URGENT: Government-funded wolf slaughter continues
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
The 23 Idaho wolves shot from a helicopter last month were just the latest in a decades-long trail of carnage and indiscriminate bloodshed. And Idaho Wildlife Services admitted to their plan only after all the wolves were dead.
It has to stop.
Of the literally millions of animals killed in recent years by the Wildlife Services agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wolves are a favored target.
Wolves are killed for the convenience of ranchers and hunters. In most instances, essential non-lethal methods are never tried. And the slaughter is funded in part by you.
From the agency’s own records, an accounting of more than 500 wolves killed in one year alone reads like something from a horror movie:
- 64 wolves gunned down from helicopters
- 316 killed in foothold traps
- 30 killed using neck snares
- 37 shot from fixed wing aircraft
These were all deliberate killings. Two more wolves were “accidentally” killed by cyanide poison left for other “target” animals.
Wildlife Services is currently being audited by the USDA Office of the Inspector General. But the killing continues.
With your help, Defenders of Wildlife was one of the main organizations that led the outcry that resulted in this urgent audit and review of Wildlife Services. Now we are going one step further by demanding a halt to all Wildlife Services “lethal actions” against wolves and other top predators.
Wildlife Services has operated for years as killers for hire serving private and state interests, using cruel and indiscriminate methods, covering up gross errors, and resisting all calls for accountability.
It’s time for a change - please donate today!
Help Stop the Slaughter!
Of the millions of animals killed in recent years by Wildlife Services, wolves are a favored target.
Please donate today to support our efforts to stop this reckless killing.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
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Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders of Wildlife |