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Profanity Peak Pack

  • How livestock “damage” wolf packs

    George Wuerthner

    Today I received an inquiry from one of the employees of a conservation group that is supporting the killing of the Profanity Peak wolf pack trying to understand some of the assertions I made in a recent post on the issue of wolves and public lands. The employee was questioning my statement from a previous…

  • The Profanity Peak Pack: Loss of wolves and academic freedom

    George Wuerthner

    The recent killing of six members of the Profanity Peak  wolf pack in NE Washington in retribution for the loss of a few cattle is emblematic of what is wrong with public land policy. As I write, trappers are out to kill the remaining pack members. What is significant about the destruction of this pack…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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