Idaho Wolves Killing Each Other
February 6, 2009
2Newstv.com is reporting that Idaho Director of Fish and Game, Cal Groen, says the wolves are getting over crowded, are reducing deer and elk herds by 15% and that the wolves are now beginning to kill each other.
He says big game populations are decreasing by as much as 15 percent a year. Without the wolves, Idaho’s deer and elk herds would be increasing 7 percent a year.
Groen says the wolf packs have become overcrowded and wolves have begun to kill each other.
Now, that statement by Groen is sure to become a burr in some people’s undies as this is information they don’t want to hear. Personally, I believe Director Groen’s statement to be true and that it has taken far too long for the state to take an official stance of the condition of the deer and elk herds and the destruction being caused by the wolves. This is a far cry from the statement made last February by IDFG biologist Dave Spicer when he said, “The health of game herds, though, is driven by weather not predators.”
Now with the head of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game saying what many have said for some time, we can begin the arduous process of getting wolves under control and regaining the viability of our ungulate herds.
Tom Remington
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Somebody better bust those wolves thats illegal.
I attended a wedding in San Diego this past June. I met a rancher from Idaho that shocked me with her information:
On their ranch, elk population down from 220 to 40 estimate.
Wolves have eaten the teats off the mother domestic cows leaving them alive, while killing and partially eating the calves.
They have found partially eaten elk as well. Almost like the wolves kill for fun, not food.
I will try to get the rancher to take pictures. My suggestion is to get them published on fox news to offset the tree huggers. Would you agree with this strategy? She also said DNR published an article in which they thought the wolf population was getting too heavy, and they should be controlled. (hunted) Within a week, their were many lawsuits by the huggers. I could get more info on that too. Hank Kleis
Of course it would be great to counter this with a story and pics on Fox or any other major media outlet. The problem is they’re not interested.
Animal rights and “tree huggers” are better organized and better funded and are always playing offense and we are stuck in defense with no organization or money. Little by little we are trying to change that.
Thanks for the input.
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