85 percent of all wolf kills that have occurred in Oregon have taken place on private property.. Imported Canadian (not native) Huge wolvess have killed cows, horses, guard dogs, sheep and llamas as well as calves.
There were about 1,000 Imported Canadian (not native) Huge wolves in the lower 48 states when the wolves received ESA protections in 1975, .
Now there are over 5,000 of Imported Canadian (not native) Huge wolves in the US that often carry the infection : Echinococcus granulosus.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3732683/posts
It was a disaster when they imported Canadian wolves into the lower 48 but more of a disaster when they put them on the ESA list.
It makes no sense at all because wolves are not needed for a balanced ecosystem in the western states. We have thousands of deer and elk hunters and state wildlife agencies manage game populations just fine without wolves.
It doesn’t take a genius to know that depredation wouldn’t be much of a problem in the absence of wolves.