Rachel Tilseth of WOLVES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY WISCONSIN is literally "going into the woods" to cause all of us to "LOOK UP AND TELL WISCONSIN NO TO HUNTING WOLVES WITH HOUNDS...........Right after we all stuff ourselves with Turkey and Football, a percentage of Wisconsin hunters starting December 2 will be chasing down Wolves with packs of dogs................FAIR CHASE MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-------Let's help Rachel stop this madness before it starts!

From: Rachel Tilseth [mailto:wolvesdouglasco@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 08:09 PM
To: Meril, Rick
Subject: PRESS RELEASE- WI TO COMMENCE BRUTAL WOLF HOUNDING-ONLY STATE IN NATION  

PRESS RELEASE                                                 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

Contact: Rachel Tilseth

715.440.5157 (cell)

wolvesdouglasco@gmail.com (email)                    

WISCONSIN TO COMMENCE BRUTAL WOLF HOUNDING

ONLY STATE IN NATION TO ALLOW INHUMANE HUNT

Menomonie, Wisc. (November 26, 2013) Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin(WODCW) wants to remind the citizens of WI, that starting December 2, 2013, the State of Wisconsin will allow the commencement of the cruel and inhumane practice of "wolf hounding".

Wisconsin is the only state in the nation that allows the stalking of packs of GPS tagged dogs to run down wolves and kill them.  In a poll taken (here), by the Human Society of Untied States, in June of 2013, 85% of people in WI did not want hounding to take place.

"We want Wisconsinites to know what will happen when packs of dogs are unleashed on wolves", said Rachel Tilseth, founder of WODCW.  "It is not a fair fight. The "hounders" are allowed to place homemade collars on their dogs, which are fitted with nails and shards of steel, which will lacerate the mouths of the wolves, once wolves try to fight back. There is no way for the wolf to defend themselves, before the hounds' owners catch up to the pack tearing the wolf apart". 

dog chasing a coyote

WODCW is working with Senator Fred Risser to remove the dogs from the wolf hunt. However, in a move to obstruct the democratic process, Senator Neil Kedzie, has stalled in committee, Senator Fred Risser's Senate Bill #93, that calls for the removal of dogs from the wolf hunt, despite volumes of emails and calls to the Senator Kedzie's office.  

Members of the press are encouraged to join WODCW, in the woods, to expose this form of cruelty, in hopes to educate Wisconsinites on this archaic method of killing.  "There has never been a more important time for the people of WI to show they are not going to give in to a small group of people that want to torture animals for fun under the guise of "sport".

Dog confronting a Wolf cartoon 

Wisconsinites' are urged to support Senator Fred Risser's SB#93 that calls for the removal of dogs from the wolf hunt.  Tilseth stated, "Is this what WI citizens want to be known for? We ask you all to call and email you opposition to wolf hounding and end this bloodletting, before it begins in December".

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About Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin

Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin was founded by Rachel Tilseth,  after spending 20 years as a WI DNR winter carnivore/wolf tracker volunteer, under the supervising of then wolf Biologist Adrian Wydeven. Tilseth is a long time WI resident, educator, and artist.  www.facebook.com/WolvesOfDouglasCountyWisconsin

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"On December 3, 2013 wolf hounding season opens in Wisconsin. It's time to end this barbaric practice  of hounding wildlife in Wisconsin. " Rachel