Just got this from Jamie Rappaport Clark, and the "big bad wolf" is not the villain in this story; it's the big bad hunters and trappers over in Minnesota's sister state of Wisconsin:
(See more photos of wolves here. )
(See more photos of wolves here. )
CRISIS: Wisconsin Wolves Killed in Record Numbers
In Wisconsin, more wolves have
been killed in 16 days than during the entire 2012 hunting and trapping season.
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Dear
Virginia,
In Wisconsin, more wolves have been killed in 16 days than during the entire 2012 hunting and trapping season.
Yes, you read that correctly.
In just over two weeks, hunters and trappers in Wisconsin have killed off more than 181 wolves. This represents a horrible and disturbing trend of accelerated anti-wolf attitudes and killing.
How did this happen?
Reports
suggest that the state Wolf Advisory Committee is now overrun by
livestock and hunting and trapping interests – and the deck is now
completely stacked against wolves.
This
committee makes recommendations on quotas, policies and even population
goals. But several scientific experts have been removed from the
committee, and livestock and hunting and trapping interests have been
added on in their place!
No outside scientists are on the committee, and only one pro-wolf group is represented. There are, however, seven livestock, hunting and trapping groups represented!
We’ve come so far in our efforts to restore wolves to their historic range in the Great Lakes region. But with anti-wolf forces more aggressive than ever, we’re at a crossroads.
Thanks for all you do.
For the wolves,
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Jamie Rappaport Clark
President Defenders of Wildlife |
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