Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times has an opinion piece on the slaughter of wolves

A slaughter of wolves is underway in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming that has no precedent in the past 100 years.

Hunters in Idaho can shoot or trap as many as they like year-round on private land. They can lure wolves within gun range by putting out bait, run them down to exhaustion using A.T.V.s and snowmobiles and stalk them after dark using night vision technology.

Read more at Wolves Are Being Slaughtered in the West – The New York Times