After a new Idaho law was approved in May for looser wolf protections, Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and Humane Society Legislative Fund have launched a petition to reinstate protections.
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) cannot stand by while Idaho and Montana order the extermination of wolves to appease the livestock industry and trophy hunters,” said Nicholas Arrivo, managing attorney for wildlife at the Humane Society of the United States, in a news release.
Senate Bill 1211 was signed into law May 10 by Gov. Brad Little (R) and removes the 15-per-year wolf limit on hunting and trapping. The law also gives the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board the authority to hire private contractors to kill wolves that threaten livestock or wildlife.
