Stand up for wolves and boycott this violent and dangerously
misleading film.
Like “Jaws,” which made people unreasonably terrified of
great white sharks, now comes the movie “The Grey,” which inaccurately depicts
wolves as hunters of humans.
Ironically, it’s the humans that are wiping out wolves.
Last April, Congress eliminated federal protection for
wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Idaho and Montana immediately set
hunting seasons on this endangered animal. The result: 410 wolves killed by
sport hunters this winter alone – yet,
less than 1,300 wolves live in those two states.
Now Hollywood is inciting terror instead of instilling awe
for this beautiful and charismatic creature.
Director Joe Carnahan admits that he fears wild animals.
Instead of educating himself, he vilifies wolves as relentlessly evil, further
feeding the frenzy created by some who want to wipe wolves off the planet.
In order to make the film, the director ordered four
Canadian wolves from a trapper. Two were used to feed the cast and crew and two
carcasses became movie props.
Iconic and beautiful, wolves are important ecosystem
engineers. Their presence creates healthy landscapes with greater biological
diversity, affecting many creatures from beetles to birds to bears.
WildEarth Guardians stands for wolf conservation, and you’ve
stood with us. With wolves under relentless attack, we must oppose such a
negative portrayal of these amazing animals.
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., whose life we
celebrated this week, join us by “getting on the bus” with personal and civic
action to stand up for what is right and against what is wrong.
Killing wolves to make a movie and then profiting from their
deaths is simply wrong. Send a message to the director that you are boycotting
this misleading film.
