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TexasTowelie

(112,592 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 06:16 AM Jun 2019

New billboard criticizes Wyoming's wolf management policies

CODY, WY — The image on a new billboard in Cody, Wyoming is adorable: a tiny, fluffy wolf pup in a field of flowers. The overlying text, on the other hand, is meant to shock.

“Odds are this pup won’t live to see her first birthday,” the billboard reads.

It was funded and placed by Wyoming Wildlife Advocates. The goal is to educate the public about Wyoming’s wolf management policies, which Wyoming Wildlife Advocates call “outdated and anachronistic.”

“Wolves are being born in Wyoming only to be killed by hunting or because of conflicts with livestock,” said WWA Executive Director Kristin Combs in a press release. “The state is setting up a conveyor belt of wolves so that trophy hunters can have a recreational opportunity to kill them.”

Read more: https://buckrail.com/new-billboard-criticizes-wyomings-wolf-management-policies/


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New billboard criticizes Wyoming's wolf management policies (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Not shocking enough. 2naSalit Jun 2019 #1

2naSalit

(86,889 posts)
1. Not shocking enough.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 08:55 AM
Jun 2019

the only good part is that it will be seen by a few million tourists, some of whom might think about it for a moment, and some of those might even be voters.

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