The Wildlife News

May 29, 2007

  • Montana's Governor Calls Emergency Meeting of the Board of Livestock for May 29

    Ralph Maughan

    Governor Brian Schweitzer, along with Bill Hedstrom, Chair of the Board of Livestock and Christian Mackay, new Executive Officer of the Department of Livestock today called an emergency meeting of the Board of Livestock in light of 7 Montana cows testing positive for the disease brucellosis last week. “This is a very serious issue for…

  • Montana to capture 260-plus bison for slaughter tomorrow.

    Ralph Maughan

    They haven’t found any reason why the cattle at Bridger, Montana turned up with brucellosis. They know it wasn’t bison. But, they can’t just let scientific investigation run its course. They have to kill something. So tomorrow they will be rounding up the approximately 250 bison that keep leaving Yellowstone Park to feast on the…

  • Battling the wily coyote

    Ralph Maughan

    Wow this talk about coyotes and livestock, coming out of Wyoming just doesn’t stop. “Battling the wily coyote.” By Jeff Gearino. Southwest Wyoming Bureau Casper Star Tribune. The article is written from the viewpoint of “predator management supervisor” Rod Merrell. In the article Merrell keeps saying the coyotes are incredibly smart. That’s because we have…

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Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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