Posted on 09/01/2006 1:04:04 PM PDT by llevrok
09:47 AM PDT on Friday, September 1, 2006
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho - A central Idaho rancher says 34 lambs and ewes were killed by wolves and he's missing another 124 sheep he fears also fell victim to the predators.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has authorized federal trappers to shoot two wolves.
They're part of a new pack that may be establishing itself in a rugged, mountainous area of spruce and red fir just southeast of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
Rancher Ron Shirts, a 39-year-old Weiser, Idaho, resident, says he began finding dead sheep from his flock of 25-hundred starting August 26th.
He says, "The killing had to have gone on for a long time."
Though Shirts wants more wolves killed, state wolf specialist Steve Nadeau says his agents are still investigating how many predators were involved.
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Too many for wolves.
I'd say they like Wisconsin cows, have migrated to the happiness of California.
Or he could try a few Longhorn steers. Very protective and deadly.
I don't have "cartoonish" views of wolves.
I have wolves.
I did not dispute coyotes.
I know you didn't.Sorry if you took it the wrong way.I just hate cayotes.
No problem. Not very fond of them myself.
They're mean as hell. They spit, they bite and they kick. They are by nature herd animals and are very protective of "their sheep."
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