February 11, 2021 0Comments

Even during a regular trophy hunting season, trophy hunting is devastating for wolf populations. Killing a single wolf can cause entire families to break apart and lead to young pups, still dependent on their mothers, dying of starvation or predation.Photo by Marco Arduino/Alamy Stock Photo1.4KSHARES

• https://blog.humanesociety.org/2021/02/court-grants-kansas-trophy-hunters-request-to-open-season-on-wisconsin-wolves.html?credit=blog_em_021121_id12033&.html

A ​state court has granted a Kansas-based trophy hunting group’s request for a wolf hunt in Wisconsin for the remaining weeks of February. It’s a terrible decision that could result in the slaughter of hundreds of wolves in a matter of weeks, including by such cruel methods as trapping and hounding, during their breeding season. ​​And it proves that now, more than ever, gray wolves need federal protections restored to protect them from short-sighted and lethal state management—an outcome we’refighting for in federal court.

The ​trophy hunting group filed its lawsuit last week after Wisconsin’s…