A recent House Bill (HB 279) proposed to reimburse trappers for costs incurred while trapping wolves in Montana. The term “reimbursement,” in this case, was a glaring euphemism for “bounty,” which refers to a sum paid for killing or capturing something or someone. Modeled after a special interest group’s program in Idaho, this bill would have allowed monetary reimbursement for any number of unspecified costs (traps, vehicle fuel, whiskey…?) per wolf killed. Thanks to the groups and individuals who opposed it and the members of the Montana Legislature who voted it down, this bounty bill died on the Senate Floor this week. HB 279 was one of many bills proposed this session that all shared a single, scarcely veiled intention: kill more wolves. At least for some, the proposal of HB 279 and other wolf killing bills…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Very thankful. Thank goodness.