The Wildlife News

August 2009

  • Feds To Consider Tortoise for Endangered Species Act Listing

    Brian Ertz

    Groups Applaud Finding for Rapidly Declining Desert Icon Desert tortoise advocates have been waiting for this good news for a very long time.  Should a listing take place, many human intrusions into the desert tortoise’s southwest desert habitat, including livestock grazing and excessive development, will be largely halted.  The benefit of such will be enjoyed…

  • Wolves kill 120 sheep at ranch near Dillon

    Ralph Maughan

    This is the kind of depredation where the wolves need to be shot- This is unusual. Furthermore it took place on private land. Assuming there are no important facts left out of the story, these wolves should all be shot. . . .  a couple sidebars to this. 1. They need to get the pack…

  • Sheep growers get a permanent disaster fund

    Ralph Maughan

    Some folks certainly get a lot of helpings at the old government dinner table- Here’s the obscure news release on what seems to me an incredible program. I wonder which members of Congress were behind slipping this into the 2008 (the last Congress) Farm Bill?

  • NM man pleads guilty in Mexican wolf death

    Ralph Maughan

    Rare justice for a dead Mexican wolf- NM man pleads guilty in wolf death. By Susan Montoya Bryan. Associated Press Writer

  • Montana Gov: State would fight injunction on wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This is hardly news. I won’t bother to put a link, but has anyone thought of this . . .? What if Judge Molloy allows the hunt, but puts the wolf back on the endangered species list? This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing kind of decision. The judge could allow the hunt…

  • WDOT to build 5-lane highway in winter elk range south of Jackson, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    Teton County Commission wanted smaller improvements on the 7-mile stretch- WYDOT: 5 lanes in elk range. Agency rejects commissioners’ plea for smaller highway upgrade from South Park Loop to Horse Creek. By Cara Froedge, Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • Idaho Fish and Game Investigating the Death of Six Wolves

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Fish and Game has issued a press release asking for information regarding the death of six wolves. Is poison involved? Anyone who plans on visiting the area should be cautious about taking along their dogs. Here is the press release: Contact: Jon Heggen 208-334-3738 For Immediate Release Fish and Game Seeks Information on…

  • Darted grizzly cub died of ruptured jugular vein

    Ralph Maughan

    Vein was not hit by the tranquilizer dart- They have been unable to find out how the vein ruptured. Story in the Daily InterLake. Darted grizzly cub died of internal bleeding

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