This past summer, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game proposed extending the legal time for a trapper to check wolf snares from 72 hours to eight days. Designed to encourage more killing of wolves, this proposed rule could leave an animal to suffer for…
To encourage the public to kill more wolves, in spring of 2017 Idaho proposed introducing a wolf-baiting season. Much like the unethical practice of bear-baiting, wolf-baiting allows people to establish baiting sites, which they regularly…
This month, the Journal of Mammalogy published a collection of articles criticizing the current structure of lethal control of predators, including wolves. The number of carnivores killed annually is staggering. Nearly 69,000 coyotes and 400…
Discover the hidden behavior of wolves from filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher, who studied and lived with the Sawtooth wolf pack in Idaho for almost a decade….
Not only is it #WolfWednesday, but today also marks International Peace Day. In a perfect world we would like to see wolves coexist with humans and thrive, and although we are making steps in the…
Happy #WolfWednesday! Today we will be tackling another common myth about wolves: wolves kill for sport. Unlike humans, wolves do not kill for sport. Wolves and all other predators kill for sustenance and survival. Sometimes…