George, to receive restitution in these case requires signing a nondisclosure agreement. Anyone who took the cash can't talk about it, not even to dispute the envirowackies that claim no restitution has ever been paid.
Wolves, on the other hand, are another story, he said. The ( CANADIAN ) wolves were forced into Yellowstone by an act of Congress, not by Mother Nature...
Now that they have discovered the lush Dunoir Valley, the wolves have repeatedly chased cattle and killed at least eight dogs and a 2-week-old paint colt on the Diamond G.
The financial loss is somewhat compensated by the group Defenders of Wildlife, which reimburses ranchers full market value for confirmed wolf kills. Officials, however, sometimes cannot confidently determine the cause of death, so some losses are not compensated.
The killings take their emotional toll, too.
“We don’t want to lose our dogs to them,” Robinett said. “We don’t want to lose our horses to them.”
Further, the threat of wolf attacks means the Robinetts must devote many hours monitoring their herds. They hire extra hands in the summer, patrol the pastures at night, and keep vigilant watch for the wolves...
Environmentalists from around the West were outraged. Some even called the Robinetts with death threats.
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