Utah Wolves
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Druid 253, Rest in Peace By © Kathie Lynch It has been nearly a week since I returned from Yellowstone, and I still find it hard to muster my usual enthusiasm. The feelings of anger and despair caused by the cold-blooded murder of Druid wolf 253M, combined with the daily horror of watching bison march…
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Wolf’s death stirs fears for species’ fate. Utahns mourn loss of 253M; advocates heat up criticism of delisting. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune. This is Patty Henetz’s second artice on 253. I see she contacted a number of folks who post here.
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For years people have been asked me whatever happened to famous wolf 253M, the wolf that went to Utah and later became the beta male of the Druid Pack in Yellowstone Park. I thought by now this 3-legged wolf would have passed on, but it has now been confirmed that he was gunned down near…
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Wyoming ranchers outside wolf zone say they’ll only target offending animals. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. The ranchers in article say the Wyoming wolves in their new “vermin” zone come Friday won’t be immediately indiscriminately killed. It would cost too much. These predator control boards that have been set up are in fact rolling…
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This is posted as a comment by Joe (thanks!!), and was mentioned earlier by another comment (and Ed Bang’s included it in his latest report). This Utah wolf pack is near Colorado, and also near Wyoming where they will get to kill every wolf outside a small area in the NW corner of the state…
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Technically there aren’t any wolves in Utah, although there really are probably a few in northern Utah. Nevertheless, Northern Utah was included in the Northern Rockies wolf delisting. So was Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. All these places would highly likely to see wolf in-migration. I can see only one reason for this — it’s…
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As expected, today the Department of Interior announced the proposed delisting of wolves in Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming because of their failure to come up with an adequate wolf conservation plan. Flat-out delisting of wolves in the Great Lakes States was announced. Here is the news release wolfnrs012907.pdf Update 1-30-2007. Feds to delist…