Idaho is trying to kill more than 800 wolves

Idaho is trying to kill more than 800 wolves.

Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to hunt down and slaughter all but a few hundred of the wolves in the state. They’re even hiring companies to chase wolves down with helicopters and shoot them from the air.

How is this kind of hunt even legal?

Because wolves in the Northern Rockies aren’t protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

We need to tell Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: This is an emergency for wolves.

The slaughter doesn’t stop in Idaho.

Montana has set a goal of killing more than 300 wolves this winter. Too many of those wolves will be killed right on Yellowstone’s doorstep, lured out of the safety of the national park.

In most of Wyoming, wolves can be shot on sight. There are no permits required, and no quotas. It’s a complete free-for-all in 85% of the state. It’s even legal for hunters to track pups and their nursing mothers back to their dens and burn them alive.

There’s simply no question that this is an emergency for wolves.

The Interior Department is reviewing wolves’ status under the Endangered Species Act, but they don’t expect to release the results until February.

Hundreds of wolves will die in the meantime — unless Interior Secretary Haaland restores their protections now.

Tell Interior Secretary Haaland: End the wolf hunts. Restore Endangered Species Act protections for wolves.