Month: January 2011

  • Disease Jumps From Domestic to Wild Sheep

    More reporting about the bighorn/domestic sheep disease study Other than the study itself, this is the first time that I’ve heard Dr. Srikmaran talk about last year’s study which confirms that domestic sheep diseases kill bighorn sheep. “I am not that happy about this finding. Some people’s livelihood depends on domestic sheep,” [But the] “organisms…

  • Have you come across any interesting Wildlife News? January 24, 2011

    Note that this replaces the 20th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog.   Please don’t post entire articles here, just the link, title and your comments about the article. Most of these violate copyright law. They also take up too much space.

  • Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Medicine roadless area

    Motorbikes, ATV interests rebuffed for large roadless area between Glacier N.P. and Bob Marshall Wildlerness- Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Med. By Karl Puckett.  Great Falls  Tribune Staff Writer. I’ve only been there twice, and just into it a little way.  My impression is that it isn’t quite as rugged as the…

  • Ted Nugent's own TV hunting show nails him for poaching

    Some would say this guy had it coming- What is it with these wolf-hating, deer and elk poachers? Of course, Nugent is famous.  He’s in another category from most of these poachers. This news is from August. We had missed it, but no one mentioned it in the long discussion of the subject. Guess that…

  • An Excerpt from “Wolfer: A Memoir”

    Here is an excerpt from Carter Niemeyer’s “Wolfer,” a book that is generating a lot of thought and discussion- From New West. An Excerpt from “Wolfer: A Memoir.” By Carter Niemeyer.

  • Shotguns put up in Georgia backwoods so poachers can poach on-line

    A high tech, on-line, real life, killing platform creeps out Georgians- A weird and disgusting array of cameras and shotguns linked to the Internet was discovered in Georgia. Before the government got around to checking it, the apparatus had been taken down — disappeared — but a photo of it remains. Only in Georgia: Internet-controlled…

  • Siberian hunters said to chase 400-strong wolf pack

    A reason not to take Russian wolf tales seriously? Siberian hunters chase 400-strong wolf pack. RT Question More. A wolf pack 400 strong?  Tales from the Russian woods. In reality there are probably several wolf packs killing some ill kept horses. Outlandish wolf stories have come from Russia for centuries.  Recently a book about Russian…

  • Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee

    Fee is only $1.35 to graze a calf cow pair for a month. Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee For immediate release – January 18, 2011 Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, 520.623.1878 Mark Salvo, WildEarth Guardians, 503.757.4221 Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, 928.310.6713 Brent Fenty, Oregon Natural Desert Association, 541.330.2638 Ronni…

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