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Agency officials cited complaints the predators were eating too many elk wanted by hunters and outfitters.

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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 …

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Commission rejects tripling wolf hunting quota near Yellowstone 

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The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission shot down the state’s proposal to triple wolf harvest in a hunting district near the northern border of Yellowstone National Park, deciding to stick with the current quota of two. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recommended to the commission that the quota for wolf harvest in wolf management unit 313 — a portion of …

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Wolf trapping in Montana allowed even with an Elk Overpopulation, Support I-177

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Wolf trapping If you reside in Montana, PLEASE SUPPORT I-177 Despite tens of thousands of public comments against wolf trapping, Montana allowed wolf trapping to protect elk even though the elk population had increased by 47 percent since the wolf reintroduction. Now, there are 29,000 too many elk. The massive overpopulation of elk creates fertile ground to spread brucellosis and …