A social media influencer in Texas says he will ignore state law and pay $10,000 to anyone who reveals the name of any hunter that shoots a member of Yellowstone’s most famous wolf pack. Mollie’s Pack is reportedly the last remaining pack from the 1995 introduction of wolves into Yellowstone. The pack left the park earlier this year in favor of Shoshone National Forest.

“Anybody harvests one of these wolves during Wyoming’s wolf season and somebody snitches? That snitch gets ten grand cash. And the person who pulls the trigger? We’re going to make them famous,” wrote Jonas Black on his Facebook page.

Jones said hunting the wolves, which is legal outside of park boundaries, would amount to “an execution dressed up as sport” because the pack is “conditioned to people.”

Idaho, Montana and Wyoming all have laws in place that protect the confidentiality of hunters, as well as from harassment.

“Putting an animal before the welfare of a person is outrageous,” Angi Bruce, former Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) director, told Cowboy State Daily. “This is the exact reason our legislators put this statute in place – to prevent harassment of our hunters.” 

A WGFD biologist said the animals left Yellowstone in search of food. While National Parks are closed to hunting, they also are not actively managed for habitat, so prey may be more available in the adjacent national forest.

Wyoming’s wolf hunting season begins Sept. 15. Montana’s archery season begins Sept. 6 and its general season starts on Sept. 15.

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(Photo credit: Mark Gocke/WGFD)