Target: Colorado General Assembly Speaker, Julie McCluskie
Goal: Make it illegal to slaughter mountain lions.
An NFL Super Bowl champion has stalked and slaughtered a mountain lion with a bow and arrow. Derek Wolfe, a defensive lineman who played for the Denver Broncos, took to social media to brag about the killing.
Wolfe has claimed, apparently without providing specific evidence, that the mountain lion had killed two dogs. It is unclear whether this is true, and if it is true, whether the dogs had been allowed to roam the neighborhood freely.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, has apparently indicated that Wolfe’s actions were legal and sanctioned by the government.
Wolfe has bragged that the hunt was “exhausting,” noting that “We hiked straight up 2500ft and down the other side, then back up again, back down the other side and then back up again to 9600ft.”
Wolfe further described the hunt, writing that he was “Exhausted, dehydrated, [and] cramping [as] I drew back my [bow] and sent an [arrow] through him. Then I had to crawl backwards down the mountain with him to get him to the truck I fell 10ft off a rock face on the way down lol.”
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Speaker McCluskie,
A Super Bowl champion from your state has stalked and slaughtered a mountain lion with a bow and arrow. Derek Wolfe, a defensive lineman who played for the Denver Broncos, bragged on social media about the killing.
Wolfe has claimed that the mountain lion had killed two dogs. It is unclear whether this is true, and if it is true, whether the dogs had been allowed to roam the neighborhood freely.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, has apparently indicated that Wolfe’s actions were legal and sanctioned by the government. They shouldn’t be.
Killing a wild animal simply because people are scared of it is cowardly, not heroic. These types of killings should not be permitted. The laws of Colorado that protect this type of horrific action must be changed.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Alex Nestor
