Famous wolf’s inability to find a mate in California is not surprising-
The West’s currently best known wolf, named “Journey” in a contest held by conservation groups, did not find a mate in California. Now mating season is over. The wolf, officially OR(7), has returned to SW Oregon, although his lack of a mate is [...]
Continue Reading →Since the beginning of the Idaho wolf hunting and trapping season I have been keeping a spreadsheet with a running tally of wolf kills. Presently the total stands at 332 dead wolves with 237 taken in the hunt and 95 taken by trapping and snaring. There are three zones that have been closed so far [...]
Continue Reading →Senator Jeff Siddoway’s Wolf Kill Bill S1305 has been sent back to committee which effectively kills it. The bill would have allowed ranchers to kill wolves by various methods including use of live bait and even aerial gunning.
Yesterday the USFWS told the Idaho Statesman that the bill could threaten the wolf delisting plan [...]
Continue Reading →Senator Jeff Siddoway also pushes amendment to turn Land Owner Appreciation bill into a no access gravy train-
Idaho rancher and State Senator Jeff Siddoway has introduced a bill (S1305) in the Idaho statehouse that would authorize the slaughter of wolves involved in molesting or killing livestock by any number of creative ways.
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Continue Reading →122 killed in Montana; 195 in Idaho-
Two more areas in Montana have meet its wolf quota and will close Dec. 29. Areas 101 and 110 in NW Montana will close. In total 122 wolves have been killed in Montana. The Montana statewide quota is 220. Recently the state game commission extended the wolf hunt [...]
Continue Reading →The Los Angeles Times has picked up the story on the “Killer Bee” Wildlife Services plane. Well, finally the general public can see some sense of what they’d like to keep hidden out in Idaho.
Federal use of aerial sharpshooters to kill wolves draws fire, By [...]
Continue Reading →Montana greatly extends wolf hunting season-
Idaho to kill supposed large population of Lolo wolves with helicopters-
Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has extended their wolf hunt not for just a month but for a month and half, with maybe more to follow. Having reached only half their dead wolf quota in early December [...]
Continue Reading →Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wants to extend wolf hunt another month, to end of January 2012-
Montana FWP choose a quota of 220 dead wolves statewide (with the various wolf hunting units having quotas too) for the state’s second wolf hunt, which begin Sept. 9, 2011. So far 98 dead wolves have been officially [...]
Continue Reading →Poachers killed a big bull elk and also illegally transferred wolf tags-
Here is the outcome of the matter of the elk poaching Tasmanians in the Idaho wilderness. Many of the details came from an article by Australian reporter Paul Toohey for The Mercury.
The 3 men, Darren Tubb, 43, Anton Kapeller, 58, and Samuel [...]
Continue Reading →Legal wolf trapping is now underway in northern Idaho-
Idaho first legal wolf trapping season is underway. Trapping is controversial and there are many questions about it. Answers will come. Lessons might be learned.
During this first season, wolves can be caught with leg-hold traps or by snares.
Whether trapping is ethically or morally right, [...]
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