Washington border wolf pack clearly has become beef eaters-
The controversy over the Wedge wolf pack began in a muddle — what is really going on? Now, however, it is clear they are eating beef, perhaps mostly beef. As a result, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued an order to kill […]
Continue Reading →Have these wolves really killed any livestock at all?
A Washington state rancher near the Canandian border in the territory of the Wedge wolf pack says he has found two more dead calves he thinks were killed by wolves because of the bite marks on their hindquarters. As a result the state indicates they will […]
Continue Reading →Wildlife Services has high average non-lethal record for all animals, but not for large carnivores-
Lately there has been a lot of media critical of USDA-Wildlife Services; often called by its critics something like “the federal government’s wildlife killers.” In an effort to mount a defense the Service has pointed out that 80% of its […]
Continue Reading →Wyoming wolf population is stable and depredations of livestock low-
Mike Jimenez manages the wolves in Wyoming outside of Yellowstone National Park. He works for the federal government. This is because Wyoming wolves are not yet delisted from the protection of the endangered species act. Jimenez has just released the latest statistics and details of […]
Continue Reading →Less than a year after Flat Top Ranch was awarded $600,000 for a conservation easement – half of which was paid for by a Blaine County levy assessed to protect wildlife – Flat Top Ranch has run into more conflicts with wolves:
Jerome Hansen, supervisor of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Magic Valley […]
Continue Reading →I recently attended the wolf hearings held by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission in Helena.
The commission is considering initiation of a trapping season, as well as eliminating quotas on the number of wolves that may be killed. The goal is to significantly reduce the state’s wolf population which currently numbers […]
Continue Reading →Recently we were informed of a new effort by two conservation groups, a Native American tribe and livestock interests “to secure $25 million from the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill to help livestock producers reduce the risk of livestock losses to grizzly bears, wolves, black bears and mountain lions.”
This taxpayer money is meant to “reduce […]
Continue Reading →Editors note 5:30 PM MST 2/22/2012: we have learned that this “wolf kill bill” will probably move no further in the Oregon Legislature — it is probably dead for the year, though it is possible that legislative “tricks” could possibly push it further.
Full release:
Activists Take Over OCA Meeting and Call Attention […]
Continue Reading →Several recent discussions on The Wildlife News have focused on trends in wolf depredations (i.e. killing of domestic animals), and pondered what they mean for the future of wolves’ management. The notion that per capita depredations (i.e. depredations per wolf) should increase with time is implicit in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) 2009 […]
Continue Reading →Contained in the annual wolf report to be released later this week by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) are the findings of a panel formed to review livestock depredation investigations attributed to wolves. In at least three cases ODFW found that there was insufficient evidence to support a conclusion that wolves killed […]
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