‘An abomination’: Idaho hunters earned thousands of dollars to kill newborn wolf pups, records reveal
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Wildlife advocates incensed as documents show state paid out $2,000 per kill in effort to shrink state’s wolf population
The gray wolf population in Idaho has rebounded since being reintroduced in 1995. Photograph: Tammi Mild/Getty Images/iStockphotoThe gray wolf population in Idaho has rebounded since being reintroduced in 1995. Photograph: Tammi Mild/Getty Images/iStockphoto‘An abomination’: Idaho hunters earned thousands of dollars to kill newborn wolf pups, records reveal
Wildlife advocates incensed as documents show state paid out $2,000 per kill in effort to shrink state’s wolf population
Idaho officials paid hunters thousands of dollars for killing a dozen newborn wolf pups this spring, including what appears to be at least one full litter killed in or near its den, according to state records shared with the Guardian and Public Domain.
