Polarized Wolf/Anti-Wolf groups battle with billboards

http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2015/jan/11/polarized-wolf-groups-battle-with-billboards/

The Defenders of Wildlife launched a pro-wolf billboard campaign in the Spokane area this month to counter anti-wolf billboards.

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Opposing views of gray wolf recovery in Washington are on display in a Spokane-area battle of the billboards.

The Defenders of Wildlife, a national wildlife advocacy group, has contracted for nine billboard posters that appeared this month. The message responds to a similar outdoor advertising campaign initiated in November by an anti-wolf group called Washington Residents Against Wolves.

Four of the eight WARAW billboards feature photos of a deer, an elk, a calf, a dog and a young girl on a swing with the text: “The Wolf – Who’s Next on Their Menu?”

“What we want is for people to ask very serious questions about the presence of wolves in Washington State before the reality confronts them,” said WARAW spokesman Luke Hedquist in a media release introducing the campaign.

In response, Defenders has put up nine billboards with the headline “Reality Check! What’s More Dangerous?” Four images help answer the question based on average deaths per year in the United States: “Lightning 33. ATVs 413. Elevators 26. Wolves 0.”

“We just want to cut through the myths to the facts,” said Shawn Cantrell, Defenders Northwest director based in Seattle.

Gray wolves remain under state endangered species protections in Washington as they naturally reoccupy their native range in the state.

More: http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2015/jan/11/polarized-wolf-groups-battle-with-billboards/

5 thoughts on “Polarized Wolf/Anti-Wolf groups battle with billboards

  1. Perhaps all the determined, grass roots pro-wolf activist initiatives the past few years have pushed or shamed Defenders of Wildlife into more forcefully defending wolves. They’ve certainly done enough back room stuff that accomplished little but did get thousands of wolves tortured and massacred. It’s a new year, may this be the year, we get things right for wolves more and more, with full legal protections everywhere. Decency Respect Co-existence: the new American way.

  2. “The Wolf – Who’s Next on Their Menu?”? or “The Hunter-Who’s Next on Their Menu?” that is what they are caring for, hunters, wipe out wolves so they have enough of those they “care so much”, deers, calves, elks,to hunt. As about poor, dogs there is no doupt they would care the less after so many killings by snares and poisons some of them manage to spread around. Keep on protecting wolves please.

  3. Anti-wolf goups are shit. If you’re so worried about the environment why don’t you have anti-hunter groups? I know why! Because you’re LAME!!! Why are you doing this? There are no deaths from wolves.Hello? There are more deaths from elevators. I think you should start an anti-elevator group. *LAUGH*

  4. Hey Jim, here was something just now pointed out to me… its a catchy tune to that bottom picture.. remember this song? “One of these things is not like the others’.. One of these things just doesn’t belong” .. Idk it just really got me giggling o.o

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