How is it humanly possible for people in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to say that wolves kill too many elk, when in fact they have all three had record years for the last several years….
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s wildlife commissioners have rejected a proposed increase in the number of gray wolves that can be killed in an area bordering Yellowstone National Park.
The Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission on Thursday rejected a recommendation from wildlife managers to increase the 2016 wolf quota near Gardiner from two animals to six.
Agency officials had cited complaints the predators were eating too many elk wanted by hunters and outfitters.
Spokesman Ron Aasheim says the quota won’t be final until the commission votes again in July.
Park officials and wildlife advocates have argued that wolves spending much of their lives inside Yellowstone should be given special protections.
No hunting is allowed in the park. But wolf hunting has been legal in neighboring Montana since 2011 when they lost their endangered status.
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The hunters and outfitters are bitching because they have to work harder for their kills. They don’t want to compete with natural predators over the same food source. Those are the words of an inferior predator that’s bitter at being bested by a superior rival.