Beloved Yellowstone Wolf 'Spitfire' Killed By Trophy Hunter

[lordsummerisle]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/beloved-yellowstone-wolf-apos-spitfire-173328879.html

[BigmanPigman]

1. Where were tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber?

Were they around that area at the time the poor wolf was murdered?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

2. News services need to STOP saying that the trophy hunter killed SpitFire legally.

She was wearing a radio-tracking I D collar at the time. That means that she was protected and not to be targeted. Someone was monitoring her behavior and her movements.

Every hunter has a telescopic lens mounted on the rifle. That means that he HAD to have seen her collar. Animals who wear such collars are to avoided at all costs.

In short, he did NOT kill her LEGALLY.

In 2018, "trophy hunters" need to go the way of the troglodyte, the neanderthal and the dodo. Their blood-lust is a pathological behavior and needs to be outlawed.

[Takket]

4. is hunting wolves in yellowstone legal?

even if not this one.......

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. No, it's not legal to hunt anything in Yellowstone,

but SpitFire had wandered just outside the park's perimeter. This is one of the reasons why advocates are pressing for "buffer zones" around national parks.

Wolves - like Grizzlies - do not read signs. Nor do they understand man's concept of "territory."

[sl8]

10. Are you sure about that?

Wyoming Game and Fish say it's legal to take collared animals, but ask that hunters return the collars, intact.

Have you seen something to the contrary?

https://wgfd.wyo.gov/News/You-can-help-wildlife-by-returning-tracking-co-(1)

[Haggis for Breakfast]

16. Yellowstone is a NATIONAL park, not a Wyoming State facility.

[sl8]

20. Yes, but this didn't happen in the Park. n/ t

[Haggis for Breakfast]

24. True. It happened just outside the Park's territory.

This is one reason why many wolf and wildlife advocates are working to pass laws creating "buffer zones" around National parks. Nature's creatures cannot be expected to adhere to invisible geographical boundaries. A healthy wolf can range over miles in a day. Can that take them out of the National Park system ? Of course. Hence the need for "buffer zones."

However, none of this changes the fact that SpitFire was wearing a radio-tracking I D collar at the time she was shot. EVERY hunter, trophy or sustenance, knows that radio-collared animals are off-limits. Someone is tracking and monitoring such an animal's movements and behaviors, sometimes specifically to identify range and habits. Here in Washington, Washington State University studies wolves to help the State make appropriate laws and set rules about propriety.

[fishwax]

27. for the record, the wolf was actually killed in Montana

(It is legal to take collared animals in Montana as well.)

[sl8]

29. Thanks for the correction. n/t

[MFM008]

33. For the" record"

Trophy hunters ESPECIALLY and IMO all hunters are a waste of DNA.

[inwiththenew]

38. It is legal to kill collared wolves

Taken from page 4 of the regulations:

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http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/huntingGuides/wolf/

[Stinky The Clown]

3. I trust he has chatted with Cecil the Lion, who met a similar fate.

[Doreen]

5. ...................

I keep typing things to say but none of them seem to make it clear enough how angry I am. Not only can I not be clear enough but I would probably get into trouble from DU and possible other places. Wolves are such majestic creatures and are very misunderstood.

[VOX]

8. I hear you. I understand what you're expressing without words.

Fills me with unbridled RAGE as well.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

19. Not that the "trophy" hunter knew this,

But SpitFire had given birth to four healthy pups just this Autumn. Now they are without a mother.

[misanthrope]

30. Sure, but now some redneck jerk

has shown us all how big his penis is by utilizing technology discovered and designed by someone else's intellect and skill to kill an apex predator. Isn't that how this works?

[Duppers]

34. I know what you mean.

If someone's pet wolf-dog hybrid were roaming, these heartless, despicable humans would shoot it too.

[llmart]

36. I feel the same way.

I read this article yesterday and didn't see it posted anywhere on DU yet and I just couldn't bring myself to even comment on it. Our domestic pets/dogs are descended from wolves and I love dogs with all my heart, so this touched me deeply and I just didn't know how to express the anger I feel at these scum, aka trophy hunters, starting with the Trump spawn.

[VOX]

6. Tantamount to murder.

Stalking a beautiful creature with a high-powered rifle and telescopic sight is cruel and unsporting. And what will the trophy-hunter do with his "trophy"? Mount it over the fireplace?

[vercetti2021]

7. I support hunting for food

This bastard probably baited the wolf out of the limits.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. NOBODY in North America eats wolf meat.

It would be similar to eating dog meat.

[vercetti2021]

31. Of course not

No one kills a lion to eat, no one kills an elephant to eat.

[Coventina]

9. Trophy hunters are scum.

I am against the DP, but I sure would love to see them torn to pieces by their victims.

[ProudLib72]

11. A wolf wouldn't do that though

They are wary of people. However, I am in complete agreement with you on this. Just one time let there be an angry wolf!

[Coventina]

13. Or a whole pack!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

21. In the last 175 years of recorded history,

Not one person has been attacked by a healthy wolf (Wolves can develop rabies, but it's rare.). However, this does not include wolves chasing people away from dens with newborn pups. Key word here is "chasing."

[ProudLib72]

23. On the other hand

Wolves have raised human children. And I know this has sort of passed into the "folklore" passed down by the likes of Kipling, but there are a few cases in reality. So combine that with your info about wolves chasing people from their dens, and what emerges is an animal with highly developed nurturing skills/instincts. Whereas humans, well, we could learn a thing or two from the wolves.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

26. Yes, we could.

The social structure of the wolf pack is amazing. Every member of the pack has a place in the hierarchy, and all are integral to the survival of the pack. Some think that the "Omega" is bullied and ostracized. Not so. The "Omega" is every bit as important in the family as the "Alpha" mated pair.

[Cha]

12. :(

[MontanaMama]

17. Dammit.

Safe home dear Spitfire. Montana was richer with you than without you.

[world wide wally]

18. You have to be demented to want to kill a wolf

Ok...maybe if you're a rancher and it's killing your livestock. Maybe.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. I must take exception here.

In the U S, ranchers are compensated by the Federal government for wolf kills of sheep, cows, etc.

And there are tried and true methods of determent that many a rancher uses to discourage wolves from preying on their livestock.

It's not a perfect solution, but Nature's creatures must be respected for the keystone places they hold in the environment.

[Niagara]

25. R.I.P. Spitfire

[Iggo]

28. Trophy hunters are fucking scum.

Every single one of them.

[StarryNite]

32. Wolves are essential.

On the other hand, trophy hunters are unnecessary pieces of shit.

[DFW]

37. That's the way I see it, too.

But, of course, when you consider that Trump's son is a trophy hunter, it's not a difficult point of view to arrive at.

[Number9Dream]

35. Find the name of the trophy a-hole - Post it online - Consequences