The Wildlife News

May 2010

  • Biologist pleads guilty to luring America's last jaguar to trap

    Ralph Maughan

    Emil McCain pleads guilty to a misdemeanor crime: illegal take of an endangered species- Jaguar trapper guilty. Arizona Daily Star

  • Idaho Fish and Game authorizes wolf kills in Lolo Zone

    Ken Cole

    Will allow 4 outfitters to kill 5 wolves each Idaho Fish and Game authorizes wolf kills in Lolo Zone. Lewiston Tribune Online

  • Alaska Senator: Oil Company Whore

    Ralph Maughan

    Lisa Murkowski blocks Senate bill To Raise Oil Spill Liability Cap (with VIDEO)- Murkowski said wanted to protect the “mom and pop” oil companies from having to face large liabilities. Mom and pop oil companies? If you can’t pay for your damages, you should not get a permit! Story. – – – – Update May…

  • Firsthand witness account of Tuesay's Buffalo haze

    Ralph Maughan

    Jim McDonald’s Account of Montana’s DOL pushing bison into Yellowstone Park- This is the time of year when Montana’s Department of Livestock pushes bison back into the Park for no real reason except to demonstrate that they run things in the area. Activist Jim McDonald has written a long essay on a blog describing the…

  • Minerals Management Service to undergo reform?

    Ralph Maughan

    Salazar claims he will solve problems by dividing the oil leasing/revenue collecting agency- It’s an obscure agency in the Dept of Interior to some, but not to the oil companies or the federal treasury. It collects more money than any federal agency except the IRS. It has been the seat of a number a scandals…

  • New major book on wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    I assume this replaces “Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation”, ed. by Mech and Botiani- The above is a very important book that I consult often and learned a great deal from. It is time for an update given all the recent research. The new book is The World of Wolves: New Perspectives on Ecology, Behavior…

  • Moose declines puzzling. Habitat, malnutrition, predators play roles

    Ralph Maughan

    I think the studies show Jackson Hole moose are slowly starving- There is a story in today’s Jackson Hole News and Guide. Moose declines puzzling. Habitat, malnutrition, predators play roles. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole, WY I don’t see much evidence of direct population depression from predation, especially wolf predation, here.  Predators do disproportionately take…

  • Interior Science Has Integrity Issues, Inspector General Says

    Ken Cole

    Politics still reigns supreme in the Interior Department A new report outlines how very little has changed under Obama and Salazar. Science is being ignored and managers manipulate it to support predetermined political outcomes. In my experience, I would say that the Interior Department under Obama and Salazar is as bad or worse than under…

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