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Jail bait: Pro-wolf activist chains self to Idaho governor’s office door

Pro-wolf protesters talk with Gov. Butch Otter's secretary after they chained a member's arm to the door of the governor's office on Monday. (Betsy Z. Russell)

WILDLIFE —  A Virginia woman has come to Idaho’s Capital City to sacrifice herself at the Governor’s office in the name of wolves.

I’m not sure what her complaint is — Idaho boasts one of the most successful endangered species reintroduction efforts in U.S. history, with more wolves than any other state in the West — but she’s taking a play out of the animal rights/anti-hunting playbook to get national headlines.

Betsy Russell, the S-R’s Boise reporter, is on the scene to report the story here .

“Otter, ironically, was in Virginia,” Russell notes.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog