Fucking disgusting.

Also claimed he is not a forest ranger but a usda employee.

Still, fuckin' disgusting.

........ and put them in contact with the Public Affairs Officer of that Ranger District.

The District Commander shouldn't be allowed to just handle it "quietly" and "internally"!

How could someone pose for a picture like that?

Completely disgusting.

Animals should not suffer from humans for no reason period

Menace to wildlife, but Humans. He needs the full wrath of the Internet to come down on him. Not decent, not acceptable.

KNR

More on Wolf Killer and ID Forest Service Employee Josh Bransford: Another Modern Monster

Wolf Torture and Execution Continues in the Northern Rockies

by James William Gibson – March 28, 2012

Montana Anti-Trapping Group Gets Death Threat for Releasing Photos
On March 16, a Friday, a US Forest Service employee from Grangeville, Idaho, laid out his wolf traps. The following Monday, using the name “Pinching,” he posted his story and pictures on www.Trapperman.com . “I got a call on Sunday morning from a FS [Forest Service] cop that I know. You got one up here as there was a crowd forming. Several guys had stopped and taken a shot at him already,” wrote Pinching. The big, black male wolf stood in the trap, some 300-350 yards from the road, wounded—the shots left him surrounded by blood-stained snow. Pinching concluded his first post, “Male that went right at 100 pounds. No rub spots on the hide, and he will make me a good wall hanger.”

(The person in this photograph, Josh Bransford is a federal employee and public servant out of the Red River Ranger District on the Nez Perce National Forest in north-central Idaho. As a taxpayer, you have a right to call the Front Desk and complain about his behavior. Call for his resignation and/or ask that he be suspended without pay for a period of time for his actions 208-842-2245.)

All photographs were taken from Trapperman.com website are being reproduced here under Fair Use“Pinching” with the wolf he trapped that he wrote would make him “a good wall hanger.”
The Trapperman website went wild with comments. “That’s a dandy!! Keep at it,” wrote Watarrat. Otterman asked, “All the gray on that muzzle make a guy wonder how old he is or if it is just part of his black coloring.” Pinching’s picture of the wolf’s paw caught in the trap got special attention. “Is that the MB750 stamped ‘wolf’ on the pan?” asked one man. “Looks to be a perfect pad catch. Congratulations! Pinching confirmed the trap model and commented, “Oh an [sic] by the way, a wolf is a heck of a lot of work to put on a stretcher! Man those things hold on to their hide like no other!”

http://owstarr.com/2012/04/03/more-on-wolf-killer-and-id-forest-service-employee-josh-bransford-another-modern-monster/

Curled up at my feet at the moment. I can't imagine ever harming a wolf that wasn't a direct threat. let alone getting enjoyment from it.

They delight in the suffering of other living things, as clearly can be seen here. That wolf is being tortured.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/contactus/nezperceclearwater/about-forest/contactus

Allowing something to suffer, because you can, is the true definition of evil.

I just 'talked' to him, he denies it all of course.

Number he is at right now:

Josh Bransford, Fire Management Officer, at the Red River Ranger District at (208) 842-2123

He will laugh it all off...scum of the earth.

Thank you for posting this here, I am off to make it even more viral.


edit for grammar, I am angry right now, apologies!

These wolf killers make me sick.

This monster was so smug on the phone...I agree with your post 100%.

I will not stop on this one, the trapping is sickening enough, but the torture...no way. I will call and call and take it up with my US Rep at the next town hall.

Right out of the Sarah Palin sicko handbook.

and your screen name is outstanding and spot on.

Apparently they are getting death threats. Poor victims.


This article will send yu over the edge. Sorry.

http://owstarr.com/2012/04/03/more-on-wolf-killer-and-id-forest-service-employee-josh-bransford-another-modern-monster/

led to the stupid very un-necessary and disgusting slaughter of a Wolf pack here. Owner of the Ranch is an anti wolf right wing jerk. Lots of speculation he lured the Wolves onto his property in the first place so he could cry 'Wolf. He did and he got them slaughtered.

Link about a bit of this:

http://howlingforjustice.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/wedge-pack-slaughter-hangs-like-a-pall-over-washington-state/


Me and mine are very vocal about his, have been since Yellowstone Wolves in the 90's and before.

THANK YOU for posting this here, these forums are HUGE!

The monster torturer went from to denying it all when I talked to him to laughing about the 'poor wolf'. Then then came the standard wolves put cows through so much torture when they kill them. Enough.

I told him he was a despicable monster for his abhorrent behavior with these magnificent animals and I stand by that, no death threats, just threats to try and end his taking my tax dollars for his salary while he perpetrates this horrifying behavior.

Thank you again graywarrior. You are a Wolf Hero for putting this out here on these very big forums!

You could make your point without being insulting. On your first post, too. Congratulations.

http://www.fs.fed.us/contactus/

Start with the media communications and public affairs offices........

The local Nez Pierce district office has already swept this under the rug and they are hoping to keep it quiet until it blows over.

just horrible!

while the wolf is suffering and in agony. I'm so pissed off I'm fantasizing about punching that smile off his ugly mug and then setting off a trap on his leg! Peace of shit psychopath!

I used to live close to this, I was here often. Outrageous!

That's who. Sociopathic sadistic greedy bastards.

Is there any way to keep up with updates on this story? What numbers to call, up the chain of command above this POS sub human?

Where can we read updated accounts of what people have done to get this guy and his superiors fired? Suggestions what to do next?

Where should I post thoughts that I might have about solving this abomination, somewhere where we can get daily updates?

THIS SHALL NOT STAND! Yeah, shouting.

This story is quite old as I read it early last year. I can tell you after 25 years in the forest service there are many just like this guy there.
Pretty disgusting, yes.

I wonder what has happened to this guy since then.

jbransford@fs.fed.us

All forest service emails are first name initial, then last name @fs.fed.us.. If there's 2 employees with the same names they throw the middle name initial in there. This works for all the people your calling by phone in above posts.

since I know a bit about this story...

The guy was duly harangued, but he didn't lose his job. Yes, he works for the USFS and he wasn't the one using the wolf for target practice, that was a few other pukes doing it from their vehicle and the guy in the picture's friend called him to come and tend to the wolf. Sadly, in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Wisconsin and Minnesota trapping wolves is legal. In Idaho there's a half year season.

Wish folks had noticed this before the wolves were removed from federal protection a few years ago. Last year, almost every single wolf with a research collar in Yellowstone NP was killed by hunters sitting not far from the boundary of the park using calls. That was over twelve years of federal taxpayer funds for research (and some from nonprofits) down the drain for this "sport" The alpha pair from a pack I was watching for years were killed off early in the "season" last year... the forest has lost some of its allure for me around here because of it.

SO the guy in the picture got some serious blowback for posting his smirk online and then whined about the condemnation he got nation-wide. This did go viral but the folks who floated it online received death threats afterward. It's a dirty game out here and one needs to be careful about flaming. For the up-to-date tally and an equaling galling tale from this year's hunt so far you can peruse this site and learn about as much as you could from one web site...

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/

Most recent ugly humans story

What are we to make of the masked, American flag holding, Wyoming wolf killers?

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2013/10/28/masked-wolf-killers/

Edited to add:

2013-2014 Wolf Slaughter
Idaho 88
Montana 45
Wyoming 74
Wisconsin 181
Minnesota 0
Michigan 0
TOTAL 388

Flame on...

Pretty damned sad.

Here's something everyone can do to help put an end to this behavior...

As citizens who object to this, let's do our duty and participate. These wolves belong to all of us.

eom

Donate to NRDC to protect wolves from slaughter.

the man is smiling for a picture!!

This "person" is sick and deranged. Awful.

Sick fuck - second time tonight I've had to post those words. ugh.

How can ANY human being do that to a chained & helpless animal? How can any human being be so cruel, animal chained & helpless or not!!????

totally.

but it should be noted, many hunters of other game animals seem to take delight in posing with their kills. I've lived in Idaho for over 40 years, and it's a phenomenon I have never understood - the giddy Christmas morning thrill of the kill.

nt

Is depraved beyond help and should be fired and publicly destroyed so far as further employment opportunities of any consequence.

I have an update to Bransford from the same source in the Rockies.
See Earth Island Journal:

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/sorry_but_wolf_slaughter_is_not_american/

There is a photo of men wearing white hoods, holding an American flag, while standing above a dead wolf.

James William Gibson

The white hoods are disgusting.


https://www.facebook.com/sportsmenagainstwolves


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=564330240283396

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Welcome to state management. The above is the image at the center of Bill Gibson's latest article. The outfit that posted the image is killing wolves on public land in the Thorofare. Some of the wildest country in the contiguous United States, for contained therein is the farthest point from any road. The ignorantly hateful will hunt down wolves to the ends of the earth if we let them.

There is currently an official public comment period ongoing until December 17th where folks can state their opposition to a Nationwide gray wolf delisting proposal. Please consider doing so if you have not already. The above image is the stark reality of state management. And if this goes through from sea to shining sea, it will strip federal wolf protection even in states who have fledgling wolf populations trying to recover, and those with only one or two individuals dispersing through on quests to begin their own families.

Send a comment: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FWS-HQ-ES-2013-0073

Talking points: http://nywolf.org/components/com_wordpress/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Gray-Wolf-Toplines-and-Commenting-instructions.pdf

There is also a public comment period closing on the same date for a proposed revision to rules governing Mexican wolf recovery. Whilst this southwestern population is the only one not currently being threatened with the removal of federal protection, it has been struggling due to mismanagement as well. There are only about 75 individuals and 3 breeding pairs left in the wild here in the US, and 2 in Mexico. It was projected by the USFWS that we would have 102 wolves and 18 breeding pairs by December 31, 2006, but they have been far too liberally "removed". They are an ancient form, amongst the first waves of Old World wolves to migrate into the country, and now they are amongst the rarest mammals on the continent.

You can send a comment for them here: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=FWS-R2-ES-2013-0056

Talking points: http://www.mexicanwolves.org/index.php/news/1059/51/Act-Now-to-Ensure-Mexican-Wolf-Recovery

Gray wolves were previously delisted in Idaho and Montana through a rider on a must pass budget bill back in April 2011. This was the first time that any Endangered species had ever been delisted by Congressional action. Prior to this wolf advocates were winning in the courts, because science was and is on our side. It took this underhanded political strategy to force this outcome.

Later gray wolves in Wyoming were delisted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe after his nomination to be director of the agency was essentially held hostage by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) with the intention of forcing a wolf delisting decision. Previously, even the USFWS had deemed their kill-on-site "management" plan to be inadequate. That's how bad it is. Politics as usual. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Cowboy Kenny) met with Wyoming Governor Matt Mead and eventually Dan Ashe was appointed and wolves were delisted (read about this juicy filth, here: http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_f7b22b5f-c71f-52be-b0e9-324c9c33fa3b.html)

Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were soon to follow. Michigan's first killing season is swift approaching, beginning on November 15th. Wisconsin is in its second killing season, "Just 16 days into Wisconsin’s second annual wolf season, half of the state’s six harvest zones have closed." Timber wolves are being killed at a rate of 12-13 per day.

More than 1,700 wolves have been killed since ESA protections were taken away in five states. in less than three years. Please help stop this rush toward functional extinction at best. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/gray_wolves/infographic.html

If you would prefer to speak up for wolves in person, there are four hearings coming up where you can oppose the USFWS's delisting proposal and their flawed Mexican wolf recovery plan:

Tuesday, November 19, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO.

Wednesday, November 20, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Embassy Suites, Sandia Room, 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM.

Friday, November 22, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the Marriot Courtyard Sacramento Cal Expo, Golden State Ballroom, 1782 Tribute Road, Sacramento, CA.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hon-Dah Conference Center, 777 Highway 260, Pinetop, AZ 85935 (3 miles outside of Pinetop at the Junction of Hwy 260 and Hwy 73).

For more information: www.wildearthguardians.org/Stand4Wolves

Please feel free to pass any of this information along, and thank you for any efforts you make for the wolves!

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There's quite a bit of interest here in this issue -- sure hope you'll keep us updated as you learn of any additional developments (either about this scumbag or others).

This is the outfit that led these white hooded killers to the wolf along Mountain Creek:

Colby and Codi Gines
150 Road 5N
Powell, WY 82435
(307) 272-5367
colby@cgwildernessadventures.com

That's about all I have.

I have hunters in my family up in the northern part of the country. Hunting for sport and trophy is vile.

My SIL stopped dating a guy when she found out he entered trophy hunting lotteries. I don't understand that kind of mentality.

And by "not a subsistence hunter" I mean that I don't need to hunt to put meat on our table; but I enjoy the field and the woods, and we all love venison.

It makes sense, but I still could never shoot one.

Does anyone have a link to a news organization with a story and some facts so I can read more about it?

I am a hunter but am generally opposed to killing predators.

http://owstarr.com/2012/04/03/more-on-wolf-killer-and-id-forest-service-employee-josh-bransford-another-modern-monster/

What the hell?!

I'll call tomorrow, and again on Monday.

Sickening fucking bastards.

Goddammit.