Regarding “Kill wolves on private land” (Dec. 30): I’m not a rancher, but I started my own business 26 years ago. I know what profit and loss is about, and I respect John Haabberstad’s need to make a profit. The anti-wolf billboards in Spokane Valley are repulsive and represent fearmongering through lies and innuendo. My Dec. 13 op-ed represented facts that …
Wolf Hunting Event Breeds Controversy in Idaho
Hunters in Salmon, Idaho, are just over halfway through a controversial wolf- and coyote-hunting contest hosted by the Idaho for Wildlife Organization. This is the group’s second year hosting the four-day Predator Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous , more commonly referred to as a hunting derby. Steve Alder, executive director of Idaho for Wildlife, says the event—this year’s derby attracted more than 125 hunters—is …
Starwatch: Wolf moon reaches fullness – Chaska Herald: Guest Columns
Just a heads up followers….. tonight is the WOLF MOON!!! We’ll be treated to a long, slow approach between the two brightest planets in 2015, a year that gets off to a running start with a full moon. January’s “wolf” moon reaches fullness at 10:53 p.m. on the 4th. Its name comes from the howling of hungry wolves outside Indian …
Yakima Herald Republic | State works to find balance between wolves, livestock
YAKIMA, Wash. — Unlike the wolves of northeastern Washington whose livestock kills have prompted a public outcry, the small pack in Kittitas County has lived quietly for several years without generating any complaints. So it shocked many wildlife advocates when one of the Teanaway Pack’s females was found dead of a gunshot wound to the hindquarters in October just north …