{"id":755444,"date":"2018-12-03T08:24:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755444"},"modified":"2018-12-03T08:24:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:24:48","slug":"beloved-yellowstone-wolf-was-just-shot-dead-to-be-a-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755444","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Yellowstone Wolf Was Just Shot Dead To Be A Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>This tragedy should be one more wake-up call. Wolves are a keystone species \u2014 an essential part of the ecosystem \u2014 and when their packs are decimated, this can have a resounding impact on other species. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote-author-avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ARK_Center.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-job\">The ARK Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SARAH SCHWEIG:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;An iconic and beloved member of Yellowstone National Park&#8217;s most famous wolf pack was just shot dead by a trophy hunter \u2014 and it was totally legal. Lamar Canyon Wolf Pack member 926F, also known as Spitfire, was killed just a few miles outside the entrance to the park in Montana. &#8220;We are heartbroken to share the news that the wolf killed outside the park was 926F of the Lamar Canyon Pack,&#8221; wolf advocacy organization Wolves of the Rockies wrote on Wednesday. The organization confirmed the news with the park. Spitfire&#8217;s mother, 06F, was also killed by a hunter back in 2012. Wolves of the Rockies credits Spitfire with helping to keep the pack together after her mother&#8217;s death.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;Once wolves step outside park boundaries they have zero protection,&#8221; Brooks Fahy, executive director of Predator Defense \u2014 an organization that seeks to protect native predators from a multitude of threats, including those from trophy hunters as well as state wildlife agencies seeking to control wolf populations \u2014 told The Dodo. &#8220;This tragedy should be one more wake-up call&#8221;&#8230; Wolves are a keystone species \u2014 an essential part of the ecosystem \u2014 and when their packs are decimated, this can have a resounding impact on other species. &#8220;The importance of a keystone predator such as the wolf to a balanced and resilient ecosystem is undeniable,&#8221; the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) explained&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedodo.com\/amphtml\/in-the-wild\/famous-yellowstone-wolf-killed-by-trophy-hunter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nRELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJSH5_QgH8Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARAH SCHWEIG: &#8216;An iconic and beloved member of Yellowstone National Park&#8217;s most famous wolf pack was just shot dead by a trophy hunter \u2014 and it was totally legal. Lamar Canyon Wolf Pack member 926F, also known as Spitfire, was killed just a few miles outside the entrance to the park in Montana. &#8220;We are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,17,25],"tags":[27,28,32],"class_list":["post-755444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-environment","category-welfare","tag-cruelty","tag-entertainment","tag-free-living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=755444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755446,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755444\/revisions\/755446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/755445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=755444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=755444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=755444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}