Head guide at Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge condones use of snowmobiles to run down and kill wolves

Hubbard’s Yellowstone Lodge is a guest ranch outside of Yellowstone National Park in Emigrant, MT. They offer guided horseback rides, cattle drives, and fly fishing services. I found it interesting that their head fishing guide was commenting on videos of the juvenile wolf in Wyoming that was run down with a snowmobile before being paraded around a bar and ultimately shot by Cody Roberts last year (I’m sure everyone remembers the story). I’ve attached photos of his comment. He considers animal cruelty acceptable in the Cody Roberts case because he sees wolves as an “invasive species” (even though he himself is from California and many native Montanans would view him as more of an invasive species than the wolves).

I won’t mention his name in this post because I’m not sure if this is even allowed, but I wanted to vent my frustrations somewhere. The lodge is all about showing their guests the wonder and wildness of Yellowstone National Park and I would hope their guides would have a better understanding of the forces that shaped such a unique ecosystem and how wolves in particular have been central to the park’s reinvigoration (ie. trophic cascade from the wolves reintroduction—wolves lead to balanced elk populations, which leads to increase in aspen and willow habitat, which leads to healthier waterways and rivers). Feel free to delete if not allowed but I’m just perplexed as to how my fellow Montanans can be so dense and lash out at creatures that ultimately make this landscape better, especially for those who work in the outdoor fields. I’d like to bring it to the attention of the owners of the lodge but I’m not sure they would care or even respond.

First photo shows the video he was commenting on, second photo shows the comment in question.