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Quote from: bearpaw on March 26, 2012, 10:28:28 AMI didn't read all that was written just the first couple posts.Here's my experience at reporting a wolf sighting to WDFW: A neighbor who lives 2 or 3 miles away heard a loud commotion in his backyard. He went out to see what was happening and wolves were circling his kennel of german shepards trying to attack them. He ran into the house and came back out, now there were five adult wolves trying to attack his german shepards, he was afraid the wolves were going to go over the top of the keenel fencing so he fired shots in the air to scare them off. As soon as he started shooting the wolves took off.I went to school with this guy and he has lived in this area his entire life. His dad was a principal in our local scool system for years. He has seen deer, bear, cougar, moose, and countless coyotes on his property which is at the base of a large mountain area. I beleive everything the guy told me and there is no doubt in my mind that he saw 5 wolves or wolf hybrids. I asked him if I could report the incident and he agreed.I notified WDFW and in a day or two recieved a less than pleasant phone call from the Region 1 manager, telling me they were coyotes before the investigation was even complete. He also went on to chew me out for copying the information to my legislators. I lost all respect for that man and will publicly tell him that to his face when I get the chance. For his superiors in Olympia, if you even care, his name is Steve Pozzanghera, I suggest you send him to a customer service class and tell him to show the public a little more respect. I have spent a fair amount of time outdoors and have never seen or heard of 5 adult coyotes traveling together in the summer time, much less attacking german shepards who weight 3 to 4 times as much as most coyotes. I told that to Pozzanghera and he had no reply. That is the current situation in WDFW, at least some of their personel have been covering up all the wolf sightings they can. Only due to the outcry of citizens and the transfer of wolf management to the wildlife management department is there finally some effort to document sightings. I hope the lady in Tonasket has a much more pleasant experience with the WDFW. Question for those in the know. You report wolf sightings on your property 3-4 times, with an incident like this, another time maybe it's tracks or a blurry trail cam pic, and they are sworn off as coyotes or hybrids everytime. The next time it happens, you say "F it" and shoot one or 2 of those Coyote/hybrids before the rest scatter. Then you call the authorities and they find out it was actually a wolf. Will you get into trouble? Very good question indeed.
I didn't read all that was written just the first couple posts.Here's my experience at reporting a wolf sighting to WDFW: A neighbor who lives 2 or 3 miles away heard a loud commotion in his backyard. He went out to see what was happening and wolves were circling his kennel of german shepards trying to attack them. He ran into the house and came back out, now there were five adult wolves trying to attack his german shepards, he was afraid the wolves were going to go over the top of the keenel fencing so he fired shots in the air to scare them off. As soon as he started shooting the wolves took off.I went to school with this guy and he has lived in this area his entire life. His dad was a principal in our local scool system for years. He has seen deer, bear, cougar, moose, and countless coyotes on his property which is at the base of a large mountain area. I beleive everything the guy told me and there is no doubt in my mind that he saw 5 wolves or wolf hybrids. I asked him if I could report the incident and he agreed.I notified WDFW and in a day or two recieved a less than pleasant phone call from the Region 1 manager, telling me they were coyotes before the investigation was even complete. He also went on to chew me out for copying the information to my legislators. I lost all respect for that man and will publicly tell him that to his face when I get the chance. For his superiors in Olympia, if you even care, his name is Steve Pozzanghera, I suggest you send him to a customer service class and tell him to show the public a little more respect. I have spent a fair amount of time outdoors and have never seen or heard of 5 adult coyotes traveling together in the summer time, much less attacking german shepards who weight 3 to 4 times as much as most coyotes. I told that to Pozzanghera and he had no reply. That is the current situation in WDFW, at least some of their personel have been covering up all the wolf sightings they can. Only due to the outcry of citizens and the transfer of wolf management to the wildlife management department is there finally some effort to document sightings. I hope the lady in Tonasket has a much more pleasant experience with the WDFW.
Yes, there are situations with hybrids living a life without incidences, but it's 50% plus with the rates on non-incidental and incidental lives of hybrids.
Quote from: humanure on March 26, 2012, 06:49:11 PMYes, there are situations with hybrids living a life without incidences, but it's 50% plus with the rates on non-incidental and incidental lives of hybrids.You got a source for that?
