[thumbnail icon url=”montana-man-cited-for-illegally-killing-two-wolves” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”10″ day=”28″] The Associated Press is reporting that a Columbia Falls man, which officials refused to name, was cited for illegal hunting of wolves in Northern Montana in early October.
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Latest wolf hunting tally from Montana and Idaho over 100
[thumbnail icon url=”latest-wolf-hunting-montana-idaho” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”10″ day=”28″] Montana and Idaho’s wolf hunts continue, and it seems like the elusive predators are not eluding the hunters.
Hunting suspended in southern Montana
[thumbnail icon url=” wolf-hunt-suspended-in-southern-montana” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”10″ day=”27″] Four wolves were quickly taken by hunters in the region of Montana known as WMU-3 after general hunting season started on Sunday, exceeding the quota for the region by one.
LA Times: Montana wolf hunt is stalked by controversy
[thumbnail icon url=”la-times-montana-wolf-hunt-stalked-by-controversy” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”10″ day=”27″] Kim Murphy, of the LA Times, wrote a comprehensive story regarding the Montana wolf hunt.
Body count now 85 in Idaho/Montana wolf hunts
[thumbnail icon url=”body-count-now-85″ filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”10″ day=”22″] The season is still young, but 85 wolves have already been claimed by this year’s hunts in Idaho and Montana.
Yellowstone National Park’s Cottonwood wolf pack is gone
A brutal news day for wolves. Haber’s death is confirmed and one of the most popular wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park has been annihilated. More than 60 wolves are now dead very early in this hunting season.
Montana ends hunt near Yellowstone, state-wide quota stays unchanged
A victory, albeit a small one, after Montana officials shut down the wolf hunting today, in the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness, after acknowledging an error in judgement.
Montana to consider changes after hunt “missed the mark”
The Associated Press reported on October 12, 2009, that Montana’s wildlife officials are already considering changes to the state’s wolf hunt after hunters quickly cherry pick 9 wolves in three weeks from the exposed borders of Yellowstone, including one pack’s breeding female. Idaho and Montana hunters have now claimed the lives of at least 48 wolves.
Montana hunt body count at 9
The Associated Press released a story confirming the number to be 9, through the end of last week, for the number of wolves killed in Montana.
Some call the wolf hunts a “temporary experiment”
Will Melton posted an article in the Montana Kaimin, on October 6th, 2009, which quotes inaccurate numbers about the “success” of the hunts, but is certainly a more moderate viewpoint out of Montana.
Federal trappers exterminate wolf pack
A wolf pack blamed for killing sheep has been exterminated by Federal trappers, shooting the wolves from the air.
Defenders reports 21 Idaho wolves dead, 9 more in Montana…
Defenders of Wildlife is reporting through a blog that the numbers of dead wolves has reached thirty in Montana and Idaho.
Save the wolves in the Rockies!
From Earthjustice:
Court rules that wolf delisting likely violates the Endangered Species Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2009
Contact:
Suzanne Stone: (208)424-9385, (208)861-4655
Erin McCallum: (202)772-3217; (610)207-5209
Court rules that wolf delisting likely violates the Endangered Species Act
Hunt will continue while court hears lawsuit
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