Rare Gray Wolf Targeted in Utah

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A rare gray wolf made its way to Utah and government officials have set out traps in order to kill the wolf after it was suspected of killing livestock. This is the first wolf that Utah has targeted since eradicating wolves in 1920 making this case especially saddening. The area of Utah that this wolf has been located no longer has wolves listed under the ESA meaning it has no protections whatsoever and if fund, will be shot and killed.

Gray wolves are an endangered species and have protections outside of the area in Utah it is currently located. The hope is that it manages to make its way to these protected areas prior to being located and euthanized. This story shines a very depressing light on animal welfare and specifically, the needless protection of the animal agriculture industry at any cost. One calf amongst billions of manufactured animals and suddenly an endangered animal has abslutely no value. Basically, they need to kill this wolf so that they can let their livestock graze on those lands ultimately to kill them as well. This cycle of violence is exploitative and panders to an industry that is responsible for the horrific deaths of billions of animals every year.

The animal agriculture industry is heavily protected by the government as it is an extremely profitable industry. In almost every case, the animal agriculture industry comes out on top and will be helped in any way possible. When we look at gray wolves and being currently endangered, it's saddening but expected that their only solution is to slaughter this wolf rather than try to trap and release it back to an area where it is protected. It's the right thing to do but when we're talking about the livestock industry, the lines between right and wrong are incredibly blurred.

If wild animals continue to lose their habitat in favour of the continued growth of the animal agriculture industry, we will see more and more animals ending up on the Endangered Species List. It almost seems like we push them to being nearly extinct, list them as endangered, spend hoards of money and time on protecting them only to delist them and repeat the cycle. All of this because the animal agriculture industry gets a pass in almost every situation they encounter. It's despicable and if people aren't seeing a very serious problem with this, then they're as corrupt as the industry itself.

Stop pandering to the livestock industry. They pollute our planet excessively, steal land from wild animals to allow for livestock grazing and punish wild animals for hunting in their own habitat. This cycle is pushing natural carnivores towards extinction and all anyone seems to care about is this big, money-making machine that is the animal agriculture industry. It's time to start protecting wild animals before it's too late. 

Follow the link at the top of this post for contacts and information you can use to help protect this beautiful animal before it's too late.

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