The Obama administration recently announced it is lifting endangered species act protections for 5,500 gray wolves in eight states in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes.
Montana wildlife officials have already proposed a public hunt for up to 220 wolves this fall, out of a population estimated to number at least 566 animals.
Idaho officials have said they want to reduce their state's wolf population to about 500 animals, versus current estimates of more than 700.
The fate of about 340 wolves in Wyoming still remains unresolved.
They gray wolf is only just returning from the edge of extinction. Please help preserve this iconic North American predator by appealing to have its endangered species protections restored.