MONTANA OFFICIALS PLAN TO KILL WOLVES NORTH OF HELENA

[Emily]

http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/78732227.html

STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS PLAN TO KILL WOLF PACK NORTH OF HELENA

Story Published: Dec 7, 2009 at 6:28 PM MST
Story Updated: Dec 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM MST
HELENA, Mont. - State wildlife officials have authorized the killing of the remaining members of the Mitchell Mountain wolf pack after a fourth guard dog was killed on private land north of Helena.
Carolyn Sime is the wolf program coordinator for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. She says FWP last week authorized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to kill the remaining members of the pack, after the fourth confirmed wolf kill on the ranch.
The wolves killed a guard dog in June 2008; a domestic goat in October 2008; a domestic goat and guard dog in March 2009; a guard dog on Nov. 2; and another guard dog on Nov. 30.
Two of the pack's wolves were killed after the March deaths. Then, after the guard dog's death on Nov. 2, FWP authorized the removal of three more members of the pack, thought to total between five and seven wolves.
However, after two more wolves were killed, another guard dog was killed, which led to the decision to remove the entire pack.

[liontracker]

I was talking with an wolf control expert from Canada last night and he mentioned a couple of interesting things. Firstly, there was a recent wolf control symposium held up there and wolf "experts" from 4 different states of the US attended. These "experts" have realized the errors of their ways and are now looking at the most efficient way to control, reduce or eliminate some of the wolf packs we have in the US. I bet no one has heard of this yet, but covertly, that is what they are up to. At least they are finally starting to admit their mistake. Secondly, the Canadian says that if you just remove a few from a pack it causes a population explosion because of the social and breeding chaos that results. So it seems that our new wolf hunting legalization, will cause a population explosion in those particular huntable populations. He says the only way is to completely eliminate the entire pack. Time will tell, but I bet due to US politics we will learn the hard way on this one...