For years people have been asked me whatever happened to famous wolf 253M, the wolf that went to Utah and later became the beta male of the Druid Pack in Yellowstone Park.
I thought by now this 3-legged wolf would have passed on, but it has now been confirmed that he was gunned down near […]
Continue Reading →A Wolf Saved From Extinction but Snared in Politics. Deaths Due to Management Diminish Wild Population’s Genetic Diversity. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer
I am encouraged by the increasing national attention to the wolf issue. Hopefully a backlash is brewing.
Wildlife management is 50% biology and practical knowledge and 50% politics. Any […]
Continue Reading →“Large numbers of hunters reportedly prowled the state’s newly designated wolf predator area in Sublette County Friday, Saturday and Sunday, locals and outfitters said.”
The rest of the story is in the Casper Star Tribune. By Chris Merrill. Post-delisting wolf kills begin.
Note the role of elk feedgrounds in making it easier to kill […]
Continue Reading →Wolves remain protected in Washington. The Omak Chronicle.
Despite delisting, wolves remain protected by state law in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. In Western Oregon and Washington, they remain protected by federal law too. The drawing up the boundaries for delisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went out of their way to move […]
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