Montana's government has given hunters the go-ahead to
slaughter as many as 558 wolves this season - the largest number in recent history. Even worse, it's given permission to individual hunters to trap, shoot, or otherwise
kill as many as 30 wolves per person.This government-approved permission to slaughter so many animals even impacts wolves living in the area of the famous Yellowstone National Park.
Wolves have a right to exist! These are lands their packs have roamed for generations. We must stop Montana from letting people massacre this species! Sign the petition!Wolves in the Northern Rockies region in the U.S. were listed under the Endangered Species Act until 2011, granting them protections from these types of harms.
But now, with those protections gone, Montana officials apparently are giving hunters exactly what they want.These animals are considered a "keystone species," meaning they're essential for the ecosystems and food chains around them. Without wolves maintaining a stable population, whole biosystems can be thrown out of whack. As this creates trickle-down impacts on other species, eventually it even reaches the level of impacting the literal
grasses and other foliage!
Even worse, Montana's own agency for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) released
data showing that this new hunting and trapping policy could
reduce the wolves' populations to below the level that is considered "sustainable" - in less than a year.Slaughtering wolves just to appease greedy, self-centered hunters is grotesque and cruel. We must speak out for these wild animals! They have a right to live! Sign the petition to demand that Montana immediately reverse its new wolf-hunting policy and instead instate full protections for these majestic creatures!