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Hi John,
In Idaho it can cost as little as $12 to kill a wolf.
That's bad enough, but a grotesque bounty program pays trophy hunters $1,000 per wolf killed — and more in some cases.
No one should profit off killing wolves. We're doing all we can to stop Idaho's despicable plan. Please help with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
Idaho wants to kill up to 800 wolves through a new wolf plan that will eradicate 60% of the wolves in the state.
To kill the most wolves in the least amount of time, Idaho's plan pushes hunting and trapping by offering hefty bounties on dead wolves.
That bounty is $1,000 for the first wolf killed, and up to $2,000 in certain areas for a second wolf.
Worse still, this kind of bounty program has spread beyond Idaho. Montana last year approved $500 bounties for dead wolves, and even more in some areas.
These kinds of brutal tactics are exactly why we took legal action to protect wolves under the Endangered Species Act in the northern Rockies.
And it's why we're urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to withhold federal funding from states that manage wolves and other wildlife as if they're expendable.
Wolves are critical to the landscapes they inhabit — not trophies or trading chips for cash.
The Center was founded 30 years ago to protect all species great and small. The forces that will pay bounties to kill loyal, family-oriented creatures like wolves are the same ones that will pollute our air and water and put other species at risk.
We’re doing all we can to save wolves in Idaho and elsewhere, and we'll never stop.
Please support our fight for wolves by giving to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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