To the Editor:

This isn’t just a letter to the editor, but to everyone who might be concerned with common sense justice.

Recently, an individual shot and killed a wolf while mistaking it for a coyote. He was honest in that he told the ODFW what he did.

He subsequently has been charged with killing an endangered species and is being threatened with a fine, or jail time, or maybe both – who knows right now.

In the first place, these animals are not endangered, never have been and probably never will be. Isn’t that pathetic. Instead of prosecuting the man for being honest, he instead should be given a medal for removing a killing machine that, along with other members of its species, is costing our economy millions of dollars. These animals are the ISIS of the animal world.

Why in the world are wolves so glorified? Every time one of these killing machines kills a sheep or cow or horse, or anything, for that matter, they heap misery, worry and a lot of expense on the receiver. Our big game animals are suffering more than any other and when they suffer, the ODFW suffers, because when there are no animals to hunt, hunters do not buy licenses and tags.

What kind of message does the prosecution of this man having been honest deliver to our young people? It will teach them to shoot, shovel and shut up, and that is what will be done from now on.

So, instead of spending time and money on a senseless prosecution, just give the man a medal.

Dean Elliott

Prairie City