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Big Game Hunting => Wolves => Topic started by: MadHatter on May 10, 2013, 11:04:07 PM

Title: Interesting Plaque
Post by: MadHatter on May 10, 2013, 11:04:07 PM: Was at the zoo for a day with the wife yesterday and found these at their wolf exhibit...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F05%2F11%2Fme5ajy9y.jpg&hash=58318ee2a59bb15aeba96cd38270a05ab9cb9741)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F05%2F11%2Fy9ere6un.jpg&hash=a167f1495a6894e310821bd53466447880ce2801)

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Title: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: elk247 on May 10, 2013, 11:09:19 PM: 30 individuals? :bash: :bash:
Title: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: Smossy on May 10, 2013, 11:10:40 PM: :o
Title: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: jackelope on May 11, 2013, 08:21:14 AM: Quote from: elk247 on May 10, 2013, 11:09:19 PM
30 individuals? :bash: :bash:

Old, outdated signs. They've been there a while.
Title: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: snowpack on May 12, 2013, 09:07:51 AM: reading that sign might lead one to think that wolves are the ONLY predator that controls ungulate populations. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: MadHatter on May 12, 2013, 02:02:26 PM: Quote from: jackelope on May 11, 2013, 08:21:14 AM
Quote from: elk247 on May 10, 2013, 11:09:19 PM
30 individuals? :bash: :bash:
Old, outdated signs. They've been there a while.

Actually funny enough I asked a staff member there as their "wolf exhibit interpretator" , they said they had just replaced them with "new, updated information." :dunno:

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Title: Re: Interesting Plaque
Post by: raydog on May 13, 2013, 06:05:54 PM: Notice next to where it says "wolves are important to the ecosystem" the picture is a cute cuddly wolf photo.
Title: Interesting Plaque
Post by: iRem on May 13, 2013, 06:50:02 PM: What gets me is that it states "The wolves were not reintroduced into the state but are disappearing on their own"??