Limpy - Killing the Wolves Again
It has been a huge success to bring back the wolves to the Rockies. But what happened? Why is it allowed to gun them down again????
Limpy is one of the most popular wolves in the valley, known to wildlife biologists as 253M, won the affectionate nickname Limpy, because of a pronounced limp from an injury.
This year, on Feb. 27, given the reintroduction’s success, the Bush administration removed the gray wolves of the northern Rockies from the federal Endangered Species List. It’s now legal to shoot a wolf in more than 85 percent of the state of Wyoming, even if the wolf being shot has no history of preying on livestock or domestic animals.
On March 28, the day that new state wolf policies went into effect, a hunter stationed near elk feeding grounds in Daniel, Wyo., shot and killed Limpy. In the parlance of wolf management, Limpy was a “clean” wolf who’d never been known to prey on livestock or domestic animals.
Limpy is not the only victim. In the past two months, wolf-hunting parties in Wyoming have … to read the whole article please click on the link
Limpy is one of the most popular wolves in the valley, known to wildlife biologists as 253M, won the affectionate nickname Limpy, because of a pronounced limp from an injury.
Ina Woolcott ~ passionate about the Earth, about our Children and about creating a better world.