Posted on 10/10/2022 5:42:17 AM PDT by george76
New wolf depredation incidents are being reported in northern Colorado. First, in Rio Blanco County, just south of Meeker, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed 18 head of 600-pound calves were attacked and killed by wolves
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on the LK Ranch, owned by Lenny and Jackie Klinglesmith. The cattle were up in their summer pasture, when the wolf depredation incidents were discovered. Travis Duncan with Colorado Parks and Wildlife says necropsies on each animal have been performed and it is an active investigation.
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A second Colorado wolf depredation incident was in the past few days in Jackson County, near Pole Mountain, according to Adam VanValkenburg who is the president of the North Park Stockgrowers Association.
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A pack of six black wolves and one gray wolf have been reported in Jackson County, and have been responsible for the deaths of five cows, two dogs, and a calf. Another rancher got a video of the pack crossing Jackson County Road 28 on Sept. 18.
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Adam VanValkenburg and Lenny Klinglesmith were recently at a gathering of nearly two dozen Colorado livestock ranchers and educators in Montana. Routt County Rancher Jo Stanko was there along with Todd Hagenbuch, who is the Agriculture Agent and County Director for the CSU Extension Office in Routt County. They met with Montana ranchers who have been dealing with wolves for 20 years, to learn how best to manage the wolves in Colorado.
VanValkenburg says the Montana ranchers say lethal management best changes a wolf’s behavior. That can be done through hunting, or if a wolf is attacking or harassing livestock.
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wolves are already here, as reported in Jackson and Rio Blanco counties. He says the best thing to do now is to move forward since ranchers have to deal with it.
Colorado ranchers are not allowed to shoot a wolf. If they do, it’s one year in jail, a $100,000 fine, and the loss of hunting privileges for life.
Back in 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( Ed Bangs ) kicked off its “Northern Rockies Wolf Recovery Project” with the release of Canadian timber , Huge wolves in Yellowstone National Park. . At that time, Yellowstone’s northern elk herd was 20,000 elk living in the park and in the adjacent areas.
Then, the experimental, non-essential Canadian timber wolf population of the Greater Yellowstone Area decimated the elk, deer, moose, and other animals.
https://bowhunting.net/artman/publish/Lobo_Watch/Which_Wolf_Is_The_Right_Wolf.shtml
- Use the way back machine.
“Hey. They’re just doing their job to feed their canine family”
Not necessarily. After they have had their fill, wolves are known to kill for the sport of it and leave the carcass uneaten,
I never heard that one
Yes, they can be vicious just for the fun of it.
What’s a cow worth these days?
Would it be worthwhile to hire some cowboys to ride heard again?
I think we all know the best way to manage wolves. 😏
What’s a cow worth these days?
Would it be worthwhile to hire some cowboys to ride heard again?
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The ranchers will do what they need to do and be quiet about it.
And turn a bunch loose in Central_Va too.
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