WDFW to take lethal action on Togo pack.

[PA BEN]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20180824/up-a-tree-forest-service-worker-describes-wolf-ordeal

[Curly]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20180824/up-a-tree-forest-service-worker-describes-wolf-ordeal

Thanks for posting that.

[wolfbait]

Up a tree: Forest Service worker describes wolf ordeal


http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180824/up-a-tree-forest-service-worker-describes-wolf-ordeal

Another link for those who are not subscribed to the Capital Press.


Imagine the horror the school teacher went through before and while the wolves were killing her.


DNA and Investigation Confirm Candice Bernier Killed by Wolves

https://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2011/12/07/dna-and-investigation-confirm-candice-bernier-killed-by-wolves/

[CAMPMEAT]

I bet I know the rancher who was protecting his cattle in Ferry County... Good for him and screw the anti- AMERICAN wolf lovers.

[PA BEN]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20180827/rancher-says-wolves-driving-him-off-range#disqus_thread

[wolfbait]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20180827/rancher-says-wolves-driving-him-off-range#disqus_thread

Thanks for posting 

As the article stated, wolf predation on livestock will only get worse, as wolves and other predators deplete their prey base.

Mean while WDFW and CNW etc. are probably celebrating, another rancher moves off public lands.

[jackelope]

Sounds like the rancher hit the Wolf after all.

https://komonews.com/news/local/eastern-wash-rancher-shoots-injures-wolf

[CAMPMEAT]

Why do these liberals equate these killer wolves to humans ? Wolf families or whatever makes them try to make the public, who knows absolutely nothing about wolves, feel sorry for these killing machines.......

[notawolffan]

https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/updates.php

OLYMPIA – A Thurston County Superior Court judge today issued an order permitting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to initiate lethal action to remove the adult male wolf from a pack that has repeatedly preyed on livestock in northeast Washington.

WDFW Director Kelly Susewind welcomed the decision by Judge Carol Murphy to deny a request for a preliminary injunction by two environmental groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands, which would have prohibited the wolf’s removal. In rejecting the plaintiffs’ request, Murphy said they had not met the legal standard required for her to issue an injunction.

As a result, a temporary restraining order issued by the court on Aug. 20, which has prohibited WDFW’s lethal removal action, will expire at 5 p.m. today.

Consistent with the department’s wolf-livestock interaction protocol, Susewind authorized WDFW staff to kill the adult male member of the Togo pack after investigators confirmed the pack had been involved in six livestock depredations in the past 10 months and three in the 30 days preceding Aug. 20.

A rancher said he shot at the wolf, which has been fitted with a GPS collar, in self-defense on Aug. 23. WDFW staff have confirmed the wolf sustained what appeared to be a broken leg, although it has remained mobile.

Susewind said the department would implement the lethal removal action upon the expiration of the temporary restraining order, based on the recommendation of WDFW wolf managers, who said:

    There is no evidence to indicate the pack’s behavior – the killing of livestock – will change.
    While the male wolf is injured, the adult female may have trouble feeding both the adult male and her two pups unless she continues to prey on livestock.
    It is more difficult for wolves to successfully capture wild game animals, such as deer and elk, than cows and calves.

More information about the Togo pack, including reports of the investigations into six livestock depredations attributed to the pack, are available at https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/updates.php.   

[pianoman9701]

Get the chopper up before they change their minds.

[wolfbait]

Get the chopper up before they change their minds.

I'm sure CNW and WDF&wolves will be chomping at the bit to kill some wolves now, well maybe half a wolf, the one that has a shot up leg.


And of course this will no doubt set delisting back a few more years.

But don't worry because according to WDFW "data" wolves have not impacted the game herds, and that's after 16 years.


"It ain't black and white, especially in a purple state like this one. And just because some of us want to see native species back on suitable wild landscapes, even carnivores, doesn't mean we want to see them go unmanaged or cause legitimate harm to the health of other wildlife populations (something the data is clear has not yet happened in WA in regards to deer and elk (https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01948/))"


 "It is more difficult for wolves to successfully capture wild game animals, such as deer and elk, than cows and calves."

It's especially hard to "capture" wild game that has already been turned into wolf scat.

[JimmyHoffa]

Get the chopper up before they change their minds.

  And turn off cell phones and radio comms.

[boneaddict]

He’s collared and they know where he is at, shouldn’t take long.

[Ridgeratt]

He’s collared and they know where he is at, shouldn’t take long.

And he is Limping! 

[jackelope]

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/togo-pack-wolf-taken-out-by-state-marksman/