Two wolves from Washington state gray wolf pack killed for preying on cattle

nbcnews.com ^ | 9/26/12 | Miguel Llanos

[cpdiii]

Sorry folks.... anyone that thinks reintroducing wolves to Washington is a fool. The eco-system that supported wolves is no longer in place. It has been replaced by farms and livestock. Wolves are a super predator and a very bad idea in any area with a measurable population density.

That was a good post. When wolves kill cattle they are just doing what is instinctive.

The real issue is, Can wolves and cattle coexist in the same geographical area? The answer is they can not.

The sane policy is to have areas where the wolves are protected and at the same time it would be permissible to kill them if they are out of the protected area.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

I’ll take the pelts off their hands brushed and tanned with the head intact they could bring a small fortune !

[Vendome]

.308 or .338 Lapua....Cure for the common cold and wolves...

[SeaHawkFan]

In 1996, the state legislature outlawed the use of dogs in hunting bears and cougars. As a result, small prey animals have been virtually eliminated, and led to a significant reduction in the number of deer and elk in areas occupied by cougars.

The fact that wolves are going after domesticated animals should come as no surprise.

[freedomfiter2]

I think Idaho’s got the right idea for wolves in another way: fund their management by selling wolf tags to hunters, who can also manage them in a very direct way.

They’ll have to since the animals that hunters really like to hunt will have severely falling populations.

[Travis McGee]

Wolf packs will attack and eat cattle? No way!
Who knew? Who could have imagined such a thing?

[DaveA37]

Wolves were all be eliminated before and it can/might happen again. It may take some time of “shoot-shovel-shutup” control including other means as well.

Wolves were introduced here in central Wisconsin as well but thus far, no “control” has been experienced thus far. A hunting season has been established and results are minimal at best with established kill numbers very small.
More “SSS” type control will go on for some time to come as the deer herds a being reduced significantly and hunters certainly don’t like that happening.

[PowderMonkey]

"You're breeding velociraptors!?"

Dr. Ian Malcolm: John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is... it's not possible. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh... well, there it is...I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way. - "Jurassic Park"

[Travis McGee]

I think wolf packs should be reintroduced to their native habitats in Seattle, San Francisco, Manhattan etc.

[cunning_fish]

How it could ever be a news? In Eastern Europe people are paid for killing wolves.

[bert]

It must be noted that the Wolf Pack savaged the citadel last Saturday 51-14

[Caipirabob]

In the real world - not the one the left lives in - wolves are “shoot on sight”. Period. No exceptions.

[Travis McGee]

Ouch!

[DuncanWaring]

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