WA Lawmaker Discussed Sending Wolf Parts To Environmental Group

SPOKANE, WA — Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea was recently involved in a conversation about sending pieces of a wolf — including the tail and genitals — to the executive director of an Arizona environmental nonprofit group, according to the Inlander newspaper.

In the chats reported on by the Inlander, Shea talks with Spokane-area Three Percenter Anthony Bosworth about finding a wolf to kill in Northern Idaho so they can mail the body parts to Kierán Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity.

Other chats between Shea and political allies on Signal have been leaked recently. The Guardian newspaper recently reported on conversations Shea had talking about targeting members of Spokane-area antifa.

"Threatening to mutilate a wolf and mail its body parts to me is outright psychotic," Suckling wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.

Shea did not return a request for comment, but the Inlander reported that Bosworth responded in an email: "Here's what I have to say about Wolves and Fine Cigars, 'smokem if you got them' ... The eco-terrorists can stick that in your pipe and smoke it."

The Center for Biological Diversity and Suckling have opposed wolf kills in Eastern Washington, a major issue for farmers and landowners in Shea's district. In 2018, Suckling's group sued to stop the state from killing wolves in a Ferry County pack suspected of preying on livestock.