‘Sickening’ Killing of Wolf Pack Proceeds Despite Research Debunking Program

‘Washington state has the remaining five members of a pack of gray wolves in its gun sights this week, after assassinating six members of the pack for killing cattle that a local rancher had sent to graze atop their den.
“It’s been a sickening week in the Pacific Northwest,” writes Noah Greenwald, the endangered species program director for the Center for Biological Diversity. “Snipers, including gunners in helicopters, have snuffed out half of Washington state’s Profanity Peak wolf pack and have put the rest of the pack in the crosshairs.”
“This wolf family has been shattered by the loss of the breeding alpha female and five other members. All that’s left is an adult male and a few four-month-old pups,” Greenwald adds.’
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