Why is it trappers really need more incentive to kill wolves? Montana wolf hunters and trappers recently received U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s approval to obtain internationally recognized pelt tags to export wolf pelts to Canada.
Montana is the first state to take such action. Let’s hope that other states do not follow suit. It’s ridiculous that USFWS not only encouraging it is facilitating the marketing of wolf pelts to a commercial market!!
With the recent approval from the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Montana wolf hunters and trappers who harvest wolves will now obtain internationally recognized pelt tags to allow for the export of wolf pelts directly out of country, usually to Canadian fur auction houses.
Montana’s CITES wolf-pelt tags were obtained under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of CITES-listed wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
“This is a big change from the past couple of years in terms of hunter and trapper harvest opportunity to sell wolf pelts,” said Brian Giddings, statewide furbearer coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Helena.
Any hunter or trapper who harvests a wolf taken during the 2014-2015 season—Sept. 6, 2014 through Feb. 28, 2015—can now have it tagged with a CITES pelt tag.
via Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :: New Tags Allow Wolf-Pelt Transport To Canada.