wolves

After spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money to restore gray wolves to the American wilderness, the once-officially-endangered species is now firmly in hunters' sights. As of today, the wolf has lost its federal protected status, and now individual states get to decide on the fate of the wolves within their borders.

Large mammals have disappeared from four-fifths of the earth's landscape during the last 500 years. This conclusion comes from researchers who compared maps of where mammals used to roam with where they live nowadays. In the process, the study identified 108 sites on the planet that have retained a full complement of mega-fauna.

This is not a tourism video. Every year, Alaska sells permits to the not-so-distant cousins of Michael Vick to hunt wolves from planes and helicopters; this is not sport, this is not ethical, this is an inhumane activity that has to be stopped...