EMERGENCY: Stop the wolf killing derby
Jamie Rappoport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife
The only word for this is despicable.
A “hunters’ rights” organization has formally requested permission to hold a multi-year wolf and predator-killing derby in Idaho - on national public lands, including those being studied for designation as wilderness!
If you care about wolves and other predators as much as I do, please help by sending an emergency donation to Defenders of Wildlife – to protect wolves and other imperiled wildlife.
Turning wolf killing into a competitive sport is bad enough. This proposed derby would sweep many types of predators in Idaho into its gun sights, rewarding the killing of coyotes, weasels and others.
Last year’s wolf and coyote-killing derby, sponsored by this same group, included prizes for killing the most coyotes and killing the largest wolf. This is not hunting; this is simply mass-killing for fun based upon hatred and fear.
Please support our campaign to stop this killing spree.
The proposed event would take place every winter for five years when wolves and other wildlife are at their most vulnerable - out foraging for food in the snow and extreme cold.
These are the kinds of barbaric extermination era tactics that drove wolves to the brink in the first place! This is not modern wildlife management, and it has no place in modern society.
Predator Killing Derby in Idaho
The proposed derby would take place every winter for five years when wolves and other predators are at their most vulnerable.
Please make an emergency donation today!
Thank you for all you do.
For the wolves,
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Jamie Rappaport Clark President Defenders of Wildlife |
P.S. I can assure you, Defenders will use every legal tool in its arsenal to ensure that this travesty does not take place – please donate today!