The hunters become the hunted.

Wonder if it was a 'Timber Wolf'…

Famous Yellowstone park wolf killed by trophy hunter

One of the most popular wolves in Yellowstone National Park has been killed by a trophy hunter after wandering just outside the park last weekend, the New York Times reported Friday.

The shooting of the wild wolf Spitfire, also known as 926F, was within in hunting laws as Montana permitted the hunting of the wolves in 2011. According to The Times, several hundred are killed each year.

“A game warden checked with the hunter and everything about this harvest was legal,” Abby Nelson, a wolf management specialist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, told The Times.

Spitfire, who was reportedly a favorite among wolf watchers who frequented the park, was the alpha female leader of the Lamar Canyon pack.

Her mother, the wolf famously known as “06,” was also quite the celebrity and had built a reputation for her hunting prowess.

The mother, who was also reportedly the subject of the book “American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West,” was killed by a hunter as well.

Spitfire reportedly left behind a daughter, which wolf watchers have named Little T.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/419284-famous-yellowstone-park-wolf-killed-by-hunter

POTUS statement on AF1 and GHWB Carcass

Trump to send Air Force One to Houston to pick up George H.W. Bush's casket

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President Trump said Saturday he will be sending Air Force One to pick up George H.W. Bush’s casket from Texas and bring it to Washington, where the late president will lie in state in the Capitol starting Monday.

“Air Force One will be taking myself and a large group of our people back to Washington. It will then be reset and it will be sent to Houston to pick up the casket of President Bush and then be brought back to Washington,” Trump said at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires.

“We’ll be sending Air Force One, which is a special tribute that he deserves very much and it’s my honor, and again, he’ll be greatly missed. Terrific person, terrific man,” Trump added.

Bush's family announced the former president's death Friday in a statement released by his son, former President George W. Bush. No cause of death has been given. He was 94 years old.

Trump has declared Wednesday to be a National Day of Mourning and ordered all federal agencies to be closed that day in Bush’s honor. The stock market will be shut down as well.

The late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was the last politician to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. His casket was brought to Washington from Arizona on Air Force Two.

Trump plans to attend George H.W. Bush's funeral services at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Details on the services have not yet been released.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/419285-trump-to-send-air-force-one-to-houston-to-pick-up-george-hw-bushs