The Wildlife News

April 2008

  • Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition fundraiser – Cascade, Idaho

    Brian Ertz

    On April 2 Ron Gillette spoke during a fundraiser in Cascade Idaho. The Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition hopes to build funds to pass a voter-initiative in the state of Idaho seeking to eradicate wolves from the state. Many have asked about the video of this meeting in Cascade, Idaho. An edited version is posted below. As…

  • Washington State cougars pushed to the brink

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougars in chaos. How a state hunting policy pushed Washington’s big cats to the brink. April 14, 2008. By Liza Gross. High Country News. Earlier I posted. Special Washington cougar hunt backfires Other states like Idaho and Oregon are headed down the same path.

  • California wolverine came from the Rocky Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    The wolverine was thought to be extinct in California. Then a remote sensing camera photographed one and its scat was collected. DNA evidence from the scat analysis says it came from the Rocky Mountains. Did it walk to California? California wolverine came from the Rocky Mountains. By Dylan Darling. Redding.com

  • Massive bighorn sheep die-off in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Massive bighorn sheep die-off in Montana. WWP blog. Once again, domestic sheep have destroyed a bighorn sheep herd.

  • Buffalo spirit rite in Yellowstone Tuesday

    Ralph Maughan

    Buffalo spirit rite in Yellowstone Tuesday. Jackson Hole News and Guide. The big bison slaughter has offended many Native Americans.

  • Druids den near traditional den site

    Ralph Maughan

    I’m still at Yellowstone and there is interesting wolf news. Druids- The Druid Peak Pack, after using alternative dens the last two years, has returned to the area on Druid Peak to den where they did from 1997 to 2005. It is probably not the same dens, but basically in the dense area of conifers…

  • NYT: In the West, a Fierce Battle Over Wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    In the West, a Fierce Battle Over Wolves. By Kirk Johnson. New York Times. – – – – Most of the focus has been on Wyoming. So far 3 illegal killings of wolves in east central and eastern Idaho have been detected.

  • WY Game and Fish . . ."People shouldn't be alarmed," but 13 are dead already

    Ralph Maughan

    WY Game and Fish . . .”People shouldn’t be alarmed,” but 13 are dead already [I rewrote the headline]. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. At the Chico Conference one of the best papers made it clear that the Wyoming plan’s cutoff of the migration route south by putting it in the wolf-are-vermin zone, is…

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