They shot the alpha female. Oops.

[jackelope]

The state's sharpshooter inadvertently killed the Huck pack's alpha female.
Whoops.

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2014/09/04/losing-alpha-female-threatens-pack-survival/15102151/

[whacker1]

Love It!

[HunterStrait]

A lot of uneducated people in the comments.

[actionshooter]

Slip that dude another $20

[Woodchuck]

The down side of this is that the state's "management plan" is based on so many "breeding pairs" in each region. Sadly this seems like a big step backward from the goal of actual wolf management. 

[quadrafire]

I wonder how they know she was the alpha? They are not even sure how many are in the pack from the articles I have read.

[quadrafire]

Guess I'll show my ignorance here. Is the alpha the only female in a wolf pack that will be bred?

[Westside88]

Excuse my ignorance, but why do they feel that the wolves will learn to leave sheep alone while continuing to feed on deer and elk? Doesn't make sense to me, they'll just learn to avoid people I would think

[ghosthunter]

No bad news here.

The state may want to manage them in the future, but we all know the antis will fight that tooth and nail.

A wolf in hand is worth................... ?:

dunno:

[elkoholic1]

 

[CAMPMEAT]

................and I thought we had EXPERTS working in the WDFW. And to think we pay the salaries of these well educated, know all experts. I bet a bunch on this forum could do a lot better job of all of the WDFW experts put together.

[Elkaholic daWg]

 Kind of Like when they "mistakenly" killed the  collared  male of the Wedge Pack......From that point on as with this I'm sure the Leaf Lickers get their way ??

[timberfaller]

"A lot of uneducated people in the comments."
 

Some aren't even claiming to be from this state,  University Troll's getting credits for their Liberal/commie, er I mean Progressive Profs.

[wolfbait]

The down side of this is that the state's "management plan" is based on so many "breeding pairs" in each region. Sadly this seems like a big step backward from the goal of actual wolf management. 

"He added the alpha wolf weighed 66 pounds and was 3 years old."

Seems a little small to be a three year old.

WDFW and their friends are going to make sure that everything they do will hurt wolf delisting on paper. At 66 pounds it sounds to me like they shot a pup, but this news should bring some more wolf money in for CN, DoW etc. from their wolf wailing friends. I bet they have whip themselves into a good frenzy by now.

I wonder how long WDFW will drag this out?

[AspenBud]

The down side of this is that the state's "management plan" is based on so many "breeding pairs" in each region. Sadly this seems like a big step backward from the goal of actual wolf management. 

"He added the alpha wolf weighed 66 pounds and was 3 years old."

Seems a little small to be a three year old.

WDFW and their friends are going to make sure that everything they do will hurt wolf delisting on paper. At 66 pounds it sounds to me like they shot a pup, but this news should bring some more wolf money in for CN, DoW etc. from their wolf wailing friends. I bet they have whip themselves into a good frenzy by now.

I wonder how long WDFW will drag this out?

A pup or a malnourished animal.