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The Future of Wolves in Oregon

 

Wolves change hunting behavior for fall
Casper Star-Tribune
October 04, 2004

 

State Delisting Plans:

Montana | Idaho | Wyoming

State plans are done and on their way to the USFWS for approval. What can we do now? Speak Up!

 

Overview: History, Biology and Politics

 

Wolves in the Wild Rockies

The Alliance is committed to see wolf recovery through—from the first mention and repercussions of the reintroduction, through the upcoming delisting process and onward. With education, factual information, communication and compassion, we can all work together to ensure that these regal creatures are back where they belong, roaming the wilds that we work so hard to protect.

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Ultimate Sacrifice

Fate of Wolves of the Northern Rockies Lethal Contols

Put it in Perspective: Statistics on Wolf Kills -vs- Livestock Deaths by Other Causes Updated June 2004

 

Myth and Science

Ron Gillette, leader of the Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition, says: "The wolves introduced into Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are EXOTIC CANADIAN gray wolves. Idaho's gray wolves are extinct. The Canadian strain is larger and more aggressive."

Dr. Doug Smith, Yellowstone Wolf Project Leader, says: On the "Canadian" wolf thing. Bob Wayne, who is the leading expert on canid genetics in the world from UCLA, just did an analysis that completely discredits the "they reintroduced a foreign wolf that was not here". Bob's work shows that genetic variation for wolves is on a continuim from Mexico to the arctic, in other words wolves are not easily put into categories like this wolf is of this kind and this ine is different. They all are very similar and hard to split apart, esp wolves from Alberta to MT. I can go into more detail if it comes up for you again, but another thing to remember, taxonomy is a human contruct and it works pretty well down to the species level, but below that you run into trouble I think and there is a lot more Gray.

Ed Bangs, USFWS, says: "Wolves travel across the border all the time. Canadian and American gray wolves are the same creature .

Ron Gillett says: "Each wolf kills up to 24 game animals a year, kills twice that many for the sport of it, and also follows elk herds, killing calves immediately after birth.

Ed Bangs says: "Each wolf kills the equivalent of 12 cow elk a year. In Idaho, that would be about 16 ungulates, elk and deer. Wolves very occasionally kill more than they eat, but sport killing is a popular myth. Some wolves are killed each year by being kicked by elk.

Ron Gillette says: "Wolves kill the big-game animals in an area, then other predators and finally cannibalize other wolves.

Ed Bangs says: "Wolves kill enough to eat. They limit their concentrations to about 10 wolves in 300 square miles. They move to new areas rather than crowd one place. They are not cannibals.

Other Wolf News and Reports

Web Resources

Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report

2002 Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Report

Was that a wolf?
Physical characteristics of gray wolves and how to tell if what you saw could be a wolf?


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