We Reached Our Goal! Running Billboards in Spokane, Washington:
We did it! Thanks to the support of our members and a wonderful
partnership with local Washington State wolf advocates, we’ve achieved
our goal to run a coordinated media and public education campaign in
Spokane, Washington – beginning with a series of nine billboards in the
City of Spokane. We’re launching this campaign in response to a hostile anti-wolf billboard campaign
that went up earlier this month in the same area. Our opponents’
billboards do nothing but spread lies and myths about wolves and we were
not willing to let this misinformation go unchecked. Public support for
wolf recovery in Washington State is critical; residents of Spokane
need to know the real facts about wolves, not the fairytales. Check out
our billboard design below and see our website at WolfRealityCheck.com!
Idaho Predator Derby Could Still Take Place; Montana Predator Derby Canceled:
We know you’ve heard about the Idaho-based hunters’ rights organization
which proposed to hold an egregious predator derby this January over a
period of three days outside of Salmon, Idaho. While our public
opposition and threat of legal challenge have stopped the derby from occurring on BLM-managed lands
outside of Salmon, even with this victory, the derby could still
proceed on National Forest lands within the Salmon-Challis National
Forest unless the U.S. Forest Service takes immediate action to stop it.
But while we continue to protest this killing contest in Idaho, this
week we learned that this fever may be spreading East across state lines
to Montana. A local hotel and resort announced the “1st Annual Great
Montana Coyote and Wolf Hunt” which was scheduled to take place January
16th to 18th in Sanders County, Montana. But, just as quickly as this
derby was announced, it was canceled later this week after the organizer
reported threats of violence. Defenders of Wildlife does not condone
any threats of violence. But, Defenders does support this derby
cancellation and we will continue to look for collaborative
opportunities to support wolf recovery in Montana.
Has The Grand Canyon Wolf Been Killed? This week news surfaced that a collared three-year-old female wolf was shot and killed near Beaver, Utah.
Tragically, we suspect that it may be the wandering wolf that captured
our imaginations by showing up on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon a
few weeks ago – the wolf that some in the Southwest called, Echo. But
whether this is the Grand Canyon wolf or not it still is unfortunate
that this wolf was killed and demonstrates what would happen if the Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes its delisting proposal. We’ll keep you updated here as we learn more.
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