The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator

By Jake Bolster

On Feb. 29, Cody Roberts was out hunting on his snowmobile in Wyoming when he crossed paths with a lone gray wolf in the state’s “predator zone,” where wolves can be killed by almost any means and without a license. What happened next made national headlines, and prompted a backlash so fierce that Wyoming’s tourism agency temporarily suspended its practice of advertising state wildlife.