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Outrage after Montana woman kills and skins pet Husky she thought was a BABY WOLF!

Dog lovers on social media furiously pointed out that the kill was not a wolf pup but rather a much smaller Siberian husky

KALISPELL, MONTANA: A female hunter sparked a major backlash after she showed off the carcass of a dog she killed and skinned on social media, after mistaking the animal for a baby wolf.

The woman, from Miller City, Montana, who goes by the name Amber Rose on social media, posted the disturbing photos on Friday, September 23, touting the kill while assuming it was a wolf. Shortly after, dog lovers on social media furiously pointed out that the kill was not a wolf pup but rather a much smaller Siberian husky. The outrage quickly snowballed into an overwhelming backlash that has since sparked an investigation from the local sheriff.

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The graphic images show Rose -- who was reportedly accompanied by her partner Frank Tallent on the hunting trip in Montana's Flathead County -- flaunting the skinned husky while grinning from ear to ear. The pair have since defended their actions saying the kill was an act of self-defense while also admitting it was a mistake. Tallent responded to angry dog lovers with an expletive-laden rant, after many called for his wife's arrest. He threatened violence but simultaneously conceded the incident was a bad look for the embattled hunting community. "Mistakes happen - big f***in' deal," the Montana man wrote in a lengthy post defending his lover, which has since been taken down.

The incident took place near Doris Creek in the Flathead National Forest, before Rose took to Facebook to reveal what she assumed was an accomplishment. "So this morning I set out for a solo predator hunt for a fall black bear," Rose wrote in a post that has since been deleted. "However, I got the opportunity to take another predator wolf pup 2022 was a great feeling to text my man and say I just smoked a wolf pup." She concluded the post with the hashtags '#firstwolf' and '#onelesspredatorMT'.

As expected, the post spawned a wave of condemnation from dog lovers who were shocked that a supposed hunter couldn't tell the difference between a wolf and a domestic canine. "That was not a wolf it was a husky that is a dog!!!!" one wrote. "This absolutely disgusting and hurtful!" another fumed, adding, "If you cannot tell the difference between a WILD WOLF and a HUSKY, you should not - ever - own a hunting license or even a gun for that matter. There are no excuses."

That said, both the local Sheriff's Office and the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks agency have since probed the claims and concluded Rose shouldn't face any charges. "We’ve determined that it wasn’t a wolf," Greg Lemon, communication and education division administrator of the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks agency, told MTN News. He confirmed to the local outlet that Rose had indeed shot and killed a dog near Martin City outside of Kalispell while hunting in nearby Glacier National Park.

Law enforcement is still investigating the contentious kill in a probe led by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, which revealed in a statement on Monday that the dog had been abandoned along with at least 11 others in the Doris Creek woods. The department said all the pooches were husky and shepherd mixes. Animal control was able to locate and rescue 11 of the dogs, but the husky was shot and killed by Rose before officials could get to it.

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Responding to the backlash, Rose defended herself saying she had received a wolf tag before her hunt began and was authorized to kill a wolf if she encountered one. She admitted she "made a mistake" but also maintained that she had made the kill in self-defense after the Husky was "aggressive" and "coming directly for me." Nonetheless, the sheriff's department has identified Rose as a person of interest in the case and is currently investigating whether she had the proper hunting license. "We are looking into that aspect of it but it’s not really clear what the outcome of that investigation will be," Lemon said. "It’s always important to be certain of the animal you’re going to harvest," he added.