Author: Rachel Tilseth

Rachel holds a Batchelor of Science Degree in Art Education and is a retired art teacher. Tilseth is a freelance writer and journalist. Tilseth’s interests in nature, specifically wolves, led her to advocate for wolves and wildlife. In the year 2000 she became involved in WI DNR Wolf Recovery Program working as a volunteer winter wolf tracker to present. She founded the blog and social media network Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin to bring education and awareness to Wisconsin’s wild wolf. Tilseth has spent several years speaking out against wolf trophy hunts. Tilseth is active in working to ban Wolf Hounding in Wisconsin. She has a strong background in the visual arts. She’s a sculptor and oil painter. Tilseth has expanded her interest into filmmaking. She’s currently in the process of creating a documentary film about the heart of wolf advocacy.

Out of all the states that hunt wolves, only Wisconsin allows hound hunters to use unleashed packs of dogs to hunt wolves…

Originally posted on Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin:
Wisconsin, quite literally, throws “dogs to the wolves. The barbaric act of Wolf-Hounding is legal in Wisconsin. In 2011 Wisconsin State Legislators backed by Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association rushed to create a law, Wisconsin Act 169, that mandated a wolf hunt because Gray wolves were about to…

Although the caribou feeds the wolf, it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong…

Originally posted on Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin:
The Wolf and the Caribou-myth and legend, according to the textbooks, a wolf is a hunter, an animal of prey. The Inuit, the people of the North, take a different view of it. They have their own idea of why the wolf was created. In the beginning,…

Action Alert: Gray wolf delisting Bill could make it into a large spending bill before Congress.

It’s unlikely that a senate version of the House H.R. 6784 will make into the senate. It barely passed the House, but could now be added to spending bills as a rider. During a town hall meeting in Rhinelander Friday, Congressman Sean Duffy was asked about the bill which he authored which would return wolf […]

Wild & Scenic Film Festival Presented by Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin (WODCW) Coming to the Minneapolis Area 2019

WODCW just signed on with Wild & Scenic Film Festival – Where Activism Gets Inspired! The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is the largest film festival of its kind, showcasing the best and brightest in environmental and adventure films. Coming to the Minneapolis area in 2019. Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Considered one of the […]

Gray Wolves are at Risk of Loosing Federal Protection…

Please take action for America’s Gray wolf… From D.C. to Yellowstone National Park’s Montana boundary the Gray wolf has been persecuted. Delisting Legislation is being considered in the senate (already passed by the House) that would remove gray wolves from the lower 48 and take away any judicial review. And return wolf management back into […]

Mournful Calls of the Lamar Canyon Wolves Calling for Their Lost Family Member…

The following is a recording of the calls made by the Lamar Canyon Wolf Pack as they return to the cabins near Silver Gate and Cook City, Montana where 926F was shot and killed by a trophy hunter: https://www.facebook.com/100014301727122/posts/506755926477794/ Listening to the mournful calls from Little T, Small Dot and the five pups made while […]

A Famous Alpha Wolf’s Daughter, Spitfire, Is Killed by a Hunter

An article from The New York Times. The shooting of another Lamar Canyon pack member has renewed calls for a buffer between Yellowstone and nearby lands, to protect roaming wolves. By Jim Robbins November 30, 2018 HELENA, Mont. — A wild wolf known as 926F, dear to the hearts of wolf watchers who visit Yellowstone, was […]

Sad news coming out of Yellowstone National Park 926F was shot in Montana’s wolf trophy hunt…

Wolf 926F of the Lamar Canyon Pack was the daughter of the famous O-Six wolf that was also killed by a trophy hunter as she left the safety of YNP boundary. Thanks to the heartless trophy hunter 926F joins her mother in the spirit world cut down far too soon. Trophy hunting is about power […]

Removing the Gray wolf off of federal protection spells disaster for a Species already threatened by habitat loss and global warming.

Will Wisconsin’s Gray wolf Ever be managed responsibly? That’s the big question Congress is hoping will be answered. A new bill, H.R. 6784, calls for the delisting of Gray wolves in the lower 48 states just passed the House, and is now headed for a senate version. This bill would return Gray wolf management back […]

VEGAN CELEB MILEY CYRUS LOSES HOME, BUT RESCUES ANIMALS FROM CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
November 12, 2018 https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-celeb-miley-cyrus-loses-home-rescues-animals-california-wildfires/?utm_source=LIVEKINDLY+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=c0e8dcc698-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_08_02_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8051ea5750-c0e8dcc698-135825423 Kat Smith News Editor, LIVEKINDLY | New York City | Contactable via: kat@livekindly.co Vegan celebrity Miley Cyrus was just one of many to lose her home this past week in the California Woolsey Fire. Despite this, the star says that she is grateful…