After a local mountain lion killed two domestic dogs and a mule deer, former Denver Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe took it upon himself to kill him.
A “good friend” asked the Super Bowl champion to kill the lion that was “wreaking havoc” in a rural Colorado neighborhood.
However, that prompted more than 200 calls from animal rights activists to Colorado Parks & Wildlife to report complaints against Wolfe.
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Derek Wolfe is shown during his playing days with the Denver Broncos.
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The former NFL defensive lineman told Tucker Carlson it killed him “completely [legally]”since he’s a licensed hunter with a good reputation in the state, but that didn’t stop the backlash.
“I was hoping some people would be upset that this is the way it is,” Wolfe admitted.I don’t @with Dan Dakich.
However, some took it to the extreme.
Wolfe estimates that the lion weighed 200 pounds and was almost 8.5 feet tall.
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“You can’t please everyone. But the amount of hate and death threats, you know, threatening my kids, saying they expect pedophiles to go after my kids, and this and that, it’s like, ‘What kind of sick are? ‘”
“It started with an animal activist organization; I won’t say the name,” Wolfe continued. “They basically tempted people into attacking me on Instagram and Twitter, adding me, and then making false statements like, ‘He had no right to do this. This is murder. There’s always another way, a better way.’ This is not conservation. Which is all false.”
“These people don’t want to think logically. They make their decisions emotionally.”
Derek Wolfe #95 of the Denver Broncos celebrates after a sack in the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers during Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.
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The lion seemed to at least match Wolfe’s 6-foot-5 frame, and he estimated that it “probably” weighed 195 pounds.
Wolfe also told Tucker Carlson that he processed the meat and was “going to eat that cat.”
Wolfe was a second-round pick (36th overall) by Denver in the 2012 NFL Draft and spent eight seasons with the Broncos. He played the 2020 season with the Baltimore Ravens before calling it a race.
Derek Wolfe of the Denver Broncos stands on the sideline during the national anthem before the start of the game. The Denver Broncos played the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7, 2016.
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He had 299 tackles and 33 sacks in his nine-year career.
