CALL TO ACTION!
We need everyone―an army―to protest planned wolf slaughter!
Montana’s FWP Commission meeting Feb. 13 (agenda attached) will consider extreme expansion of wolf trapping and hunting.
PROPOSALS:
In Region 1, NW Montana
1. NW Montana, double number of wolves allowed to be killed from five to 10 per person;
2. Extend wolf trapping season close date to March 15 from Feb. 28.
3. Extend general hunting season to begin Aug. 15 and end March 31. This makes a 7.5 month-long season wolf hunt annually. What is the rationale for this? There isn’t one given. The wolf population is already suppressed to the edge of –or beyond—the endangered list. We cannot rely on FWP for accurate numbers. The agency’s agenda is to wipe them out in Region 1.
REGION 3:
Proposal will not reduce number of wolves (two) that can be killed in Units 313 and 316 on northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park. This absurd quota legalizes the trapping and killing of Yellowstone wolves if they step over the boundary. Wolf killers line up to get their trophies; there is no penalty for going over the quota.
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It is imperative that a multitude of people show up at the FWP Commission meeting to voice their objection to this indefensible slaughter of wolves. In Region 1, the hard winter of 2018-19 reduced the elk population according FWP’s own biologists. Yet wolf haters there demand getting rid of wolves, and the agency is doing their bidding.
You can attend in Helena or at the regional FWP headquarters where the meeting is live, by satellite TV, and make comments from there. FWP uses the excuse that more trappers show up than opponents to trapping so they go with the majority. It’s time we change this!
We expect this agenda items to be considered sometime after 2 pm.
Here is what we need you to do:
1) Please attend the next Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Feb. 13 in FWP Helena office at or any Regional FWP office. It's live, so you can comment via satellite TV directly to the Commissioners in Helena. The agenda shows that the wolf slaughter will likely to be discussed after 1 pm but be aware that FWP can easily change the timing
2) Please also write the commissioners to condemn these disastrous plans. fwcomm@mt.gov
Talking points (please use your own words)
FWP Commissioners, I am asking you to reduce the number of wolves allowed to be killed in Units 313 and 316 two one or zero, to NOT accept the proposal to extend the wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Region 1, and to NOT increase the bag limit to 10 wolves. Instead, please consider the following:
Montana needs to recognize and value the importance of wolves for healthy ecosystems, in particular under the threat of climate change where healthy ecosystems are our best defense. Wolves should not be managed based on politics, but according to the best available science and with compassion.
Wolves contain Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Dr. Valerius Geist, has stated that “Wolves will certainly bring the disease to a halt … They will remove infected individuals and clean up carcasses that could transmit the disease.” He along with other biologists even theorized that killing off wolves “allowed for CWD to take hold in the first place.”
FWP caters to wildlife killers and not to the general public, who increasingly opposes killing wild animals for ‘recreation.’ Wolves should not be managed for those who enjoy killing them but rather for the majority of the public who wants to see them alive.
· Indiscriminate slaughter of wolves disrupts their social systems and may contribute to greater human conflicts when killing of key family members leads to a reduced effectiveness of the wolf family for hunting or cause them to lose their territory.
Killing wolves for recreation and trophies is appalling human behavior.
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Trapping of any animal, whether wolves or members of other species is barbaric, cruel and there is no justification this type of torture of wild animals.
FWP’s Regional Offices:
Helena Headquarters 1420 East Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT
Region 1: 490 North Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT 59901, Phone: (406) 752-5501
Region 2: 3201 Spurgin Road, Missoula, MT 59804, Phone: (406) 542-5500
Region 3: 1400 South 19th, Bozeman, MT 59718, Phone: (406) 577-7900
Region 4: 4600 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405, Phone: (406) 454-5840
Region 5: 2300 Lake Elmo Drive, Billings, MT 59105, Phone: (406) 247-2940
Region 6: 1 Airport Rd, Glasgow, MT 59230, Phone: (406) 228-3700
Region 7: 352 I-94 Business Loop, Miles City, MT 59301, Phone: (406) 234-0900
THANK YOU for supporting wolves in Montana. We need to take FWP back!
We need everyone―an army―to protest planned wolf slaughter!
Montana’s FWP Commission meeting Feb. 13 (agenda attached) will consider extreme expansion of wolf trapping and hunting.
PROPOSALS:
In Region 1, NW Montana
1. NW Montana, double number of wolves allowed to be killed from five to 10 per person;
2. Extend wolf trapping season close date to March 15 from Feb. 28.
3. Extend general hunting season to begin Aug. 15 and end March 31. This makes a 7.5 month-long season wolf hunt annually. What is the rationale for this? There isn’t one given. The wolf population is already suppressed to the edge of –or beyond—the endangered list. We cannot rely on FWP for accurate numbers. The agency’s agenda is to wipe them out in Region 1.
REGION 3:
Proposal will not reduce number of wolves (two) that can be killed in Units 313 and 316 on northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park. This absurd quota legalizes the trapping and killing of Yellowstone wolves if they step over the boundary. Wolf killers line up to get their trophies; there is no penalty for going over the quota.
••••
It is imperative that a multitude of people show up at the FWP Commission meeting to voice their objection to this indefensible slaughter of wolves. In Region 1, the hard winter of 2018-19 reduced the elk population according FWP’s own biologists. Yet wolf haters there demand getting rid of wolves, and the agency is doing their bidding.
You can attend in Helena or at the regional FWP headquarters where the meeting is live, by satellite TV, and make comments from there. FWP uses the excuse that more trappers show up than opponents to trapping so they go with the majority. It’s time we change this!
We expect this agenda items to be considered sometime after 2 pm.
Here is what we need you to do:
1) Please attend the next Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Feb. 13 in FWP Helena office at or any Regional FWP office. It's live, so you can comment via satellite TV directly to the Commissioners in Helena. The agenda shows that the wolf slaughter will likely to be discussed after 1 pm but be aware that FWP can easily change the timing
2) Please also write the commissioners to condemn these disastrous plans. fwcomm@mt.gov
Talking points (please use your own words)
FWP Commissioners, I am asking you to reduce the number of wolves allowed to be killed in Units 313 and 316 two one or zero, to NOT accept the proposal to extend the wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Region 1, and to NOT increase the bag limit to 10 wolves. Instead, please consider the following:
Montana needs to recognize and value the importance of wolves for healthy ecosystems, in particular under the threat of climate change where healthy ecosystems are our best defense. Wolves should not be managed based on politics, but according to the best available science and with compassion.
Wolves contain Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Dr. Valerius Geist, has stated that “Wolves will certainly bring the disease to a halt … They will remove infected individuals and clean up carcasses that could transmit the disease.” He along with other biologists even theorized that killing off wolves “allowed for CWD to take hold in the first place.”
FWP caters to wildlife killers and not to the general public, who increasingly opposes killing wild animals for ‘recreation.’ Wolves should not be managed for those who enjoy killing them but rather for the majority of the public who wants to see them alive.
· Indiscriminate slaughter of wolves disrupts their social systems and may contribute to greater human conflicts when killing of key family members leads to a reduced effectiveness of the wolf family for hunting or cause them to lose their territory.
Killing wolves for recreation and trophies is appalling human behavior.
·
Trapping of any animal, whether wolves or members of other species is barbaric, cruel and there is no justification this type of torture of wild animals.
FWP’s Regional Offices:
Helena Headquarters 1420 East Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT
Region 1: 490 North Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT 59901, Phone: (406) 752-5501
Region 2: 3201 Spurgin Road, Missoula, MT 59804, Phone: (406) 542-5500
Region 3: 1400 South 19th, Bozeman, MT 59718, Phone: (406) 577-7900
Region 4: 4600 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405, Phone: (406) 454-5840
Region 5: 2300 Lake Elmo Drive, Billings, MT 59105, Phone: (406) 247-2940
Region 6: 1 Airport Rd, Glasgow, MT 59230, Phone: (406) 228-3700
Region 7: 352 I-94 Business Loop, Miles City, MT 59301, Phone: (406) 234-0900
THANK YOU for supporting wolves in Montana. We need to take FWP back!