Wolf (Photo: Larry Allen, USFWS)
This video by Predator Defense wraps up the many reasons we Americans should reevaluate the new bounty hunting seasons on the gray wolves that were once hunted to virtual extinction.
The wolves, recently removed from the endangered species list, are facing a shaky future in the face of aggressive hunting and control laws, the group maintains. Bounty hunting in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Lakes states, coupled with liberal shooting policies in Wyoming, are unnecessarily harsh and jeopardize the survival of these apex predators, who play a vital role in their ecosystems, according to the experts cited in this video.