US Person received a disturbing e-mail this week. Susan Holmes of the Endangered Species Coalition
asked to share the sickening details of this cruel incident. On February 29th a mentally ill human in Daniel, Wyoming--land of the wolf haters--ran down a female yearling wolf with his snowmobile. He taped her mouth shut so he did not have to hear her cries of distress and pain. He loaded her up and took her to--where else--his local bar
[photo credit: M. Koshmri]show the suffering animal to his equally sick and inebriated "friends". He finally killed her behind the bar and skinned the wolf since possession of a live wolf is a low-level infraction. What happened to this cruel torturer? He was fined $250 instead of being incarcerated for a felony offense of animal abuse.
This incident was condemed by the local sheriff and
the Wyoming governor. Yet little could be done because wolves in the northern Rockies lost their federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. The head of US Fish & Wildlife or the Secretary of the Interior have said nothing about this horrendous incident. It is obviously past time to re-list the wolves in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. These states have not exhibited a balanced approach to wolf reintroduction, but instead have created "preditor-free zones" for their own selfish interests. Outrage is not enough. Action is needed now before wolves in the Northern Rockies are against pushed to the edge of extinction.
