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  • Michigan Repubs pass anti-wolf resolution directing Congress toward false facts

    Ralph Maughan

    State Senate Resolution claims wolves increasingly endanger people- LANSING, MI. They just can’t give it up. Despite no wild wolf attacks in Michigan or any other state where wolves have been recently restored, politicians who don’t like them insist people are being increasingly threatened as shown by this story from the Michigan State Senate. The Republican…

  • Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to let some state residents kill wolves attacking livestock, pets, etc.

    Ralph Maughan

    One wolf per incident may be killed- Readers: note my addition of an article by Bob Ferris – – The wolf population in Washington State is growing nicely and especially in its NE corner. Residents are not allowed by the state to kill a wolf without a permit. This issue was faced in Idaho, Montana,…

  • Have there really been no wolf-related deaths of humans in the Rocky Mountain states?

    Ralph Maughan

    We hear this from wolf supporters all the time. The Oregonian checks to see if it is true- We also hear from many of those who didn’t want wolves reintroduced that an attack and human death, probably of a child, is imminent. There are also sometimes hints in stories and rhetoric that sound as though…

  • Squirrel attacking residents of Vermont neighborhood

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a small item of interest, but it is interesting that there are more squirrel attacks in the lower 48 states (one attack), then there are wolf attacks. Squirrel attacking residents of Vt. neighborhood. AP in Yahoo.

  • FYI: There is a big study on historic wolf attacks

    Ralph Maughan

    This is nothing new, but most people don’t know about it- Wolf attack numbers and details are always controversial, and much of the information people find is very poor.  This is one large study on-line (pdf), however, that is often missed.  It dates from 2002.  It is The Fear of Wolves: A review of wolf…

  • Ask Zimo: Beware of dogs guarding livestock

    Ralph Maughan

    You don’t want to alarm a livestock guard dog- While some folks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming worry about being attacked by wolves, the real danger of attack by a canid is the livestock guard dog.  Your risk goes up a lot if you are accompanied by a pet dog. Pete Zimowsky of the Idaho…

  • Montana pays for livestock losses due to wolves and bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Payout for wolf and bear losses in Montana in 2008. Losses are trivial- Some “large” claims are yet to be paid, but this certainly isn’t much — $22,000. Millions of middle income, individual Americans have seen their retirement decline that much this year. This year the tally includes payments for bears as well as wolves…

  • Did wolf pose threat to bear hunter?

    Ralph Maughan

    This story made some news in Montana. It was discussed briefly in this forum (no post, however). No doubt it will enter anti-wolf legends library. Here is the standard story by the outdoors editor of the Billings Gazette. Truly a blast from the wolf past By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette. Brian Peck, however, did some…

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