18/01/2019
Heart of the Wild Yellowstone
UPDATE ON THE WOLF TROPHY HUNTING KILLS IN THE STATE OF MONTANA.
As of noon today, 207 of our beloved wolves have lost their lives in Montana trophy hunt season for simply being a gray wolf in the wild.
Kills by Unit: Unit 100 and Unit 130-10 kills each; Unit 101-36 kills; Unit 121-19; Unit; Unit 150-5kills; Unit 200 and 250-12kills each; Unit 210-4 kills; Unit 290-18kills; Unit 310-12 kills; Unit 313-2 kills; Unit 316-1kill; Unit 320-13 kills; Unit 330-5 kills; Unit 390-25 kills; Unit 400-23 kills,
Far too many gray wolves being taken from their families/packs.
Wyoming is no longer updating their wolf kills since their trophy hunting zones were closed so we have no way to know the actual number of wolves additionally killed in the predator zone which is 85% of Wyoming since January 2. At that time 81 wolves had been killed in Wyoming.
Total of our beloved gray wolves killed to date that we know of is 288 in the two states.
Time for these killings to stop and more effective non-lethal management tools of coexistence be used as the priority of the two states.
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REMINDER, PLEASE MAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ON BEHALF OF THE LAMAR CANYON PACK
URGENT CALL TO ACTION!!!!!!!
Time to step up and be a Voice for our beloved Lamar Canyon Pack of Yellowstone. Their lives are literally at stake at this time with the ongoing situation in Unit 316 of Region 3. Please contact the Montana officials listed below.
Background information: What has brought us to this situation is the following incident:
Around ten days ago, a dog of a resident in Cooke City was attacked by two wolves in the early morning around 2am when the dog was let out to do its business unattended. The owner heard noise outside and went to the door. The owner later put down the dog due to injuries. The identify of the wolves is unknown but because the Lamar Canyon Pack does travel through Cooke City on a regular basis the speculation is that the two wolves were from the Lamar Pack. -Paula
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The information I received from Abigail Nelson, biologist for Region 3 of MFWP
yesterday in our phone conversation -Paula
"We are not lethally removing these wolves at this time.
MFWP is working on determining how the wolves are behaving in the area, including the level of habituation. Trail cams have been put up to monitor the activities in the area.
Both wildlife biologists and wardens are monitoring the situation and will continue to visit Cooke City and will be available to talk to residents.
Future agency actions will be dependent on learning more about wolf frequency in town and their behavior.
If it is determined that a human safety concern exists, lethal removal is one option."
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ACTION TO TAKE:
PLEASE call or email the following officials in Montana:
Contact info
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Region 3 Supervisor Mark Deleray
Tel: 406.994.4050
Email: [email protected]
MtFWP Director Martha Williams�Tel: 406.444.3186
Email: [email protected]
Governor Steve Bullock
Tel: 406.444.3111
Email: [email protected]
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TALKING POINTS:
(Please be polite and refrain from using negative remarks against antis. Remember the Lamar Pack will be the recipients of any negative actions)
--Please do not use lethal action on the Lamar Canyon Pack in resolving the current situation in the Cooke City/Silver Gate area.
--We ask that at this time, Montana FWP employees work with the two communities in sharing and educating the residents to use the available non-lethal tools to coexist with the wolves as they are traveling through their area.
There are excellent tools available and this should be a main focus of the agency.
--The economic benefit that the two communities receive from tourists from all over the world that visit this area to see the Lamar Canyon Pack also plays a key role in reaching decisions to the use of non-lethal management tools.
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Thank you for being a VOICE for the Lamar Canyon Wolf Pack and the Wolf Nations of Montana and Wyoming.
Paula
on behalf of our grassroots network partners
