All photographs were taken from Trapperman.com website (click here) are being reproduced here under Fair Use“Pinching” with the wolf he trapped that he wrote would make him “a good wall hanger.”Dead wolf photos stir social media war (click title to entry - thank you)
2012-04-01 22:15Salmon - Photos of dead and maimed wolves have pervaded the internet in recent weeks, raising tensions in the Northern Rocky Mountains over renewed hunting and trapping of the once federally protected animals.
Escalating rancour between hunters and animal rights activists on social media and websites centres on pictures of wolves killed or about to be killed. Many have text celebrating the fact that Western states are allowing more killing of the predators.
Commenting on a Facebook-posted image of two wolves strangled to death by cable snares, an individual who identified himself as Shane Miller wrote last month, "Very nice!! Don't stop now, you're just getting started!"...
One of the concerns conservationists verbalized to the USA government during the Bush Years was the over hunting and trapping of wolves once the protections were removed. I hope there are protections in place along with ongoing inventories.
Predators are important to any ecosystem, but, they become more important when they are no longer at normal levels.
Why do we still allow trapping? The animals have to be killed if they aren't already when the trapper arrives. What wrong with hunting to end the cruelty?
The Endangered Wolf Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving endangered wolves and other canid species from extinction by educating people about their importance in the ecosystem and supporting their reintroduction into their native habitat through a combination of managed breeding and research. In doing so, the Endangered Wolf Center is continuing the legacy of our founders, Marlin and Carol Perkins.
