USFWS
the 3 S's comes to mind....
........shoot, shovel and shut-up.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if those are demonstrable wolf kills, aren't the cattle owners reimbursed by the government?
There are at least 75 wolves in at least nine packs in Park County.
How stupid can people be? In Texas we shot anything on our property (except people) without thinking twice about it. Kill the damned wolves - both those killing the cows and those protecting the dogs.
If anyone cares to read the original congressional legislation establishing wolves in Yellowstone, the number congress approved was about 300 wolves. The legislation also includes managing the packs and assessing the economic impact of wolves on the local economy. If the economic impact was negative, the wolves were to be controlled or removed.
Now I'm not real sure about this, and I'm sure that residents near Yellowstone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty certain that Canadian grey wolves were not original residents of the Yellowstone territory. I thought it was the red wolf (canis rufus) as the original animal around yellowstone.
I have not been keeping current about the wolf controversy around Yellowstone and last looked at the situation in 2003. We have other concerns where I live.
We've got wolves coming out of butts here in the upper Midwest. Some Marxist judge living about a thousand miles away made the royal ruling that wolves may not be managed in the upper Midwest because he'll cry. Stupid a**hole.
So SS & S goes on and Mr. Grey Wolf cannot huff and puff and blow your house down with meting Mr. 30-30.
America, is this a great country or what....
The children are next! The children are next!
Sick humor aside, the pampered predator problem is much the same all over America. As soon as predators lose their fear of man, they become problems.
The entire predator management problem was foretold nearly a century ago, and by the first naturalist of Yellowstone Park, no less! Check page 109 of The Yellowstone Park Nature Book.
Predator populations are not the real issue. Transforming America into a nation of socialized land is the real driving force behind the assorted, sordid "endangered species" programs.