Establish a "NO HUNT" zone for wolves around Yellowstone!

Ever since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, park attendance has continued to climb. People come from all over the world to have the chance to see one of the wolves that have been featured in so many reports, studies and documentaries and followed on social media. The wolves bring millions of visitors and their tourism dollars to the region each year, with Montana, Wyoming and Idaho all benefiting from their successful reintroduction. Unfortunately, all three of these states also allow wolves to be “harvested” just outside of the park's borders. Just last week, a very public, beloved wolf known as 889F, was killed, just outside of her normal territory north of the park in Montana's 6 month (yes, 6 MONTH) wolf hunt. This wolf was not only loved and followed by many people in the course of her short 3 years, but she was also collared. Some of Yellowstone's wolves are collared for research purposes, at great effort to scientists and park personnel, and at the taxpayer's expense. Allowing these collared wolves to be killed indiscriminately during these states' wolf hunts not only defeats the purpose of collaring in the first place, but also defies common sense and hunters' ethics. Many “wolf haters” have admitted to specifically gunning for collared wolves. Even worse, some of these “haters” also admit to intentionally gut shooting wolves or allowing them to starve to death in leghold traps, as some sort of twisted revenge against a federal government they revile. It's time to put an end to the cruelty and killing in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The states of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho can no longer use wolves for profit while, at the same time, trying to figure out how many of them can be blown away each fall. Establishing a “NO HUNT/NO KILL” zone for wolves around the park is essential to protecting not only the Yellowstone wolves but also the integrity of our nation's greatest national park. It's simply unfair to use the wolves to draw tourists, photographers and researchers while allowing them to be killed the moment they step over our invisible boundaries!