Horrific Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Commences Thanks to Loop Hole

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Former President Donald Trump, made it his mission to work against the survival of animals on our planet. His administration made numerous attacks on animals and their well-being during his tenure and gray wolves are one of those species. In the final months of his presidency, Trump shockingly removed Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves leaving them vulnerable once again to being hunted or in this case, hunted by the hundreds. 

A court decision decided that The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources had violated state laws for not scheduling an annual wolf hunt after the gray wolves were delisted on January 4th of this year. This loophole allowed for the hunt to proceed this year & 200 gray wolves will now be shot and killed for sport. I would like to remind everyone that there are approximately 6, 000 gray wolves remaining in the lower 48 states and this contest caps off at 200. How many of these contests can gray wolves sustain, and how quickly will we undo decades of conservation efforts because of our salacious need to kill?

I think the most alarming aspect of this story is that the state of Wisconsin appears to be so desperately in need of sport hunting that barely a month after the gray wolves lost their protections, it's full steam ahead with contests that slaughter them. To be so adamant that gray wolves must be shot and killed for sport so soon after their Endangered Species Act protections were lifted, indicates to me that animal welfare is likely not a priority for people in this area. It's absolutely sickening that in less than a month of their protections being lifted, contests to slaughter them by the hundreds are already taken place. It's shocking and frustrating how quickly years of conservation can be undone for some stupid sport hunting contest.

If our relationship with the animals on our planet doesn't change, we will see continued extinctions of our planet's most recognized and vulnerable. Every day, we're fighting against our own conservation efforts because collectively as a planet, we are not on the same page when it comes to animal welfare. Without 100% support for conservation, species will continue to suffer. We are working against our own efforts around every corner, When you look at elephants for example, we fight tirelessly to protect them & their habitats while simultaneously promoting trophy hunting. We advocate for the survival of giraffes but allow their body parts to be imported as trophies. We have to address our contradictory approach to conservation because it is not working.

6, 000 individuals indicated a healthy and stable population, enough to remove all protections from gray wolves. Gray wolves were given ESA protections in the 70's, and in 40 years we've brought their numbers to a supposedly healthy 6, 000. 40 years of effort, and in one week, we're allowing just over 3% of the entirety of gray wolves to be slaughtered for sport. How long do we honestly believe that gray wolves will be "healthy" if we're allowing these horrific blood sports to continue?

As I said, our relationship with animals needs to change so that we're all on the same page here. Animals are dying rapidly despite our best conservation efforts and that is wholly attributed to the other half of us who don't seem to care whether a species survives or not. Time is of the essence when it comes to extinction. This contest is simply another example of our lack of empathy towards the perils wild animals endure to their survival. It's absolutely shameful and will help along the reintroduction of gray wolves to the Endangered Species Act in no time. We will be right back at square one after 40 years of tireless efforts. It's despicable.

Click the link at the top of this post for the original story and information on whom to contact to voice your displeasure over the Wisconsin hunt of gray wolves.

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