Montana & Idaho Wolf Hunting Season Will See Up to 90% of Wolves Killed

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Grey wolves were only delisted from the Endangered Species Act this year by former President Trump and yet we've got two states that are eagerly awaiting wolf hunting season. Idaho & Montana both will permit in upwards of 90% of their state's wolf population to be cruelly slaughtered during this year's hunting season. This actively undermines 4 decades of conservation to bring grey wolves back from the brink of extinction and yet in only a month, grey wolves will once again be decimated in these two states.

Wolf hunting season encourages hunters to essentially kill as many wolves as possible during the season through a variety of means that are all incredibly cruel in nature. Strangulation snares, night hunting, baiting, trapping, using hounds, and even hunters being encouraged to run them down with all terrain vehicles. This is the state of animal welfare and the continued perils conservationists face because there are an equal amount of human beings on this planet who do not have any compassion or empathy for wolves. 

When you consider the 40 years and the resources allocated to protecting and repopulating wolves, it's even more despicable that these states are permitting almost all of their wolves to be killed. It's the biggest slap in the face to the tireless efforts of conservationists who worked so hard to rehabilitate grey wolf populations. How can we on one hand be so eager to protect a species from extinction while simultaneously clamouring for an opportunity to slaughter as many of them as possible within a given time frame? Our relationship with animals HAS to change.

There is currently a review being done by the US Fish & Wildlife Services to determine whether grey wolves require emergency protections under the ESA but the review can take up to one year to be finalized. As we know, time is of the essence when it comes to protecting animals from extinction and frankly, a year is too late for wolves. Grey wolves need immediate protections under the ESA before they are wiped out entirely, effectively undoing 40 years of conservation efforts. We can't allow decades of hard work to be in vain at the expense of heartless hunters and states that lack empathy for the struggles of wild animals. We're pandering to hunters instead of the innocent animals that are facing the possibility of extinction. It's ridiculous.

We need to give our head's a shake when it comes to animal welfare, particularly endangered species / extinction. We act as though our actions aren't directly contributing to the extinction of hundreds of species on our planet. Wolves won't survive continued slaughter. Elephants won't survive continued poaching. Koalas won't survive continued human-caused wildfires. Hello?!?! We're destroying everything around us and only half of us seem to recognize this. We are in serious trouble if we still cannot see how slaughtering animals at this rate will see more and more species face extinction. We need to wake up and stop being so selfish. Human's are the plight of our planet and every species around is will continue to suffer until it's too late for them, and us for that matter.

​My only hope is that the US Fish & Wildlife Services rushes to protect wolves before the Montana season starts. Wolves heavily depend on these protections.

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