A new ecology study has posited a strong link between sanctioned hunting and poaching ofendangered/threatened large carnivores. Written by Professors Guillaume Chapron (Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden) and Adrian Treves (Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 30A Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI, USA) and published by …
Why Wyoming Officials Cant be Trusted with our Wolves or Grizzlies
Wyoming Officials to Continue to Tromp on the Public Trust!! Come on People…. WGF officials and Wyoming Dept of Agriculture have already proven they can not be trusted by selling or allowing BANNED Poisons to be sold to USDA FWS!! When will people pull their heads out of their $##%#@# and say enough is enough…….. WGF’S commissioner, is a Rancher named …
OSU study says wolves’ elk impacts aid Yellowstone trees
An analysis by two Oregon State University professors of 24 studies over a 15-year period has in fact confirmed that wolves, and their influence on elk represent a major reason for the recovery of trees that had previously been declining for decades in Yellowstone National Park. which in turn will also aid other wildlife populations! Source: OSU study says wolves’ …
Sadly It’s not biology, The controversy about wolves is cultural politics
Except for the uninterested, and there a quite a few of them, the 21-year old controversy over wolf restoration in the West is not really about wolves. Unfortunately instead, it has become another “values” contest. To some degree it has also become another red versus blue dispute. When wolves were first reintroduced in 1995, with a second batch in 1996, …