Category: wolves
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Wolf Identified
There was a wolf that was killing livestock, 120 sheep, in the Circle area last year. Officials finally found and shot it. The state has finally released some information about the wolf. It was not a wild wolf, but a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/01/news/state/20-wolf.txt">"domestic" wolf</a> that somebody let loose. The DNA of the wolf proves this since…
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Wolf Questions
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6310211.stm" >Wild wolves 'good for ecosystems'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Reintroducing wild wolves to the Scottish Highlands would help the local ecosystem, a study suggests.<br />n<br />nWolves, which were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the late 1700s, would help control the numbers of red deer, the team from the UK and Norway said.<br />n<br />nThis would…
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Talking
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/20/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Feds may delist wolf in two states</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Wolves in Montana and Idaho could be taken off the endangered species list even if Wyoming wolves remain listed, federal officials said Tuesday.<br />n<br />nA proposal to delist wolves could come as early as next month.</blockquote><br />n<br />nJust a lot more talk, when will we…
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Stray Wolf Shot
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/11/03/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Agents kill wolf sought in attacks on sheep</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The mystery killer has been killed. Federal agents Thursday morning shot a 106-pound wolf believed to be responsible for sheep kills in Garfield, McCone and Dawson counties late last year and earlier this year.<br />n<br />nAbout 120 sheep died and others were injured in…
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The Problems of Not Being Able to Read
Remember, wolves <u>do not</u> attack human beings.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060906.wwolff0906/BNStory/National/home#" >Wolf that attacked 6 tests negative for rabies</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A lone black wolf that attacked six people, including several young children, in a provincial park over the long weekend has tested negative for rabies, the Algoma Health Unit said Wednesday.<br />n<br />nThe remains of the…
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Wolf Notes
I see there are some ranchers complaining that the state isn't fast enough <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/13/news/state/70-ranchers.txt" title="Billings Gazette Story">killing problem wolves</a>. for their tastes.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>State wildlife officials take too long to authorize the killing of problem wolves, ranchers and others said Friday at a meeting of the agency oversight committee of the Environmental Quality Council.<br…
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Feedgrounds
I see that <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/20/news/wyoming/80-elk.txt">the Governor of Wyoming</a> doesn't care that elk have Brucellosis in Wyoming and are spreading it throughout the area, Montana and Idaho. The Ranchers in Wyoming really need to consider how Gov. Dave Freudenthal is <u>not</u> supporting their industry come election time.<br />n<br />nWhat I don't understand is he wants to…
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What Are They Fighting Over?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/28/news/state/35-delisting.txt">Who will pay for wolf costs undecided</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Since it first declared gray wolves in need of protection, the federal government has paid the bill to help rebuild the predator's population in the Northern Rockies.<br />n<br />nBut with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now declaring wolves recovered and eager to hand off full…
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Illogical
The wolf is considered an endangered species in the United States.<br />n<br />nendangered species: a species threatened with extinction<br />n<br />nYet in Alaska there are so many of them they <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1547174&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312">kill them to boost moose and caribou populations</a> since the wolves kill so many of them. <br />n<br />nIf there are so many wolves…
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Tears
I am just shedding Crocodile tears over the information coming out of the park about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/06/build/wyoming/30-wolf-disease.inc">the wolves</a>. I know the wolves are here to stay whether I like it or not but I will not get upset over a disease problem in them. The wolves will either develop an immunity to Parvo or the…