Three Wolves
Written by Jay DeWolfe on February 15, 2022
US states of Wyoming and Colorado
Wyoming’s wolf management plan allows unregulated wolf killing on more than 80% of its lands and “sport” hunting by permit on the remainder. It is legal to kill wolves in Wyoming but not in Colorado, except to protect human life.
Three young gray wolves were brutally murdered near the Colorado-Wyoming border. These were some of Colorado’s first wild-born pups in more than 80 years – and they were shot to death, without consequence. Now, the last surviving members of this vital wolf pack are in a dire situation and – unless good humans act now – decades of wolf conservation could be permanently undone. And there’s no better time to fight back than now, in honor of World Wildlife Day.
Heartless trophy hunters and their Big Polluter allies are responsible for this tragedy. Here’s what you need to know: When federal protections for gray wolves were slashed in 2020, trophy hunters slaughtered hundreds of wolves in just a few days! Colorado conservationists have been working tirelessly to protect these majestic creatures and the forests they roam. But Colorado’s protected wolves can be legally shot and killed as soon as they step over state lines into wolf-hostile states. Meanwhile, logging, mining and drilling companies are working to swoop in and destroy wolves’ habitats, for profit!
This is life and death. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could step in to protect wolves, but it isn’t doing enough. Instead, the agency has abandoned vulnerable wolf packs in pro-hunting US states like Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. This means young wolf pups are being tortured to death with choking snares, shot violently, and chased by hunters on ATVs!
These merciless acts and exploitation must end before it’s too late for our wildlife and the forests they need to survive. Contact your legislators! Act! Prayers or tears don’t work! Act!
About 40–60% of wolf pups die each year, primarily from disease, starvation, and other causes. Wolves have only one litter of pups each year, with litter sizes ranging from one to eleven pups. Wolves may bury things they want to eat later, such as dead young. If you encounter an abandoned wolf pup take it to a local animal shelter or rescue organization.