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Protect wolves in 2015

Big news: Wolves in the Great Lakes will immediately receive a reprieve from brutal hunting and trapping thanks to a federal judge who ordered them back under the protections of the Endangered Species Act. The judge stated that Minnesota's management plan created "a virtual carte blanche for the killing of wolves" in most of the state.  While this is good news in the short term, it brings along with it a real looming threat. Every time wolves win a victory, wildlife opponents go after them even more vigorously.

Special interests are already lobbying their members of Congress to legislatively delist wolves around the country. With the new Congress, wildlife opponents will lead key committees, deciding which bills to prioritize. This could be the biggest battle to save wolves yet and we need your help.

Please help stop a Congressional attack on wolves and other wildlife with a 100% tax-deductible $40 donation today.

Again and again we’ve seen judges rule that FWS is not following the law. The judge even stated that at times, a court “must lean forward from the bench to let an agency know, in no uncertain terms, that enough is enough.” They are removing protections of wolves before wolf populations are ready and handing oversight of wolves to states that allow cruel and abundant killing of wolves. Despite multiple legal rulings that side with wolves, there is no end in sight. FWS, states, and most frighteningly, Congress continue to go after wolves. We’ve already seen Congress essentially overruling a judge and taking an extraordinary and unprecedented action to override the Endangered Species Act to delist Northern Rockies wolves in 2011. We could be at that precipice again in 2015.

We will vigorously oppose any and all Congressional attempts to usurp this decision or to amend the Endangered Species Act to remove protections for gray wolves.

Thank you for your commitment to our vanishing wildlife and wild places and for your help in telling decision makers enough is enough!


Thank Congressman DeFazio for Standing for Wolves

Our fight to end the proposed wolf-killing contest in Idaho continues notwithstanding our recent victory when the Bureau of Land Management rescinded its approval of this outrageous body-count hunt.

While our court battle to prevent the bloodshed from happening on our national forest land is ongoing, we are pausing today to offer our thanks to Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) who is one of our strongest allies in working to keep the killing contest off public lands.

Congressman DeFazio is minority chair of the House Natural Resources Committee and is using his leadership role to speak out against proposed killing contests. His letters to the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service condemned the planned killing contest in Idaho and called on the leaders of those agencies to deny permits for the event.

The Congressman recognizes the key role wolves play in thriving, healthy ecosystems. He is also an active opponent of proposals to strip wolves of Endangered Species Act protections, and an ally in the fight to end the cruel practices of Wildlife Services.

Please join us this holiday season in thanking Congressman DeFazio and his staff for standing with us for wolves, coyotes and other animals in Idaho and beyond.

You Are Their Last Chance
Mexican Gray Wolf (c) Jim Clark
At the last official count, there were only 83 wild Mexican gray wolves clinging to survival.Three Mexican gray alpha male wolves have been found dead – one a month since September.

At the last official count, there were only 83 wild Mexican gray wolves clinging to survival. Just 83.

Despite this, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is still trying to move forward with a flawed management proposal they call a first step. We call it a slow walk to extinction.

Tell FWS to fix this mess and give the wolves a chance!

FWS’ own recovery team scientists have told the agency that Mexican gray wolves will not be safe from extinction unless there are three separate populations that wolves can move between. There need to be at least 750 wolves total, and there must be fewer killings of these rare wolves.

While this proposal offers the remaining wolves a larger area to roam, FWS would make it legal to kill them for multiple reasons (including if officials think they eat too many elk). It would also put arbitrary limits on the population and keep these wolves out of the habitats they desperately need to survive. 

Time is running out submit your official comment opposing this deadly proposal!

FWS has even said they will consider killing wolves if they grow to be “too many” which they defined as being 300 to 325 wolves in the wild!

Time is running out for these wolves. Without the release of new wolves, especially breeding pairs, and the establishment of new populations, Mexican gray wolves will slowly go extinct in the wild.

With so few wild lobos left in the world, they deserve a real chance to recover – not flawed decisions that would amount to a slow and certain death sentence.

You are their last chance. It’s too late for the three dead alpha males, but there are still others we can save.

Please take just a moment to submit your official comments to FWS, demanding a management plan that will save these wolves.
We've had some recent victories, but wolves aren't safe yet. They may be more at risk than ever from a congressional "nuclear option" -- a bill that could permanently end wolf protections from coast to coast.

We need your help to prevent this from happening. Give now to the Wolf Defense Fund and see your donation matched today.

A federal judge just followed up on our victory in Wyoming by also banning wolf killing for sport in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is great news, but it raises the stakes for the wolf-haters in the new congressional majority. With dedicated wolf enemy Rob Bishop of Utah taking over the House Natural Resources Committee, we'll soon see legislation ripping away protection from wolves in every state. They've got the votes, and as we learned with the terrible budget bill last week, we can't always count on the White House to veto bad legislation.

Help us take on the wolf-haters in Congress with a gift to our Wolf Defense Fund today.

Congress has done this before. Back in 2011 it passed legislation ending endangered species protection for wolves in Idaho and Montana -- the first time that protection was ended by politicians, not scientists. Since then more than 1,800 wolves have died in these two critical states alone -- including 215 since September. Congressional wolf-haters want to do to all 50 states what they did in Montana and Idaho -- legalize wolf killing everywhere with legislation a judge can't touch.

With 25 years of experience fighting for wolves and other wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity's tireless team is the best hope for protecting packs from politicians. Our lawyers, scientists and activists will bring all their experience and energy to bear to beat the wolf-hater agenda in Congress and in the courts. But first we need your help with a donation to the Wolf Defense Fund, which will be matched if you give now.

Please help us stop Congress from going nuclear on wolves. When politicians come gunning in the new year, we'll be ready with your help.
Killing wolves for fun and prizes - Wolf Killing Contest in Idaho
Gray Wolf, (C) M. Quinton
This so called “Predator-Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous” is wrong in so many ways; it’s hard to know where to start.
We’re only weeks away from a bloody commercial wolf-killing contest in Idaho.

While it will no longer take place on three million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, the so-called “Predator Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous” will take place on other federal lands in January 2015. Prizes will be awarded for the most wolves, coyotes and other predators killed.

This is wrong in so many ways; it’s hard to know where to start.

Wolf slaughter is about to get out of control in Idaho. Please make an emergency donation to Defenders of Wildlife to help end the war against wolves.

Here are just some of the reasons why this derby is simply despicable:
  • It’s still on federal land. While the BLM has withdrawn permission for the derby to take place on three million acres of their land, the killfest is still set to take place on National Forest lands in Idaho.
  • It turns killing wolves and other predators into a competitive and commercial sport. In California, the State Fish and Game Commission just banned these kinds of commercial derbies. The California Commission concluded that "awarding prizes for wildlife killing contests is both unethical and inconsistent with our modern understanding of natural systems."
  • There’s a predator-killing youth division! The proposed Idaho derby offers special prizes for hunters as young as 10 years old!
  • It pushes Idaho’s beleaguered wolves closer to the edge. After years of slaughter, only 20 breeding pairs of wolves were estimated to have survived in Idaho at the end of last year.
Your support for Defenders is the best step you can take to protect wolves and other wildlife you love.

Those Idaho hunters who proposed this derby are outright wrong – America’s wolves belong to all of us. And to enlist children in the wholesale killing is beyond the pale.

Defenders led the way toward reintroduction of wolves in the Lower 48. And we’ve fought for the wolves every day since. With your help, we’ll see the great work of returning wolves to their suitable historic habitats through to a successful conclusion!

The lower 48 states without wolves? We’ve seen what that looks like. And we’re not going back!

We can’t do this without you.

Political Games and Rewriting History About Wisconsin’s Wolf Slaughter
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Forget North Korea, since this past Friday following the federal court ruling that reinstated Endangered Species Act protections to wolves in the Great Lakes, the wolf haters and extreme right wing have been on an internet rampage. The wolf haters are openly promising to defy the ruling of the “radical liberal judge” and “emotional city folk” and threatening to kill every wolf that they see. Their arrogance and brazen threats know no bounds and they do not limit these threats to their hate sites. Several anti-wolf zealots have been posting comments on various mainstream news websites threatening “S.S.S” (shoot, shovel, and shut up) and open defiance of the “city folk” and “liberal government.”
One thing that wolf/wildlife advocates need to remember is that while we have achieved a “victory” with this ruling the root of the problem is still firmly entrenched and the vitriol is still growing. We must remember not to engage the wolf haters and trolls online. Let them stew in their hate and toxic anger. They are digging themselves into a deeper hole with their threats and disgusting comments. By responding to the vitriol on internet forums wildlife advocates are legitimizing the trolls and their nonsensical arguments. This battle will not be “won” in an internet comment section. It will be won in the court of public opinion. We need to call out their hypocrisy in “letters to the editor” and in blogs like this, not in internet comment sections. By even responding to their poisonous bomb throwing we are allowing them to control the message. DO NOT fall into that trap. If anything their vile comments show exactly why the gray wolf needs PERMANENT federal protections and that they will always have the threat of eradication hanging over their head if those protections are weakened or removed.
Anti-wolf zealots are also trying to rewrite history and the mainstream media appears to be playing along. Articles that appeared in news outlets since Friday are publishing quotes from known anti-wolf zealots and not even bothering to point out the affiliations of these people to anti-wolf groups. One example of this was published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s “outdoors writer” Paul Smith.
Ralph Fritsch of Townsend in Oconto County, a hunter and longtime member of many state conservation organizations, said he feared the ruling would increase illegal killing of wolves.
“I think the state was doing a good job,” Fritsch said. “Now, a judge from out-of-state has made a decision that could make things worse for wolves. People in northern Wisconsin with low tolerance for wolves might handle it themselves, outside the law.”
What Smith fails to mention is that Fritsch is a former president of the anti-wolf Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, board member of that group, anti-wolf Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegate, and represents the WWF on the hunting group stacked DNR “Wolf Advisory Committee.” This was from the June 2014 “Wolf Advisory Committee” meeting:
The harvest level of 156 will not have a “significant effect in lowering the population of wolves towards the 350 wolf management goal,” said Ralph Fritsch, representing the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
The federation wanted a harvest quota of 250 wolves.
So Ralphie Boy is just a “simple hunter” and “group member” according to Smith? Funny he seems to forget comments like these from Fristch and how he literally begged thelobbyist stacked Natural Resources Board to remove the prohibition against killing coyotes during the 9 day state gun deer killing season.
Ralph Fritsch, who sits on the advisory committee, and represents the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, which is comprised of hunting, fishing, trapping and forestry-related groups, supported the new quota for making progress toward the target population of 350. He said the wolf hunt in 2012 was ineffective in reducing the wolf population, which the DNR estimates at just over 800, at minimum.
“The Wisconsin DNR has the ultimate responsibility to properly manage the wolf population in the state, which is currently at least 2.5 times the management goal of 350,” Fritsch said. “The goal was based on the social carrying capacity of wolves in the state and was made as a commitment to farmers, hunters and citizens of Wisconsin.”
There is much more out there about this “simple hunter” and “member” of state “conservation” organizations but I would say this is enough to show how the media tries to paint anti-wolf lobbyists as just “simple” folk fighting for their “heritage.”
Then we have this article where a “great white hunter” and taxidermist, whose “expertise” comes from the fact that he kills wildlife all over the world, pretends that the wolf kill bill was written with “biology” in mind:
Randy Mayes, owner of Mayes Taxidermy Studio in Stevens Point, has hunted for most of his life and has traveled to places like Africa, Alaska and Canada to hunt for a variety of animals over the years. Mayes said he had a tag to hunt wolves last year in Wisconsin, but was unsuccessful in killing one.
Mayes said he felt the judge’s decision overrules the research of many state officials who studied the issues of a wolf hunt and ultimately decided to move forward with one in Wisconsin.
“The judge is not an expert, and her decision had nothing to do with sound biology. We had experts who came up with an educated response to control these wolves, and it was working,” said Mayes, 51.
Experts? Who are these “experts? The “official” author was disgraced former state Representative Scott Suder (R-ALEC). Is he an “expert?”  How about the go to lobbyist for extreme right wing groups and the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, Bob Welch? Is he an expert? How about Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation board member, and anti-wolf zealot, Laurie Groskopf? Is she one of these “experts” that Mayes is talking about?
Who are these people trying to kid? This bill, like every other bill passed in Wisconsin since 2011, was written by special interest lobbyists as a revenge/sport hunt. There is nothing even remotely pointing to “biology” or “management” in Wisconsin’s plan. If there were factors such as 24/7/365 hounding, and reckless killing quotas would never have been allowed. Remember this?
The bill’s co-authors, Sen. Terry Moulton (R-Chippewa Falls) and Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford), said the bill was necessary for public health and safety. Suder claimed that, “This is a wolf management bill. It allows our citizens to protect their land, property, and livelihood,” while Moulton said, “The wolf population is out of control! The population has increased 300% in 12 years”
Four representatives from the Bear Hunters Association testified in favor of the bill. A few times they came close to admitting that they wrote it. Bob Welch, lobbyist for the Bear Hunters and other extreme blood sport organizations said, “We believe the stars are aligned at this time and the process was done right this time to get the bill passed. We hired the best lawyer in D.C., the former head of US Fish & Wildlife, to defend delisting. We support the hunting techniques in the bill because hunting wolves is difficult. Without those tools you aren’t going to be able to harvest wolves.”
Scott Meyer, a member of the Bear Hunters Association and lobbyist for United Sportsman, went even further. He said, “”Seven attorneys were involved with drafting this bill to make sure it didn’t put delisting in jeopardy. The bill is not liberal enough, but unfortunately, these are the cards we’ve been dealt. The idea that we’re going to extirpate the wolves is ludicrous.”
Funny I don’t see one thing about “biology” in any of those statements. Do you? Now the anti-wolf zealots are trying to rewrite these facts by pretending that the DNR and state are acting with “science” in mind and other nonsense that has nothing to do with the facts on the ground. I didn’t know that being a rabid partisan or worldwide animal killer made one an “expert.”
The anti-wolf Federal Government 
From the beginning of the Obama Administration wolves have been used as a political scapegoat marked for persecution and used for scoring political points for fake Democrats. The fact that the judge who made this ruling is an Obama appointee should make his administration realize how much damage they are doing to our wildlife and environment by pandering to the right wing extremists. Of course the hidden anti-environment provisions in the recently passed spending bill don’t give me much optimism. What does Obama hope to gain by continuing to pander to those that would never vote for him or his party to begin with? With this ruling Judge Beryl Howell thoroughly eviscerates the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and their methodology for the delisting of the gray wolf in the Great Lakes. The Obama Administration has shown from the beginning that they care nothing for wolves and other wildlife and view them as nothing but an inconvenience. Frankly all environmentalists and progressives should be incensed at Obama and his administration for essentially spitting in our faces. Obama pandered to his supposed opposition time and time again while scoffing at his supposed “base.” With this ruling I think that all environmentalists and progressives need to realize that we were duped by voting for this man.
The Near Future
So where do we go from here? The anti-wolf zealots are on a rampage with their threats of poaching and intimidation tactics. We cannot let them succeed. We also need to keep our eyes on Congress and the Obama Administration. Obama has shown that he has no respect for the Endangered Species Act and will sell wolves out again in a heartbeat if he thinks that it will give him some political gain. We cannot let that happen. It’s time for the pro-environment factions in the Senate to stand up to the GOPers in charge and President Obama if they try to further weaken the ESA. The GOP blocked and filibustered legislation non-stop since 2009 and it’s time for Democrats to do the same thing.
In the meantime wildlife advocates should not engage the rabid anti-wolf factions in internet forums. Let them spread their vitriol and threats. That becomes more “ammunition” for us and will lead to court decisions like we saw last week. This battle is as much about fighting back against right wing extremism in our state and country as it is about our wolves. They will not let up and neither should we. We just have to make sure that we are smarter and not get sucked into their vile “conversations.” This is where many on our side fail. They get sucked into online arguments with these poisonous cretins and play their game. We cannot do that. Those opposed to us also like to paint all “liberals” and wildlife advocates with a broad brush. We are all “emotional,” “city folk” and, “liberals” that are “uninformed” about those grandchildren eating wolves. If I were to play their game I would present “evidence” showing that white males in rural Northern Wisconsin were deviants that liked to do things like this:
Oh boy! Or should I say whoooooa boy?
See how easy that is? But let’s not play that game, as funny as it may be. The tide is turning and the court rulings about Wyoming and the Great Lakes wolves show that, but we must remain vigilant. The anti-wolf factions will pull out all the stops to get this decision overturned. The fear mongering and lies will intensify and we need to counter that through facts and science. Not by responding to trolls on the internet but by writing to our local media and by contacting our political representatives. Besides without wolves those grandchildren sure aren’t going to eat themselves. How else can us “city folk” impose our liberal tyranny on those oppressed rural folk without the big bad wolf being around?
Recreational Hunting of Great Lakes Wolves is Stopped: Wolves are back on the federal Endangered species list immediately…
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(Photograph by Mike Crowley a Wisconsinite)
It’s about time the Fish and game agencies are made accountable for their reckless trophy hunting of wolves. When wolves were delisted in 2012 states , like WI, jumped in to hunt them. This was a deplorable decision to hunt an endangered species just fresh off of federal protection.
Now thanks to several organizations that challenged a rule to remove wolves from the endangered species act, wolves are now back under federal protection. The following are the organizations that followed ethics and fought to put wolves back on the endangered species protection:
“The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal protection organization — backed by 11 million Americans, or one of every 28. For more than a half-century, The HSUS has been fighting for the protection of all animals through advocacy, education and hands-on programs. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty — On the web at humanesociety.org.”
“The Center for Biological Diversity is a non-profit organization dedicated to securing a future for all species hovering on the brink of extinction. More information is available at biologicaldiversity.org.”
“Help Our Wolves Live is a Minnesota nonprofit organization, dedicated to the protection and preservation of the gray wolf, lynx, and other endangered or threatened predator species. HOWL has over 200 members, many of whom live in the State of Minnesota.”
“Friends of Animals and Their Environment is a Minnesota nonprofit organization committed to the protection of animals and the ecosystems on which they depend. FATE has approximately 200 members and supporters who regularly advocate on behalf of animals, and in particular wolves.”
“Born Free USA is a national nonprofit animal advocacy organization working to conserve and protect wildlife in the US and globally. More information is available at bornfreeusa.org.”
WI fringe hunters like WI Bear Hunters Association, WI Trappers Association and along with WI Cattlemen’s Association went all out in their efforts to eradicate wolves. Fringe hunters like these insisted WI Keep populations down to an exact number of 350.
These reckless acts towards an endangered species alarmed many organizations so they combined forces and filed a lawsuit. Read more on this from previous blog here: http://wolvesofdouglascountywisconsin.com/2014/11/01/is-wis-wolf-hunt-responsible-for-the-death-of-more-wolves-than-is-being-reported-by-rachel-tilseth/
From HSUS website: “February 2013 – Wildlife protection groups, including The HSUS, file suit against the USFWS over its decision to remove the protections of the Endangered Species Act from gray wolves living in the western Great Lakes region.” http://m.humanesociety.org/animals/wolves/facts/faq_gray_wolf.html
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(Photograph is from Ted Nugent’s FB page where he openly states, “Wolf jackets ROCK!!!”)
Wolf hounding is a barbaric, in- humane and archaic method that has no place in a civilized society. Use of dogs to hunt wolves in WI is one of several reasons why wolves needed to be put back on Federal Endangered Species protection.
“In the short time since federal protections have been removed, trophy hunters and trappers have killed hundreds of Great Lakes wolves under hostile state management programs that encourage dramatic reductions in wolf populations,” said Jonathan Lovvorn, senior vice president and chief counsel for animal protection litigation at The HSUS. “This decision rolls back the only line of defense for wolf populations, and paves the way for the same state-sponsored eradication policies that pushed this species to the brink of extinction in the first place.”http://m.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2013/02/wildlife-protection-groups-great-lakes-wolves-suit-021213.html?credit=web_id86098878
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One of the best holiday presents “Great Lakes wolves are now back on the Endangered Species List.” (photograph owner unknown)
The news came out yesterday, Friday December 19, 2014 that Great Lakes wolves were put back on the Federal Endangered Species Act, Immediately.
The following are excerpts from the Humane Societies press release:
“Sport hunting and trapping of wolves in the Great Lakes region must end immediately, a federal District Court has ruled. The court overturned a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision that removed Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves living in the western Great Lakes region, which includes Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.”http://m.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2014/12/fed-court-wolf-hunt-season-over-121914.html
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(Photograph belongs to HSUS) More excerpts from the ruling:
“In its 111-page ruling, the court chided the USFWS for failing to explain why it ignored the potential for further recovery of wolves into areas of its historic range that remain viable habitat for the species. The court also noted that the USFWS has failed to explain how the “virtually unregulated” killing of wolves by states in the Great Lakes region does not constitute a continued threat to the species.”http://m.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2014/12/fed-court-wolf-hunt-season-over-121914.html
Hunting wolves is not a tool for management and only causes more problems. “Despite rhetoric from state politicians about wolf depredation of livestock, a new study of 25 years of wolf data has shown that hunting wolves may increase livestock losses. Michigan lawmakers relied on false stories about wolves to push through a hunting season, and had to apologize for misleading statements.”http://m.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2014/12/fed-court-wolf-hunt-season-over-121914.htmlThis decision can be challenged in an appeal by the states and the USF&WS.
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Historical Range William J. Ripple, Robert L. Beschta, Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction. There’s more work to be done. WODCW will continue to educate the general public about the wolf’s role in keeping our ecosystems healthy.
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(Photograph belongs to owner)

WI’s Wild Wolves are Federally Protected: The Endangered Species Act…The ESA prohibits harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping…


The following is a reminder to anyone who knowingly kills a WI wolf.
The Endangered Species Act
“The ESA prohibits harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing and collecting listed species, unless specifically permitted, or attempting to engage in such activities within the United States or its territorial seas. Taking on the high seas is also prohibited, as are possessing, selling, delivering, carrying, transporting or shipping any species unlawfully taken within the United States, its territorial seas or on the high seas. It is also unlawful to deliver, receive, carry, transport or ship in interstate or foreign commerce in the course of commercial activity listed species, or to sell or offer listed species for sale in interstate or foreign commerce. The prohibitions apply to listed species, live and dead, their parts, and products made from their parts.”http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/legislation_endangered.php
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Division
Fort Snelling, MN 55222
612-725-3276
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Fines and jail time for knowingly killing of an endangered species:
“…conviction, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of any other regulation issued under this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.”http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/laws/esa_section11.pdf
There is a great deal of angry rhetoric being displayed on wolf hunting social media pages and websites. Just remember until they cross the lines into actively knowingly killing a WI wolf and are caught in the act, that it’s all talk for now.
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The photograph is from a Canadian anti-wolf site selling shirts for sale.
If you know of anyone that has killed a wolf in WI call the WISCONSIN Offices of USF&WS:
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WI wolves are now under federal protection and that means full protections granted to wolves and their habitat. Science is now back into WI wild wolf population management and that puts an end to all fringe trophy hunting of wolves.
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Rachel Tilseth is the founder of Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin, a wolf advocacy grassroots organization first started in the summer of 2012 for the purpose of getting dogs out of the wolf hunt. Rachel Tilseth has been involved with WI's Wolf Recovery Program in one way or another since 1991. Tilseth was a Volunteer WDNR Winter/Wolf tracker from 2000-2013. Rachel is an artist and educator living in the heart of wolf country in northern Wisconsin. View all posts by wolvesdouglasco 

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