The Wildlife News

January 27, 2010

  • Utah: Citing possible prison time, DWR boss speaks out against wolf-removal bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, doing the apparent bidding of Don Peay*  has sponsored SB36, a bill to kill any wolves that migrate to Utah.  The bill would be a violation of U.S. law. Defending it in court will just cost Utah taxpayers money. Except for northern Utah, wolves in the State are fully protected…

  • Kathie Lynch: Yellowstone wolf notes Dec to Jan 2010

    Ralph Maughan

    It looks like the Blacktails are now the largest pack on the Northern Range- Kathie Lynch has written another report on the Yellowstone wolves (actually those on the Park’s northern range). My subhead above is just one of the many interesting facts I read in her report such as the Mollies alpha male is largest…

  • The wolf tapeworm scare

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana official says it boils down to anti-wolf propaganda- This is about the 4th time I have written about Echinococcus granulosus, but here is more information. It made the news in the Bozeman Chronicle today. “Tapeworm in wolves causes stir, but biologists say there’s little to fear.” By Daniel Person. This week the Montana State…

  • Bighorn east of Missoulia are dying like flies

    Ralph Maughan

    Pneumonia in bighorn has now spread to Rock Creek- It just keeps getting worse for the bighorn hit by the pneumonia outbreak near Missoula. Bighorn sheep in Rock Creek latest hit by fatal pneumonia outbreak. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian.

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