OT: Wolf Watch - Page 1

I don't know why I bother posting it, because it'll just get mysteriously removed like last weeks post regarding wolves.

Anyway, I recall someone asking about the Druid pack, wondering what their numbers were currently at.

The answer two months ago would have been "eleven", but now, there is only ONE.

http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_33d60bd8-2755-11df-b3d9-001cc4c03286.html

The alpha female was killed by a neighboring pack, so the alpha male wandered off, abandoning his offspring who have all died either from other rivals or from mange.

Whats more concerning is the three state battle over how to control the population since the endangered status has been lifted.

Man removed them once from the environment and could easily do it again.
And its not just the wolf.

Moons.

Did you happen to read the "comments" page on that editorial??.......wow!

What's "not just the wolf?"  You mean all the other species of animals and plants that are at risk as well, and can be affected by what occurs with the wolf, because the wolf is a "keystone" species in the environment?

SAD TO SEE THEM GO OUT LIKE THAT...THE THREE PACKS ARE ALL RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER SOME WAY SOME HOW!!!

Very sad, maybe the old male that wondered off has another family somewhere??  Let's hope so.  n

I had read somewhere a while ago that the Druid pack was killed by hunters in the first days of the "wolf season" that opened as soon as their federal protection lifted.  So sad.

molly

crhuerta, I agree.  I read those those comments on the article. Kinda scary, actually.

We had a poor fox come into the horse barn with mange.  It had no hair on it's tail and was becoming weak.  I was told, if you put  wormer in bait that would kill the mange. 

I wonder why they couldn't  have done that for the wolves?

Sadly, though, the wolves aren't native to the area and are in fact destroying large numbers of the elk population.  They were brought in to control the bison.  They prefer elk, and frequently kill pregnant females solely for the fetal elk inside...Leaving the mother sometimes alive, to bleed to death, as they have little interest in her.

I love wolves, always have.  But the wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming aren't the native timber wolf, these are the larger Canadian timber wolf...Some of them bagged this hunting season were near the two hundred pound bracket, others were larger.  The native wolf to this area is half that size.

These wolves are not native to the area, and shouldn't have been brought here.  If reintroduction was to happen, it should have been with the native wolf.  The brains in goverment decided that a wolf was a wolf was a wolf, and stuck these guys in there.  These wolves have done hundreds of kills where they haven't even eaten their prey...Just killed for fun.  The native wolves didn't hunt like that.  They hunted to eat.

I feel for the plight of these wolves, but they don't belong here, and it stands to reason that without help, they won't last...They are destroying their prey base too fast...And not for survival, either.  I want to see wolves here, but not the huge Canadian wolf...Send them back north and reintroduce our native timber wolves.

Just my opinion, and one likely not shared by many, but it's the truth.  I am not a rancher, and I am not a fan of killing everything that bothers you.  I believe that LGDs are a good option to protect your livestock from wolves.  Bottom line, though, is that these 200 pound wolves belong up north where the snow is deep and they get sufficient challenge in bringing down their prey...Where mortality keeps their numbers in check, and the prey animals are able to hold their own.  Down here, the wolves should be the smaller, native wolves.

Crys