216 wolves were killed in Wisconsin. Here’s how we can help.

Hunters in Wisconsin killed 216 wolves in just the first three days of the state’s wolf hunt.¹

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Almost 1 in 5 Wisconsin wolves were killed.

216 wolves amounts to about 18 percent of the state’s total estimated population of gray wolves lost to needless slaughter in less than a week. And the hunt is scheduled to happen again in just a few months.²

Environmental Action is working to federally protect gray wolves, and — in the meantime — we’re urging Gov. Tony Evers to do everything that he can to end wolf hunts in Wisconsin.

No wolf should have to die in a recreational wolf hunt.

During this year’s wolf hunt, Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources set a disturbingly high quota for gray wolf deaths — and hunters overshot that limit by 82 percent.³ Without state protections, Wisconsin’s wolf population will continue to suffer devastating losses like these.

No wolf should have to die in a recreational wolf hunt. Gray wolves are a majestic species that once roamed freely across the U.S. — and they’re an essential part of our ecosystems.⁴

People can and should coexist with the gray wolves. There are non-lethal ways to manage gray wolves that are both more humane and more effective in protecting livestock than killing off this beautiful species.⁵

We can do our part to protect wolves.

The best way to protect gray wolves is to relist the species under the Endangered Species Act.
Environmental Action is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to federally protect the species. But we’re also working on the state level to advocate for gray wolf protections in the meantime.

As long as wolves are not federally protected, Wisconsin state law requires a wolf hunt like this every year. We need wolf-lovers across the country to convince Gov. Evers to end inhumane wolf hunts in Wisconsin.

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1. Paul A. Smith, “‘Was that something we wanted to have happen? Absolutely not.’ Gray wolf kill rises to 216, 82% above state-licensed goal,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 25, 2021.
2. Paul A. Smith, “’Was that something we wanted to have happen? Absolutely not.’ Gray wolf kill rises to 216, 82% above state-licensed goal,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 25, 2021.
3. Paul A. Smith, “‘Was that something we wanted to have happen? Absolutely not.’ Gray wolf kill rises to 216, 82% above state-licensed goal,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 25, 2021.
4. “Wolf – Western Great Lakes,” U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, accessed February 1, 2021.
5. Josh Adler, “Controversial killing of wolves continues in Washington state,” National Geographic, August 17, 2020.