Wildlife Services

  • The Ugly Cost of Killing

    Brian Ertz

    Wendy Keefover-Ring highlights Wildlife Service’s ‘War on Wildlife’ given the current budget crisis, highlighting its cost to the American tax-payer. The Ugly Cost of Killing – Huffington Post Many of us are struggling financially, even while we watch Congress wrangle over deficit levels, tax cuts or increases and political ideology. Much is wrong with our…

  • Niemeyer: Wolves didn't kill cow near Eagle last week

    Ken Cole

    It died of birthing problems Last week there was a big story about how wolves had killed a cow in the foothills above Eagle, Idaho, which most of you probably know is just west of Boise. Well, Carter Niemeyer, – the Montana western supervisor for Wildlife Services from 1975-1990 and the Wildlife Services Montana wolf…

  • Wildlife Services revises Idaho Wolf Environmental Assessment

    Ken Cole

    Drops gassing of pups in their dens and sterilization but continues heavy handed killing of wolves. Public Comments accepted until January 3, 2011 In anticipation of Monday’s federal court hearing of a case brought by Western Watersheds Project, Wildlife Services has revised its Idaho Wolf Environmental Assessment. While the new EA drops gassing of wolf…

  • Carter Niemeyer strongly questions Wildlife Services report.

    Ken Cole

    Calls recent Montana report “misleading”. Carter Niemeyer’s recent book “Wolfer” described, in great detail, the inner workings of Wildlife Services for whom he worked as their Montana western supervisor from 1975-1990 and as their Montana wolf specialist for the following 10 years until he took a post in Idaho as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

  • A different kind of wolf book: Niemeyer's "Wolfer" has been published

    Ralph Maughan

    A real page-turner is available now just before the holidays- A lot of folks have waited for the publication of Carter Niemeyer’s autobiograpy, Wolfer. It is now available from a couple sources, but Amazon.com will get it to you before Christmas. I’ve checked that out. It is also available at Amazon as a download for…

  • Feds Can Withhold GPS Data on Wolf Attacks

    Ken Cole

    Feds Can Withhold GPS Data on Wolf Attacks. Courthouse News Service

  • Reminder: Comments due today on Wildlife Services Idaho Wolf EA.

    Ken Cole

    Wolf management plan examines killing of pups and sterilization of wolves. The Wildlife Services issued an Environmental Assessment at the beginning of August. Today is the last day to comment on the EA which calls for killing pups which have been orphaned by their control actions, sterilization of wolves, and increased killing of wolves in…

  • Wildlife Services wants your comments.

    Ken Cole

    Wolf management plan examines killing of pups and sterilization of wolves. Wildlife Services has issued a draft Environmental Analysis which examines a myriad of ways to kill wolves. Comments on the plan are accepted until August 31, 2010. Idaho Wolf EA “Management strategies would be developed for individual situations by applying the WS Decision Model…

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