We can stop the killing of Yellowstone’s wolves

Congress is back in their home states and the country’s attention is focused on the upcoming elections. But that doesn’t mean wolves are safe. State governments are setting their policies and in the Northern Rockies, that means more killing.

Help the Endangered Species Coalition work on the ground in Montana to establish new protections for wolves around Yellowstone National Park. Your gift today to keep wolves safe will be matched by a generous donor.

Wyoming and Idaho have rightfully received much of the recent attention for their gruesome wolf killing programs. The number of wolves in Idaho dropped by more than 10 percent last year–and the state intends to kill as many as 60 percent of its wolves–leaving just 500 in the whole state.

In Wyoming, wolves can be killed without limit in 85 percent of the state. These pro-killing policies encouraged the recent torture and killing of a wolf in that state. Her brutal death at the hands of a snowmobile rider who paraded her around a local pub before killing her behind the establishment may finally lead to a ban on intentionally killing animals with snowmobiles. But there is an enormous amount of resistance to that change and work to be done to achieve it.

Montana has done little to discourage similar intolerance and killing and is proposing allowing up to 334 wolves to be killed in the coming year, an increase of two dozen over last year.

Help us fight to stop the wolf killing regimes with a gift during our Summer Match Campaign. Your gift will be matched by a generous donor giving you twice the wolf-saving impact.

Our Montana Representative is working to protect wolves everywhere but the immediate need is keeping wolves safe around Yellowstone National Park. Last winter, 13 wolves were killed and three of Yellowstone’s 11 packs were torn apart.These wolves are national treasures who draw visitors from around the globe.

The Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park recently asked¹ the state of Montana to do more to keep wolves safe when they cross the invisible border and step out of the park. We are asking Montana to do even more to keep Yellowstone wolves safe and organizing supporters to pressure Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to act. Yellowstone’s wolves–all wolves–deserve to live wild lives free of the gruesome threats of neck snares, indiscriminate traps, and trophy hunters.

Please make a gift today to help us continue to work to protect wolves and a generous donor will match it dollar for dollar doubling your impact up to our campaign goal of $30,000. We are almost halfway there and need your help to close that gap.

Thank you for your commitment to wildlife and wild places.

Sincerely,

Susan Holmes
Executive Director
Endangered Species Coalition
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1. https://wyofile.com/yellowstone-superintendent-seeks-hunting-relief-for-wolves-after-another-deadly-winter/