Park officials call the deaths 'a significant setback for the species' long-term viability and for wolf research.' One pack is now considered 'eliminated.'
— Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months - the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators wereFifteen wolves were shot after roaming across the park's northern border into Montana, according to figures released to The Associated Press. Five more died in Idaho and Wyoming.
Park Superintendent Cam Sholly first raised concerns last September about wolves dying near the park border. He recently urged Republican Montana Governor Greg Gianforte to shut down hunting and trapping in the area for the remainder of the season. Gianforte last year received a warning from a Montana game warden after trapping and shooting a radio-collared wolf about 10 miles north of the park without taking a state-mandated trapper education course.
The original quotas were meant to protect packs that draw tourists to Yellowstone from around the world for the chance to see a wolf in the wild.
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