CODY, Wyoming, (June 18, 2019)—Funded by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates’ supporters, a new billboard in Cody, Wyoming, aims to educate the public about Wyoming’s outdated and anachronistic wolf management policies. The billboard features a wolf pup with the tagline, “Odds are this wolf pup won’t live to see her first birthday.” Almost half of the wolves […]
Our December newsletter highlights the killing of wolf 926F, also known as Spitfire. We will not have let her die in vain. Our Spitfire Fund has been launched to let our wildlife management know that Wyomingites and other Americans do not agree with the senseless and unnecessary killing of predators. Read the December newsletter here. […]
An overwhelmingly positive response to The Spitfire Fund has marked its first hours of existence. In addition to a generous outpouring of heartfelt contributions and enthusiasm, we’ve received some excellent questions about the next steps. Her name evokes a sense of resilience and strength, of bold and unwavering fidelity to what is right. Wyoming Wildlife […]
The well-loved wolf Spitfire, in a heartbreaking echo of her mother’s fate, was gunned down by a trophy hunter just outside of Yellowstone National Park. Also known as the Lamar Canyon Pack’s 926F, Spitfire was adored by wildlife watchers across the planet. She was killed for sport. Spitfire should be the last wolf to die […]