January 5th, 2010
Howlsnow (Photo: Wikimedia)
(The following was originally posted Dec. 30, 2009 in the NRDC Switchboard blog, under Saving Wildlife and Wild Places)
- By Matt Skoglund
2009 was a dismal, tragic year for Northern Rockies wolves. They lost all protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), were hunted for the first time in Montana and Idaho (and continue to be hunted in Idaho), and were killed by various causes in record numbers. In all, almost one third — one third! — of the Northern Rockies wolf population was killed in 2009.
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift
