The Wildlife News

January 2008

  • The new 10j rule is out in final form.

    Ralph Maughan

    Today the new 10j rule governing the “experimental, non-essential” population of wolves in most of Idaho, all of Wyoming, and most of Montana was released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This is what will govern management of wolves even if delisting is set aside. From the standpoint of those who want more than…

  • Confirmed wolf predations in Wyoming decline in 2007

    Ralph Maughan

    Confirmed wolf predations decline. Wolf Management in Wyoming. By Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online! Confirmed livestock losses to wolves dropped by over 55% from 2006. 55 cattle (mostly calves) and 16 sheep we confirmed lost to wolves. For this 60 wolves were shot, mostly by Wildlife Services. Of course there were some livestock killed, but not…

  • North American Wolf Conference to be held April 8-10 at Chico Hot Springs, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    CALL FOR PAPERS 20th Annual North American Wolf Conference April 8-10, 2008 Chico Hot Springs & Resort – Pray, Montana Papers are now being accepted for the 2008 North American Wolf Conference April 8-10th, 2008 with a field trip on Friday, April 11th, to Yellowstone National Park. The conference is returning to Chico Hot Springs…

  • Captive Carnivores Not Up To Wild Living

    Ralph Maughan

    Captive Carnivores Not Up To Wild Living. Science Daily. This article shows that like the Mexican wolves, extinct in the wild, it is difficult to reintroduce a species. They tend to be killed far too often by human shootings and car accidents. The wild wolves brought to Idaho and Yellowstone and the wild lynx from…

  • Pneumonia strikes Montana bighorn sheep

    Ralph Maughan

    The entire herd in the Elkhorn Mountains near Helena might die. Once again the suspect is domestic sheep (this is according to the article below). Pneumonia strikes bighorn sheep. By Eve Byron. Helena Independent Record.

  • Aerial wolf hunt clash goes underground

    Ralph Maughan

    Aerial hunt clash goes underground. Ads from conservation group back proposed federal prohibition. By Erika Bolstad. “Alaskans voted twice to ban aerial hunting, and the vote has been overturned twice,” said Jessica Brand, a spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based Defenders of Wildlife. “The only way to end this once and for all is to close…

  • Wildlife Services doing their work

    Ralph Maughan

    The photo was taken by an unknown person on 9-26-06. These wolves were shot from the air in Danskin Mountains, a vast rugged area of low, steep mountains NE of Boise. I could never found out what these wolves supposedly did, although in August 2006 Ed Bangs reported “On the 15th, an ID WS aircrew…

  • Salt Lake Tribune: Sayonara cyanide: Poison land mines should be banned

    Ralph Maughan

    This is today’s SLC Tribune editorial against continuing use of ranchers getting to use cyanide and 1080.

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