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Think the WDFW would get mad if they came to work one Monday and found 5 wolf pelts and an SD card with video of them attacking livestock or dogs on their front stoop?
Quote from: high country on August 03, 2011, 08:45:42 AMseth, wolves as well as coyotes, are adaptive.everything that has been studied of the wolves has been done in a very wild area or park, where human interaction is at a minimum. the current crop of predatory wolves introduced have to learn to get by on less abundant food sources and that means they need to head to th nearest light and there will be food there. this is a non issue in yellowstone where they have full time hazers to keep camps free of invasive predators. alaska has large herds of animals and the wolves can follow them with reasonable success. here in the areas affected we have much smaller herds, a large herd of elk may go 50 animals around me. compare that to the smaller herd sizes in alaksa and we are missing a comma or two. the simple answer is that there is no answer as to what wolves will do. they have a strong predatory instinct, and I feel they do not like to be around people, but given that we have dropped them into areas with low numbers of food for them, people will be the food source, be it their childern, pets or selves. it is noble that eco groups want to save the future of an animal that once roamed free here, but the landscape, climate, dispersment of humans increase of pets has taken the once home range of the wolves. to try to reintroduce them without ALL the original aspects of their successful existance is asking for trouble. there is a good reason our forefathers killed them off.Why do you use words like drop them in areas or re-introduce? It is only rumor that wolves have been transplanted in Washington. We may have Wolves that have migrated from other states but we have no dropped or re-introduced any wolves in this state
seth, wolves as well as coyotes, are adaptive.everything that has been studied of the wolves has been done in a very wild area or park, where human interaction is at a minimum. the current crop of predatory wolves introduced have to learn to get by on less abundant food sources and that means they need to head to th nearest light and there will be food there. this is a non issue in yellowstone where they have full time hazers to keep camps free of invasive predators. alaska has large herds of animals and the wolves can follow them with reasonable success. here in the areas affected we have much smaller herds, a large herd of elk may go 50 animals around me. compare that to the smaller herd sizes in alaksa and we are missing a comma or two. the simple answer is that there is no answer as to what wolves will do. they have a strong predatory instinct, and I feel they do not like to be around people, but given that we have dropped them into areas with low numbers of food for them, people will be the food source, be it their childern, pets or selves. it is noble that eco groups want to save the future of an animal that once roamed free here, but the landscape, climate, dispersment of humans increase of pets has taken the once home range of the wolves. to try to reintroduce them without ALL the original aspects of their successful existance is asking for trouble. there is a good reason our forefathers killed them off.
Seth30, Read the link I have provided. It is written by Val Geist. This guy knows what he is talking about, and explains wolf behavior very clearly. Enjoy, it is a good read.http://rliv.com/wolf/GeistStagesOfDepridation.pdf
Update:The neighbors tell me the game warden came out to the guys house and said it definitely wasn't wolves. Not sure how he could tell days afterward, so I am very suspect of that statement, but that's the story in the neighborhood. So does that mean when they come back the guy can protect his dogs, some neighbors are thinking that statement makes it's safe to protect their pets and livestock.
sounds like montana all over again, no that was not a wolf that killed your 800lb bull it was a yote that did it... right
All I know is that I heard they are claiming it wasn't wolves. I don't know if they have any evidence or if they just don't want it to be wolves. I do know that when I talked to the person who saw the wolves, he was sure. Read my first post.
