Wolves have made a remarkable recovery in the U.S. So why are they being killed?
From NationalGeographic.com:
In a small town in Oregon when a father wolf went missing recently, no details were available about his death. All that’s known is that someone killed him, and, based on previous cases, it’s unlikely that the poacher will be apprehended.
After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states has been slow. And decades after reintroductions and on-and-off federal protections, there are only about 430 individuals in both states combined. Now, they face another crisis: poaching.
