Opposing views of gray wolf recovery in Washington are on display in a Spokane-area battle of the billboards.
The Defenders of Wildlife, a national wildlife advocacy group, has contracted for nine billboard posters that appeared this month. The message responds to a similar outdoor advertising campaign initiated in November by an anti-wolf group called Washington Residents Against Wolves.
Four of the eight WARAW billboards feature photos of a deer, an elk, a calf, a dog and a young girl on a swing with the text: “The Wolf – Who’s Next on Their Menu?”
“What we want is for people to ask very serious questions about the presence of wolves in Washington State before the reality confronts them,” said WARAW spokesman Luke Hedquist in a media release introducing the campaign.
In response, Defenders has put up nine billboards with the headline “Reality Check! What’s More Dangerous?”
via The Spokesman-Review: Polarized wolf groups battle with billboards.