In just three days, 216 gray wolves were slaughtered in Wisconsin — 20% of the state’s wolf population. Just as they were beginning breeding season, wolves were set upon by hound-hunters or caught in leg-hold traps. Many of these wolves died unspeakably painful deaths in the cold. This unprecedented mass killing of Wisconsin's wolves is a brutal reminder of what happens when states manage wolves. Just before leaving office, Trump stripped federal protection from nearly every wolf in the lower 48

Wolves are being dragged into Congress as culture war props — and the strategy is getting more extreme. Bills like H.R. 845, which aims to delist gray wolves and prevent remedy in the courts, aren’t about science, livestock safety, or wildlife recovery. They’re about using wolves as a political symbol: a stand-in for “federal overreach,” environmental regulation, and rural resentment. The misleading title — the “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” — is part of the playbook. So is ignoring decades