Breaking: At least 20 wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed crossing the borders of anti-wolf states. Killings like this will continue until Endangered Species Act protections for wolves are restored. Donate today to help in the fight to save wolves. | Defenders of Wildlife

In a single 12-month period, Idaho massacred 570 wolves, including more than 30 pups. Some trapped wolves shattered teeth trying to bite their way out, others died a slow death from hypothermia. Many were gunned down one-by-one from a helicopter. This mass killing of Idaho’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 — leaving it up to states to decide the fate of thes