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| Spitfire (Getty Images photo by Mark Perry) |
"A wild wolf beloved by wolf watchers and biologists who visit Yellowstone National Park has been shot dead by a hunter," just as her equally famous mother was, Hayley Miller reports for Huffington Post.
Nicknamed Spitfire, the 7-year-old female wolf wandered about five miles outside Yellowstone Park's northeast entrance last weekend and was legally killed by a trophy hunter. She was the daughter of "famous alpha female 832F, who inspired the book American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West," Miller reports.
The death has revived calls for a hunting-free buffer zone around Yellowstone to protect animals who wander beyond the boundary (which has no fence or other physical barriers to keep in animals). In a recent blog post, the New York-based Wolf Conservation Center observed that Yellowstone's wolves bring in about $35 million in annual tourist revenue. Since Montana wolf hunting licenses are $19-$50, it "seems that Yellowstone wolves are worth a lot more alive than dead."
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