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Wolves and Livestock:The Never Ending Battle
nwwanderer:
All whom question Dr. Kay's article should read his nearly 20 year old wolf/politics study. Seems to me he was on track, probably too conservative. Stop spending money on the beasties. They are will past recovery by any estimation.
wolfbait:
--- Quote from: WAcoyotehunter on June 01, 2015, 07:54:57 AM ---OK- I get that ranchers want wolves controlled, and I get that hunters want wolves controlled. As groups (hunters:ranchers) we seem to have few other common interests. If hunters and ranchers can work together for wolf control, that's great. We should. But we should also recognize that Ranchers and Hunters have different interests for wolf management. The end result might look the same, but the motivations are clearly different.
To say that ranchers are the reason there are no wolves in Colorado and Utah is disingenuous and helps the writer lose credibility right of the bat.
--- End quote ---
"To say that ranchers are the reason there are no wolves in Colorado and Utah is disingenuous and helps the writer lose credibility right of the bat."
WDFW claim wolves started coming into WA in 2002, 13 years later they claim most of WA wolves are in the North East corner of the state, why is that I wonder? According to WDFW it would appear that the wolves are not dispersing. Could it be that taking out some of the wolves that were killing cattle curtailed their movement into the rest of the state? Or are WDFW getting caught in another wolf lie?
My guess is the USFWS have already dumped wolves in Utah as well as Colorado, hard release. It takes awhile before they become noticeable unless they start killing livestock. http://tomremington.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scan0006.pdf
A wolf was shot not too long ago in Colorado.
Officials confirm gray wolf killed in Colorado by legal coyote hunter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 28, 2015
DENVER — Wildlife officials say a coyote-like animal killed near Kremmling was a gray wolf.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that DNA tests at its Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, were used to confirm the species.
A legal coyote hunter shot the animal April 29 and immediately notified state wildlife officials. The gray wolf is listed as an endangered species under state and federal law.
Most gray wolves live in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin but are known to wander thousands of miles in search of food or a mate. A gray wolf that wandered into Colorado in 2009 was found dead along a county road in Rio Blanco County.
Officials later determined the wolf had been poisoned.
source:
http://tinyurl.com/ndo84mw
"Officials later determined the wolf had been poisoned."
Sounds like the folks in Colorado have some wolf recipes, I wonder how many times the USFWS etc. have been caught releasing wolves in Colorado?
jasnt:
I think hunters should tie in with the ranchers over the wolf issue as their interests are basically the same concerning wolf control.
There will be the usual number of fools who believe groups like CNW, DoW, Sierra Club and HSUS support hunters and ranchers in WA, but not many people are easily fooled after the bogus wolf plan.
Bingo we have a winner!
WAcoyotehunter:
:rolleyes: the UPS guy dumping wolves again?? :chuckle:
Gringo31:
Idahohuntr should probably set down his stuffed animal "wolfy" and read the entire article before he plays the "I know more than everyone else" card :twocents:
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