Repugnant Idaho Killing Contest is Back—Stand for Wolves Today

Dear Guardian,

They’re back! Wolf enemies want to host more killing contests in Idaho.

We need your voice to stop wolf enemies from hosting a contest to kill as many wolves, coyotes and other native carnivores as possible on our public lands in Idaho.

Last year, on the 40th birthday of the Endangered Species Act, wolf enemies in Idaho sponsored a carnivore-killing contest on public lands surrounding Salmon, ID. When Guardians heard about the planned event, we went to court to stop the killing contest. Our advocacy forced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to prohibit the contest on BLM administered public lands because the sponsors did not secure a “Special Recreation Permit.”

Now the sponsors of the killing contest are back and have applied for a permit that would cover five years of these cruel events. Tell the BLM to deny the permit for the killing contest. 

Before the BLM issues the permit it’s required to hear from the public. Now is your chance to tell the government that contest hunts are unethical and do not belong on our public lands.

This killing contest, targeting wolves, coyotes, weasels and other native carnivores is a stark reminder that much work remains to ensure that dangerous myths about native carnivores are dispelled, and their importance as key parts of healthy, thriving ecosystems are understood and celebrated.

Killing contests reveal a larger flaw in our nation’s wildlife management strategies where carnivores continue to be treated as a nuisance, including by the very state agencies responsible for wildlife management.

Killing contests have no place on our public lands. Please speak from your heart and tell the BLM to deny the permit and stop these killing contests. 


For the Wolves,

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Bethany Cotton staff 2013

Bethany Cotton
Wildlife Program Director
WildEarth Guardians
bcotton@wildearthguardians.org

photo credits: howling wolf—Retron at Wikimedia. gray wolf pupplies—© Tim Fitzharris. coyote—© Ray Rafiti.

Howlsnow wikimedia public Domain pic by Retron

Yet again, Idaho is considering allowing a carnivore killing contest on our public lands. Speak out today to prevent the slaughter.

Gray wolf puppies pc Tim Fitzharris

Native carnivores are key components of healthy, functioning ecosystems.

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Coyotes, like wolves, serve a valuable ecological function by helping control rodent populations and maintain ecological integrity and species diversity.

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