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  • [Montana] Legislator wants state to fight feds over wolves

    Brian Ertz

    Some pretty reactive folk in Montana are looking to take on the feds with state legislation to “manage” wolves. Legislator wants state to fight feds over wolves – Daily Inter Lake – – – – – – These are the usual suspects: “Friends of the Northern Range Yellowstone Elk,” an anti-wolf state senator (Joe Balyeat) who…

  • Impacts have hunters howling

    Ralph Maughan

    Articles like this spread misperception- Impacts have hunters howling. Rapid growth of packs, observers say, mirror decline in deer numbers. By Jim Mann, Northwest Daily InterLake. In fact the number of wolves in Montana, including this area are down this year. The number of wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming is no longer growing. For…

  • Killing of Hog Heaven pack draws cries of protest

    Ralph Maughan

    Fortunately the Hog Heaven Pack’s slaughter is not going away. You can bet more of this is planned- Killing of Pack Draws Cries of Protest. By Jim Mann. Northwest Montana Daily InterLake. In the article, it reads “Laudon [of MT Fish, Wildlife, Parks] said he can imagine what it would be like if the state…

  • Montana hunters say they had a close encounter with wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    What really happened was probably a matter of interpretation. The hunters were not injured or even touched- Story on the close encounter. Helena Independent Record. By Eve Byron. “The idea of them charging people — I’ve never heard of that,” Bangs said on Tuesday. “But that doesn’t mean this guy doesn’t think he was charged.…

  • Slaughter of Hog Heaven Pack condemned by Montanans and wildlife groups

    Ralph Maughan

    State and feds’ behavior called “outrageous” “unnecessary”– Story: “Montanans, wildlife groups condemn state, feds for wolf pack slaughter.” Missoulian. The coalition (Wildlife Watchers and Big Wildlife) issuing this statement also said the action left many questions unanswered and that the public must be given specific formation about the killing of so many wolves.

  • Montana wolf news. Massacre by the Wildlife Services

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana FWP oversees wiping out a pack of 27 wolves- Wildlife Services has killed 19 members of the Hog Heaven Pack over a three day period. The news reports said the pack originally had 27 members. Now it is gone. This is 8 per cent of Montana’s wolves for scattered killings over the year. I’ve…

  • Questions arise over tallies of wolf depredation figures in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Claim is that more are killed than reported- Yes, and given Wildlife Services’ seeming intent to reduce wolf populations by control after “depredations”, it seems just as likely the depredation figures are inflated. At any rate, the cost is small. Many people as individuals have lost far more in the decline of their retirement funds,…

  • On the the new wolf delisting scheme

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming is the biggest thorn in the delisters side- As folks pretty much all know, the Bush Administration, mostly likely at the initiative of Secretary Kempthone and cronies, is trying for one last quick stab at delisting the wolf before a new President replaces them. If folks work hard, they will probably be defeated again;…

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