Killing Wolves: A Hunter-Led War Against Science and Wildlife – Endangered Species Coalition

• April 8, 2014
• 66 Comments
• Mitch Merry
• environment, wildlife, wolves, endangered species, Montana, Idaho
• wolves, Montana, Idaho, Elk, David Stalling, Dave Stalling

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In this post from his blog,From the Wild Side, long-time backcountry hunter and western outdoor writer David Stalling strongly criticizes recent state-sponsored wolf-killing programs in Idaho.

“We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then and have known ever since that there was something new to me in those eyes, something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after…