The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

April 4, 2008

  • Two Colorado Ranchers charged with shooting 34 elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Ranchers face charges after 34 elk shot dead. By AMY HAMILTON. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. “Two Northwest Colorado ranchers, apparently frustrated by foraging elk eating hay intended for livestock, now face thousands of dollars in fines and multiple felony charges for allegedly killing 34 elk.”

  • Wolf kills two ewes near Pray, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Well, just we everyone is heading for the big wolf conference next week at Chico Hot Springs. That is right above Pray. It would be great to see some wolves in Paradise Valley, at least before they kill them! Wolf kills two ewes near Pray. By Peter Vandergrift, Livingston Enterprise Staff Writer.

  • Why are Yellowstone bison such an Intractable issue?

    Ralph Maughan

    Why are the bison of Yellowstone National Park still such an intractable issue? Great Falls Tribune. A Montana newspaper finally asks some tough, but obvious questions about the bison slaughter.

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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