Waving signs called for the delisting of wolves, as dozens of hunters in Kalispell tried catching the public's attention about wolf populations Friday.
Hundreds of people honked and waved as they drove by, in a show support to the dozens of people clad in orange hunting vests stationed outside of Kalispell's Fish Wildlife and Parks Headquarters.
Event organizer Tom Welch said the loosely knit group of hunters and sportsman are trying to get something done about the wolf situation. Protesters pointed out the number of wolf packs in Northwest Montana doubled the minimum for the Endangered Species Act.
In December an entire wolf pack had to be killed by Fish Wildlife and Parks because it was killing livestock. Protestors said wildlife numbers are also declining at alarming rates.
"What's going to happen is when the wildlife numbers decline, as they are now? These packs are going to move closer to town, closer to livestock and when they start preying on livestock then we're going to really have an issue, you know that's going to be even more than we have today," commented Brad Borden.
"Denny Rehberg, Brian Schweitzer, we need your help, you're our representatives, without your help, we're in trouble, these are the people that elected you, and the people that you represent, and you need to do something," Welch said. "Instead of telling the federal government that we want them delisted, we should be telling them we need them delisted."
The rally will continue tomorrow across from the fairgrounds from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon.