Tell the USDA: Stop killing wolves on public lands

Tell the USDA: Stop killing wolves on public lands

The government slaughter of wolves is heartbreaking and unacceptable.

 

 

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U.S. government agents killed eight wolf pups in an Idaho national forest.

Wolf pups are born defenseless: blind, deaf, and small enough to be held in one hand.1 When Wildlife Services — a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — decided to kill eight wolf pups in an Idaho national forest, the wolves didn’t stand a chance.2

This kind of government-sanctioned slaughter of wolves is heartbreaking and unacceptable.

That’s why we’re calling on the USDA to immediately suspend the killing of wolves by Wildlife Services. Will you join our call to save the wolves today?

Wolves are dying by the hundreds across the nation.

Wildlife Services agents hunt wolves with guns on foot and from airplanes and helicopters. They set neck snares to strangle wolves and foothold traps to capture and kill them. In 2020, this government agency intentionally killed 381 gray wolves.3

Even endangered Mexican gray wolves aren’t safe. That same year, five lobos were intentionally shot by federal officers.4

At a time when wolves are facing radically expanded hunting and dire threats, we can’t allow this slaughter to continue. Wolves are dying by the hundreds across the nation.

Just look at Montana and Idaho. Between those two states alone, nearly 500 wolves were slain by hunters in 2020, the most recent year for which the states reported information about their wolf hunts.5,6 And that’s not even counting states like Wyoming, where in the vast majority of the state, you don’t need a hunting license to kill any wolf for any reason.7

We don’t want any more wolves to have to die like this before our leaders take action to stop the killing.

Take action to help stop wolf killing.

When we raise our voices together to protect wolves, we know we can win.

Environmental Action supporters have sent tens of thousands of messages to federal agencies and lawmakers urging them to save wolves, from banning cruel traps to restricting hunting to restoring Endangered Species Act protections — and we can’t stop now.

If you want to build a future where wolves are free to survive and thrive away from the threat of cruel hunting, we need your support. Send a message to the USDA today.

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  1. Tanya Dewey and Julia Smith, “Canis lupus, gray wolf,” Animal Diversity Web, last accessed November 23, 2021.
  2. Monique Beals, “Feds kill 8 wolf pups from pack tracked for years by Idaho high school students,” The Hill, October 11, 2021.
  3. “Program Data Report G – 2020,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, last accessed December 13, 2021.
  4. “Program Data Report G – 2020,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, last accessed December 13, 2021.
  5. “Wolf Harvest Status,” Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, last accessed December 10, 2021.
  6. “2020 Wolf General Hunt Harvest Statistics,” Idaho Fish & Game, last accessed December 10, 2021.
  7. John Spina, “Wyoming sets wolf population goal of 160,” Jackson Hole News & Guide, May 24, 2017.