’ve been slaughtered since August 30, 2012 but because they are well-known, have numbers and have been written about. People identify with them and their deaths are sparking outrage. The pro-wolf movement is ready to stand and fight.
Rest in Peace OR-16, beautiful boy. You were just a yearling, never having a chance to live your life. But you will not be forgotten. This is a rallying cry to all who love wolves. The time for lamenting is over. It’s time to take action and work to see wolves relisted. For all who are frustrated with the ineffective actions of the past, several other wolf advocates and myself are plotting a new path, one we hope will change the dynamic of this fight.
For the wolves, For OR-16,
Nabeki
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Oregon Wolf Gunned Down in Idaho
Oregon conservationists lament killing, highlight contrasting approaches to wolf management and wildlife conservation.
http://www.oregonwild.org/about/press-room/press-releases/oregon-wolf-gunned-down-in-idaho
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Second Oregon wolf killed in Idaho by hunter
By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian
January 24, 2013 at 6:46 PM, updated January 24, 2013 at 7:12 PM
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Photo: Courtesy ODFW
Posted in: Wolf Wars, Oregon Wolves,
Tags: Bloody Idaho wolf hunt, OR !6, Walla Walla pack , Oregon wolves, wolf slaughter, relist wolves, Endangered Species act. wolves need protection, killing out of control, states cannot manage wolves, conflict of interest, trophy hunting sadistic
Wolf Slaughter Continues in the Rocky Mountains by James William Gibson (Earth Island Journal)
Hunters operating just west of Yellowstone National Park killed seven radio-collared wolves from
October through December, including the famous, often photographed 832F, the majestic female
alpha of the Lamar Canyon pack. Photo Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Earth Island Journal
January 31, 2013
Fantasies of killing become increasingly bizarre
Lynne Stone, longtime wolf advocate and executive director of Northern Idaho’s Boulder White Cloud Council in Ketchum, couldn’t help but laugh. For the last two years she has routinely petitioned the Idaho Dept of Fish and Game for every single “ Big Game Mortality Report” filed on wolves killed by hunters —several hundred of them since the animals lost Endangered Species Act protect. Hunters and trappers are required to send in the report along with the skull and pelt for examination. In mid-January Stone ran across a November 2012 report that stated, “DNA came back as a domestic dog,” a light-skinned one.
“Buy a wolf tag, shoot a dog, claim it was a wolf, get bragging rights and a dog-skin rug,” she chuckled “Life is wonderful in 3rd world Idaho. Is anyone missing a light-colored mutt? Maybe it’s time folks put orange vests and hats on their dogs.”
Gallows humor is all wolf supporters have left. In February 2011, Congress removed gray wolves in the northern Rockies from protection by the Endangered Species Act, the first time a species has ever been delisted for political reasons. Before that, the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s reintroduction of wolves to the northern Rockies in the mid-1990s appeared to be one of the greatest conservation successes in decades. Wolves had been killed off in the West in the late nineteenth and early centuries. But while tourists from all over the country came to Yellowstone in hopes of seeing “Cinderella” or “Limpy” — many of the wolves became named — in the Rockies a reactionary political movement developed against the animals.
Click HERE To Read More
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Photo: Courtesy Earth Island Journal ( Photo Flickr/CC BY 2.0)
Posted in: Wolf Wars
Tags: Earth Island Journal, James William Gibson, Lynne Stone, Friends of the Clearwater, Brett Haverstick,Wolf Wars, right-wing crazies, wolf delisting political, wolf slaughter, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, O6 Female killed, Wolf delisting rider, Jon Tester D-MT
Another Senseless Killing, Yearling Wolf, OR 16 Slain For Nothing…
Yearling Wolf OR-16, a member of Oregon’s Walla Walla pack , was slain Saturday, January 19 , 2013 in the bloody Idaho wolf hunt
January 25, 2013
Here’s a convo from an anti-wolf Facebook page laughing about OR-16’s death. This is what they find funny, the death of a yearling wolf.
Too bad it didn’t get shot. So much for the whole family thing the wolf humpers claim.
Larry O.
Hopefully he will stay in Idaho long enough to get angel wings. With that black hide he will make a great rug.
Bill K
If us pushing that wolf back over to be shot in idaho works.. we willc ontinue to push many more back for the shooters. hell we will even pay for the ammo. ha ha ha ha.
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I might as well be a funeral director, that’s all I seem to be doing is reporting on dead wolves.
OR-16, a beautiful black yearling Oregon wolf, who made the terrible mistake of crossing the Snake River into the killing fields of Idaho, was slaughtered for nothing last Saturday in the deadly Idaho wolf hunt. There was talk that he and other collared Oregon wolves were being targeted. I remember reading a convo between wolf haters stating the plan was to try and shuttle as many Oregon wolves into Idaho as possible (wish I could find the quote, I’d gladly post it here.) That’s the mind-set we’re dealing with. Shame on the federal government for turning these wolves over to their mortal enemies to be tortured and killed.
I don’t know about you but I’ve had enough of this insanity. I’m not planning on sitting on my hands this year and watching the carnage continue. Enough is enough. The wolf killers are rubbing our faces in it but their hubris will be their downfall because wolf advocates are more upset than I’ve ever seen them.
The anti wolf crowd thinks they hold all the cards but they forget they are the minority and we are the majority. It’s just a matter of waking up the sleeping masses. The killing of collared wolves, who many people identify with, is mobilizing the troops. The killing of Yellowstone’s Lamar Canyon alpha female O6 and her beta male 754 and many other collared wolves, including OR-9, brother to famous wolf OR-7 and now OR-16, has people hopping mad. Not because these wolves are more important than the almost 1000 wolves who’ve been slaughtered since August 30, 2012 but because they are well-known, have numbers and have been written about. People identify with them and their deaths are sparking outrage. The pro-wolf movement is ready to stand and fight.
Rest in Peace OR-16, beautiful boy. You were just a yearling, never having a chance to live your life. But you will not be forgotten. This is a rallying cry to all who love wolves. The time for lamenting is over. It’s time to take action and work to see wolves relisted. For all who are frustrated with the ineffective actions of the past, several other wolf advocates and myself are plotting a new path, one we hope will change the dynamic of this fight.
For the wolves, For OR-16,
Nabeki
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Oregon Wolf Gunned Down in Idaho
Oregon conservationists lament killing, highlight contrasting approaches to wolf management and wildlife conservation.
http://www.oregonwild.org/about/press-room/press-releases/oregon-wolf-gunned-down-in-idaho
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Second Oregon wolf killed in Idaho by hunter
By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian
January 24, 2013 at 6:46 PM, updated January 24, 2013 at 7:12 PM
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Photo: Courtesy ODFW
Posted in: Wolf Wars, Oregon Wolves,
Tags: Bloody Idaho wolf hunt, OR !6, Walla Walla pack , Oregon wolves, wolf slaughter, relist wolves, Endangered Species act. wolves need protection, killing out of control, states cannot manage wolves, conflict of interest, trophy hunting sadistic
Boulder White Clouds Council
Exposing The Big Game
Footloose Montana
Friends of the Clearwater
Lockwood Animal Rescue Center
Louise du Toit
LUPUSLAETUS
Mercy For Animals
Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance (NIWA)
Predator Friendly®- Because Wildlife Matters
Project Coyote
Project: Wolf
The Nature Conservancy
The Ravensong Group
WildEarth Guardians
Wisconsin Wildlife Ethic-Vote Our Wildlife
Wolf And Wildlife Studies: Jay Mallonee (Independent Wolf Biologist)
Wolf Song of Alaska
Wolves in english ! Les loups en anglais !
WWP's Gray Wolf Page
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative
Howling For Justice 