Montana proposes to triple wolf harvest near Yellowstone Montana officials want to triple the number of gray wolves hunters and trappers can kill in an area bordering Yellowstone National Park, citing complaints the predators are eating too many elk wanted by hunters and outfitters. The potential change marks the latest turn in a dispute that kicked off when endangered species …
Lloyd: Man made problem led wolves to kill elk.
Wyoming complains Elk are over populated…. when will humans learn that Mother Nature does a better job than they do?????? A lot of noise has been made about the 19 elk killed last month by a pack of wolves in Bondurant. What has been lost throughout much of the coverage are the facts about what actually led to this extremely …
Wolf pack dodges eradication this time…
Aerial shooting needs to be stopped Wildlife managers have been foiled so far in attempts to eliminate a large wolf pack that has shed bovine blood in the Bondurant area all spring. Once numbering 16 wolves but cut by aerial gunning to 11 animals, the Dell Creek Pack has persistently preyed on cattle on private ranchland about 25 miles southeast …
The Truth About Wolf Surplus Killing: Unlike Humans, Its for Survival, Not Sport
You probably saw the headlines a couple weeks ago when a pack of wolves near Jackson, Wyoming, killed 19 elk in a single night. The event was blown up by CNN, The Guardian, and others as an example of the threat re-introduced wolf populations in the American west present to game and livestock. “We’re not sure what triggers surplus killing,” …