John Peavey, a former Idaho politician, and Diane Josephy Peavey, a former commentator on Boise State Public Radio, who’s Flat Top Ranch near Carey, Idaho has reportedly received payments totaling $970,139 from 1995 through 2010 according to the Environmental Working Group’s Farm Subsidy Database, has received another subsidy in the form of 3 dead [...]
Continue Reading →“A fearful few wage war on American’s wolves. The war comes because agribusiness exaggerates and lies about wolf predation.”
Are Wolves the Real Killers ? – Huffington Post – Wendy Keefover-Ring
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the agribusiness industry can be counted among the fearful few, killing wolves with alarming readiness. [...]
Continue Reading →Moscow, ID – Today, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians call into question how two different federal agencies count livestock losses attributed to wolves in the States of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The livestock death losses figures are reported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) show a remarkable magnitude of disparity from [...]
Continue Reading →George Wuerthner has authored this important report evaluating the objects of current and historical predator management and its consequences.
Management of Predators: A need for changes in policies
By George Wuerthner, May 2011 – Commissioned by Big Wildlife
ABSTRACT: Management of predators has historically been based on extirpation and/or a grudging [...]
Continue Reading →This is a rational look at wolf-livestock, pet conflicts-
By “rational,” I mean unemotional calculation of risk and costs/benefits of various actions.
Ralph Maughan
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University of Wisconsin news release
Livestock risks from Wisconsin wolves localized, predictable
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
A map, generated by researchers at [...]
Continue Reading →Kill order, called “retribution”-
Because there are not many wolves in Oregon, this is a big deal. The pack has 10-14 members. There was one other wolf pack known on the Oregon/Washington state border in 2010 — the Continue Reading →
This is a very important case
Judge Molloy has issued a order asking the defendants and plaintiffs why the 10(j) lawsuit ”should not be dismissed as moot due to the absence of a population meeting the statutory requirements for 10(j) status.”
If the lawsuit is dismissed wolves in all of the Northern Rockies could lose their [...]
Continue Reading →One of the problems with Christopher Columbus style ranching.
You put them out in the spring then “discover” them in the winter.
Poor animal husbandry in remote areas can lead to all kinds of problems for ranchers, cattle, wildlife, and habitat alike. It’s just one reason that these Great Basin desert areas are unsuitable for [...]
Continue Reading →Drops gassing of pups in their dens and sterilization but continues heavy handed killing of wolves.
Public Comments accepted until January 3, 2011
In anticipation of Monday’s federal court hearing of a case brought by Western Watersheds Project, Wildlife Services has revised its Idaho Wolf Environmental Assessment. While the new EA drops [...]
Continue Reading →Slow progress for Oregon’s wolves
Oregon Field Guide recently broadcast a special about Oregon’s wolves and how they are dealing with people and how people are dealing with them. It has been a tough road for the wolves there and many wolves have been killed by the government on behalf of livestock interests and by [...]
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