Senate Bill 1211 was introduced in May of this year, and it allows 90% of Idaho’s Grey Wolf population of roughly 1,500 to be hunted and killed. This bill also increases funding for wolf-killing by the Idaho wolf Depredation Control Board (created in 2014 to use taxpayer dollars to fund killing wolves) from $110,000 to $300,000.
Those who are in support of this bill argue that the wolves kill too many livestock and are generally a danger to said livestock. However, “wolves kill less than a fraction of one percent of Idaho’s livestock annually.” What’s worse about the bill is that it allows hunters to kill an unlimited number of wolves AND it calls for about $800,000 in state funding to be spent on wolf control operations.
Governor Little of Idaho signed this bill into law, and starting July 1st, wolves can be hunted and killed with no punishment.
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