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Yellowstone Wolves

  • Yellowstone Park wolves to decline for second year in a row

    Ralph Maughan

    27 % decline in 2008 will be followed by another decline in ’09- At the end of 2007 there were 171 wolves that lived primarily inside Yellowstone Park, but very high pup mortality due to disease (distemper) along with the natural attrition of adult and sub-adult wolves caused a 27% decline (124 wolves). Disease had…

  • Debate arises whether Montana wolf hunt wiped out Park's Cottonwood Pack

    Ralph Maughan

    Four pack members were killed. Which pack or packs did the other 5 wolves come from? Defenders of Wildlife is disputing with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It does appear that at least some pups from the Cottonwood Pack are left. Maybe some adults survive too. Strictly speaking the Cottonwood Pack has pretty much always…

  • Montana resumes big-game wolf hunt on Sunday

    Ralph Maughan

    Rest of state opens up as well as Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness which had an emergency closure- The quota is 75, of which12 have already been killed. Montana resumes big-game wolf hunt on Sunday. By the Associated Press. Although only 3 more wolves can be taken in the Wilderness area just north of the YNP boundary, if…

  • Montana wolf-hunt quota could change after 9 shot near Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    The remaining quota might be adjusted or other changes made- Montana wolf-hunt quota could change after 9 shot near Yellowstone. By Matthew Brown. AP

  • Wildlife advocates irked by wolf tally next to Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    More reaction on the “unexpectedly” large number of wolf hunt kills next to Yellowstone Park- Wildlife advocates irked by wolf tally. By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle.

  • Kathie Lynch on the Yellowstone Park wolves shot in Montana wolf hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    Details revealed how Park wolf pack was eliminated in Montana wolf hunt- The more you think about it, it is amazing how stupid it was for Montana to begin their wolf hunt right next to Yellowstone Park in the very place most of the wolves live. Kathie Lynch has a lot of detail I was…

  • Researcher: Yellowstone wolves distinct

    Ralph Maughan

    With influence by humans not a factor, packs have older, experienced hunters- The wolves of Yellowstone Park are different than other wolves (even though they all originated some generations ago from Alberta or British Columbia). The reason is lack of human-caused mortality. Doug Smith of Yellowstone Park spoke of this Thursday (story in Billings Gazette)…

  • Kathie Lynch: Summertime 2009 Yellowstone wolf news.

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf watching is slow in this summer’s extra green Yellowstone- While watching has been slow lately in the reconfigured Yellowstone wolf packs, Kathie Lynch has quite a bit of news. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – July and August wolf notes for YNP. By © Kathie Lynch Copyrighted material. Not to be reprinted…

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