Project has a successful sixth year-
In Idaho when a wolf kills a lamb or is even suspected of doing so, the solution today is nearly the same as a hundred years ago — kill the wolf and maybe all the wolves you can find in the area with the costs of operation be damned.
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Continue Reading →Defenders of Wildlife answers Butch Otter’s “political grandstanding”-
The writer of the Defender’s response is Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife.
Ranchers will still get money for livestock losses. Rodger Schlickeisen guest editorial in the Idaho Statesman.
I can’t help but compare Otter’s red-faced response on this relatively small amount of money to […]
Continue Reading →All Defenders payments for dead livestock ends in September-
It really seemed like a good idea. Wolves will kill some livestock, but a public spirited conservation group will pay generously for all verified losses and even 50% for unverified, but probable losses to wolves.
Defenders has been paying these claims for well over 15 years […]
Continue Reading →Of course, if wolves attack cattle because they have run across dead cattle and got a taste, they are shot by Wildlife Services.
Now Idaho Fish and Game Commission is happy to let wolves become habituated to baits so they can be easily “hunted.” Those wolves that don’t take the set baits will be much […]
Continue Reading →Judd helps kick off Defenders Action Fund’s new web site, EyeonPalin.org-
Ashley Judd Slams Sarah Palin For Promoting Aerial Killing Of Wolves. Huffington Post. Marcus Baram.
Continue Reading →Here are links to a number of reactions- NRDC. Flawed Flip-Flop on Wolves. Bush Administration changes course again with Endangered Species List re-removal. Defenders of Wildife. Bush administration rushes to strip protections from Northern Rockies wolves. Despite previous court decisions, administration again ignores Endangered Species Act requirements. Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club- […]
Continue Reading →Here is the latest wolf news from the Idaho Fish and Game Department-
It looks like efforts to keep the Phantom Hill wolf pack from killing domestic sheep in the headwaters of the Big Wood River/Boulder/Smoky Mountains north of Ketchum, Idaho was highly successful. Only one sheep was killed by a wolf during the summer […]
Continue Reading →Defenders raises a million dollars for more of the ad on Palin’s wolf hunting policy-
From the Washington Post. By Juliet Eilperin. Enviro Group Expands Palin Wolf-Hunting Policy Ad Buy
I notice it is slightly modified from the previous ad.
Continue Reading →Here is the version of the story from the Missoulian. State set to take over wolf kill payments. By Perry Backus of the Missoulian.
“Over its 20-year history, the Defenders of Wildlife have made 276 payments to Montanans totaling more than $317,000 for 336 cattle, 689 sheep, 16 livestock dogs and 15 other animals, […]
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