Recklessly killing wolves, and proud of it
Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
A huge number of top predators – including hundreds of wolves – die each year at the hands of Wildlife Services.
Help us hold these trained killers accountable.
-Jamie
The agency is called “Wildlife Services.”
It’s about the worst possible name you could imagine for an agency that kills a huge number of animals each year, including wolves, bobcats, mountain lions and coyotes.
Every day, more questions come up about this federal agency’s lethal actions against predators. But instead of being embarrassed by their reckless unjustified killing of wolves and other predators, the Administrator overseeing this agency has publicly proclaimed that he is proud of the lethal work the agency does!
Their track record on wolves is a particularly bloody one. From the agency’s own records, an accounting of more than 500 wolves killed in one year alone reads like something from a bad horror movie:
- 64 wolves gunned down from helicopters
- 316 killed in foothold traps
- 30 killed using neck snares
- 37 shot from fixed wing aircraft
It gets worse. Last winter, Wildlife Services, hired by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, went into a federally designated national forest to shoot 23 wolves … and their excuse was to artificially boost elk populations for big game hunters.
If there are special areas on federal lands where wolves should be safe, it should be in congressionally designated national forest - but for the hired guns from Wildlife Services, it meant nothing.
The agency should be ashamed and held accountable. Will you help us stop the killing today?
A major investigation by reporters at the Sacramento Bee newspaper concluded that the agency’s killing habits are “indiscriminate, at odds with science, inhumane and sometimes illegal.”
Government Wolf Killing Agency
Killing more than 500 wolves in one year alone, it’s time Wildlife Services is held accountable.
Hold the federal predator exterminators accountable for their actions!
Sincerely,
 |
Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders of Wildlife |