Wolf shot near Pullman! Update 11/14/2014 pg. 8

[MtnMuley]

This what happens when a green state refuses to handle a problem that's devistated other states. Sad.

[csaaphill]

ya should of just burried it and hoped no one else seen him. too bad being honest gets you hung like this guy will more than likely be.

[X-Force]

lone wolf just passing through?

Did they use a jump to conclusion mat?

[Dan-o]

Why are you guys stuck on the fact that this wolf was passing through?

It had to be passing through, because WDFW says there aren't any packs there.

Besides, that wolf didn't deserve to die.  He was just out there looking for a sick or old deer.    Without wolves, how would you restore balance??

[Watimberghost]

Why are you guys stuck on the fact that this wolf was passing through?

It had to be passing through, because WDFW says there aren't any packs there.

Besides, that wolf didn't deserve to die.  He was just out there looking for a sick or old deer.    Without wolves, how would you restore balance??

[RadSav]

Poor little wolf never hurt nobody.  And then go and call the WDFW who will desecrate the body.  Should have given him a proper burial out of respect

[AspenBud]

Charges pending. Sounds like he wasn't the smartest and chased it with a vehicle, nothing like being seen.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/oct/13/wolf-shot-whitman-county-charges-pending/

[Axle]

Why are you guys stuck on the fact that this wolf was passing through?

I think what they are trying to say is - that particular wolf was just passing through from this life to the next. Somebody decided to help the poor critter along at a faster pace. 

[andersonjk4]

  I don't think we ever have to worry about a wolf pack getting established in Whitman County.   

The environment just seems to be hard on 'em.

    

[Special T]

There was a farmer in the Upper skagit valley that had complained to the WDFW about the elk destroying his fences and eating his crops and nothing was done. So he shot an elk in his field and called the game warden to arrest him. He turned himself in so that he could have standing in court to make the state take care of the problem. The local judges decision was to issue him a tag and told him not to do it again. Sooo the farmers shoots another elk and calls the warden to turn himself in. The farmer tells the judge he doesnt want an elk tag, he wants the problem solved.

Is it possible that this farmer turned himself in so that he has legal standing in a lawsuit with the state? There are no federal charges just state charges for a not so endangered animal. Not sure what the penalty is but I would bet the cattlemen associations would fork out some $.  Most bad law stays bad because everyone tries to NOT be the one going to court.  Some farmers have just had enough and their necks are a little stiff.   Just a different take on this.

[KFhunter]

I think WDFW is going to hammer this guy.


As I've said previously who can trust WDFW to allow that a wolf be shot under their stupid "caught in the act" rule when they lie?

“The shooting does not appear to have been associated with a defense-of-life action,” Pamplin said.

The shooting did not appear “to take place under the statutory authority to shoot and kill a wolf that is caught in the act of attacking livestock in the Eastern Washington recovery zone,” he added.

“No citations have been issued as this is an active investigation,” said Steve Crown, state Fish and Wildlife police chief in Olympia. “We will not be releasing the suspect’s information until the investigation is complete and the case has been submitted to prosecutor.” 

Scattered wolf sightings have been reported in Whitman County for years and wolf tracks were confirmed near Rock Lake in November 2013.

Washington has 14 confirmed wolf packs, none of which is in Whitman County.

Pamplin said he was not aware of any incidents with wolves and livestock or pets in 2014. None was confirmed in previous years.

How can Pamplin be such a fool as to say no livestock or pets were killed in 2014?  helooo 


I'd sure like to hear the farmers story....I bet it's a bit different than the WDFW's version. 

[Houndhunter]

Pamplin said he was not aware of any incidents with wolves and livestock or pets in 2014. None was confirmed in previous years.

This stuck out to me as well, is his meaning only in the whitman county or the whole state? The way it looks to me is that his statement is portrayed to mean the whole state which is complete bs. But maybe i'm just read it wrong?

[pianoman9701]

A few things strike me. He chased the wolf in his truck. Dumb. Also, this is not the first poaching investigation. We know of the Twisp incident and subsequent charges. And, there aren't any wolf packs in Whitman Co. The WDFW says so. Why would Steve Crown lie about that?  If a wolf is killed where the WDFW says there aren't any wolf packs, that should be a defense. "I thought the coyote was pretty big but since there are no wolves here,..." This "passing through" garbage is BS. What do you want to bet a pack is acknowledged there within two months.

[KFhunter]

Well if Pamplin went and stood inside my front yard and said the same thing meaning within the scope of my front yard that statement would be true as well.
It's still obscuring the truth and shows us what Mr. Pamplin is all about.


I have zero faith that WDFW is objectively looking at this from all angles.  They're rubbing their hands with glee to finally have someone to make an example of.
remember they failed to get their Stevens CO poacher with $22,500 reward, so they need someone to hang!

[Stein]

Without a pack in the area, the only logical conclusion is that he shot Squatchie's dog.