MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN MONTANA AND GET FISH, WILDLIFE & PARKS TO DROP PLANS FOR EXTENDING THE WOLF HUNT BEYOND DEC. 31............AS OUR FRIEND TONI STARK ELOQUENTLY STATES: ......"Bears are not hunted down during hibernation and there is no hunting when they have small cubs"........"Only male mountain lions are hunted from 12/31-4/14 and Female mountain lions with kittens can not be taken."........."These exceptions should be allowed for wolves, especially females with pups"

From: Toni Stark <iamironwoman@gmail.com
Date: Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Subject: Please Do Not Extend the Wolf Hunting Season!
To: fwpgen@mt.gov

Dear Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Dept.,

At a hearing held in your office on November 10, 2011, hunters requested that the Wolf Hunting Season be extended beyond December 31st.  You indicated that this would be open to public comment until December 5th.


I am against the extension of Wolf Hunting Season because:
  Wolves should be given the same protection that other predators are given
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             -- Bears are not hunted down during hibernation and there is no hunting when they have small cubs.
             --. Only male mountain lions are hunted from 12/31-4/14 and "Female mountain lions with kittens can not be taken."

              -- These exceptions should be allowed for wolves, especially females with pups.

              -- Wolves like other predators in Montana should have the freedom after December 31st to have their young and regenerate as a species

So far, 83 wolves have been killed in Montana out of the proposed 220.  The reason why hunters are   killing less wolves is that there are less than 550 wolves in the state. Federal Wildlife Services kills approximately 140 wolves each year in Montana.

Ranchers admit that they frequently kill any wolf that enters their property.  Anti-Wolf Groups claim that since February 2011, they have poached at least 2 wolves per week.

Wolves are not as much of a problem as perceived in the press.  Montana Dept. of Livestock recently stated that less than 1% of the 2.9 million livestock in Montana has been killed by wolves.  The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 2011 Report shows an increase in the number of elk in Montana from 101,000 animals in 2010 to 150,000 min 2011.

If the wolf hunt is allowed to continue after December 31st, it is very possible that the wolves will become extinct again and the billions of dollars spent on Wolf Reintroduction will have been to no avail.

  Sincerely,
  Truth About Wolves

  Toni A. Stark
  Angela Stevens
  Nicole Skorka
  Joseph DiStefano
  Billy Angus
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If we can put a halt to the killing in Montana, maybe it will also stop in Idaho and Wyoming.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is taking public comment until December 5th and they can be reached at:
fwpgen@mt.gov

They will be making their decision on December 6th.

Toni
Toni