At the budget hearing this morning on Idaho’s Wolf Depredation Control Board, to which lawmakers have been allocating $400,000 a year in state funds for the past three years to contract to have problem wolves killed, the board reported that its cost per wolf killed has been dropping. “In fiscal year ’16, the cost per wolf removal was $9,005 dollars …
Idaho May Offer Hunters Bounties for Bad Wolves, Allow Bait
Idaho is way under corruption with this one, and offering a bounty…. what kind of Elected Officials do we have? All to benefit the Rancher Once again….. If they cant make it on their own, they need to locate a different protection because WE are tired of tax dollars benefiting Ranchers! BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Fish …
Groups reach deal on Idaho wolf derby lawsuit
BOISE — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by environmental groups involving a wolf- and coyote-shooting contest in Idaho as part of a settlement agreement that requires federal officials to notify the groups if another contest is planned. The agreement on Wednesday follows several years of court skirmishes between the groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management involving …
Idaho wolf-killing account to get $400K more for ‘slush fund’ towards Wolf Slaughter
BOISE – The Idaho Legislature’s joint budget committee voted Wednesday to give $400,000 to the Wolf Control Depredation Board next year to kill problem wolves – even though the board will start the year with more than the $600,000 it’s budgeted to spend. Rep. Phylis King, D-Boise, proposed that the Legislature allocate the board more. “I think they have plenty …