Speak for Wildlife · Wildlife Wednesdays
Wildlife Wednesday, Tonight: The Poaching Data, a Wolf Film, and Michigan’s Hunt Bill
One hour. Real science, a short film we’ll watch together, and the fight headed straight for the Great Lakes. Pull up a chair.
Wildlife Wednesdays are our weekly hour together — a place to actually understand what’s happening to wolves and wildlife in the Great Lakes, ask hard questions, and figure out what we do about it. No jargon wall, no gatekeeping. If you care, you belong here.
Here’s tonight’s run of show:
On the agenda
What’s really killing our wolves
We’ll walk through the new study tracking 608 collared wolves across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan — the one that found 65% of wolf deaths are human-caused, with illegal killing the single leading cause. Two short videos, then the part the data can’t say out loud: why those numbers are almost certainly an undercount.
Film: “The Return of Wolves — Isle Royale”
We’ll watch the short film together, live — the story of wolves brought back to a Lake Superior island and what their return did to the whole ecosystem. Beautiful, and a real-world lesson in why predators matter. Stick around to talk about it after.
Michigan’s wolf hunt bill
A brand-new bill would force Michigan to open a wolf hunt within 90 days of federal delisting — and the history behind it is infuriating: voters there rejected wolf hunting twice, in a landslide, and got overridden anyway. We’ll break down what the bill does, how it compares to Wisconsin’s Act 169, and what it means for the wolves next door.
Can’t make it live? You can still stand with the wolves — chip in $25 and keep this work going.
Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance · speakforwildlife.org · A 100% volunteer 501(c)(3). Bring a friend — the bigger the room, the louder the howl.
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