[MCN] Speak for Wolves conference, July 15-17.

[George Nickas]

MEDIA ADVISORY
July 12, 2016
 
 
Third annual Speak for Wolves conference advocates for
wildlife management reform in America
 
 
Contact:
Brett Haverstick (208) 310-3311 or (208) 310-2609
Speak for Wolves Organizer
 
What:
A three-day family-friendly gray wolf advocacy event just outside Yellowstone National Park with guest speakers from the conservation community, live music, food, poetry, dance, original paintings by French artist Virginie Baude, a screening of the award-winning documentary Medicine of the Wolf, plus a field trip with Buffalo Field Campaign.
 
When:
Friday July 15 – Sunday July 17, 2016
Full program schedule at speakforwolves.org/program
 
Where:
Historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge
220 Yellowstone Avenue
West Yellowstone, Montana
 
Why: Over 4,000 gray wolves have been slaughtered in the northern Rockies since a 2011 Congressional rider stripped wolves prematurely of federal protections, and ceased recovery efforts afforded under the Endangered Species Act. Thousands of wild bison have also been senselessly slaughtered in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem over the past decade due to the demands of special interests and state wildlife officials. Now the US Fish & Wildlife Service has indicated that Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Bear populations are going to be wrongfully stripped of federal protections, turned over to state management and hunted. The time for wildlife management reform in America is now. There is no sound scientific evidence, nor public support, for killing carnivores and peaceful animals like buffalo.  The status quo for wildlife management in America is an outdated model that primarily serves only those that hunt, trap and fish, leaving the vast majority of Americans and wildlife enthusiasts out of management decisions.  A 21st Century model for wildlife management will drastically change how wildlife management is funded, how and by whom decisions are made, while incorporating the best-available science and democratic decision making into management decisions.

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