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The state is about to pass a law calling for 90 percent of its wolf population to be killed. It’s based on fear and lies.

Wes SilerWes Siler

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Apr 29, 2021

This week, Idaho governor Brad Little is expected to sign into law a bill thatcalls for the extermination of 90 percentof the state’s 1,500-strong wolf population. Proponents say wolves are ruining the livelihoods of ranchers and hunters. Opponents say the wolves are necessary to a healthy ecosystem.

“They’re destroying ranchers,” said Republican senator Mark Harris, one of the bill’s sponsors, during a debate in the Idaho statehouse. “They’re destroying wildlife. This is a needed bill.”

“The politicians behind this bill lack science, ethics, and fact,” Amaroq Weiss, senior West Coast wolf advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity, toldOutside.

After being eradicated earlier…