COCOLALLA — Wolf People’s alleged disregard for conditions of an Idaho Department of Fish & Game agreement is coming back to bite the wolf advocacy and education enterprise. Continue reading
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Senator Crapo calls out wolf reintroduction as a primary cause of livestock loss
Senator Crapo states in a recent Blog posting that wolves and wildfires are primary causes of livestock loss, and the Federal government should be reimbursing ranchers for those losses. Continue reading
“Wolf Control Board” makes Idaho center of the wolf advocacy fight
Defenders of Wildlife and other groups are focused intently on Idaho after the “wolf control board,” a delicately named wolf death panel takes shape in America’s most anti-wolf state. Continue reading
Idaho’s wolf killing plans fail to get full funding
BOISE – A bill asking for $2 million to kill up to 500 of Idaho’s wolves won’t get even half of its requested appropriation, said co-chair of the state’s budget committee. Continue reading
State pulls pro wolf hunter from wilderness
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife managers Monday called off a professional hunter who has been killing wolves inside a federal wilderness area since last year amid an effort by advocates to convince federal courts to halt the hunt. Continue reading
Court hearing set in dispute over Idaho wolf derby
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The fate of a disputed coyote and wolf derby planned for this weekend in central Idaho will be debated Friday in federal court. Continue reading
Hunter in Idaho pushes post-Christmas wolf derby
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho outfitter is organizing a post-Christmas contest in which two-person teams of hunters will be awarded $2,000 in cash prizes and trophies for shooting wolves and coyotes, angering animal advocates who brand it as a “wolf slaughter.” Continue reading
Wolves Top Concern for Idaho’s New Elk Plan
Sometimes I like to post articles that are clearly from the “other side” Continue reading
Environmental Group Tries To Sabotage Wolf Hunting Season
In Montana and Idaho, wolf hunting season is underway, and an environmental organization known for acts of civil disobedience is trying to disrupt the hunts. Continue reading
Back for more! Project wolf erects new “tamer” billboard
Project Wolf, responsible for the highly controversial billboard in Cody, Wyoming, is back and this time they have gone through a rebranding, pacifying their look and toning down the message. Continue reading
Idaho wolf population decreased by 11 percent in 2012
Idaho’s gray wolf population fell by 11 percent in 2012, less than wildlife managers hoped for considering the state’s extended hunting and trapping seasons plus agency animal control efforts. Continue reading
Idaho mulling paid trappers to manage wolf numbers
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials are considering paying private trappers to kill wolves roaming in specific hunting zones where wolves have had a significant impact on elk populations.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is mulling several different ideas for using fewer than a dozen proven trappers as way to more affordably and effectively manage and reduce wolf numbers in three northern hunting zones. Continue reading
Advocates, Scientists mourn loss of 832F; Montana ends hunts at Yellowstone border
HOWLColorado received news of the death of 832F, perhaps the most famous of all of Yellowstone’s remaining wolves, last Saturday via an email from a devastated advocate. The news was both saddening, and yet inevitable. Continue reading
Idaho wolf trapping starts Nov. 15 – protect your pets!
While we wolf advocates are not in a position to stop trapping at this point, we can certainly make sure people who are in trapping areas know EXACTLY how to disable any trap which has gotten hold of your pet. Continue reading
Editorial: Open season on wolves
In Montana and Idaho in 2009, gray wolves were prematurely removed from the federal endangered species list. The decision left these magnificent predators subject to state management plans that were crafted to satisfy hunters and ranchers rather than to protect wolves. Continue reading
Idaho Rally to honor killed wolves
COEUR d’ALENE – A rally honoring the 379 wolves killed in Idaho during the 2011-2012 wolf hunt is set for 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Sherman at Coeur d’Alene City Park. Continue reading
Idaho wolf hunting season ends, Panhandle private-lands season begins
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Idaho’s wolf hunting season ended Sunday, but the hunt continues this summer on private lands in the northern panhandle region. Continue reading
Idaho Fish and Game Says Wolf Trapper Photo Shows Poor Judgment
The above headline, taken unabashedly from NPR, says it all… Continue reading
Trapped Idaho Wolf Tortured Before Killing
BOISE, Idaho— The Center for Biological Diversity sent letters to both the Forest Service and Idaho Attorney General, Lawrence Wasden, today requesting investigations into the actions of a Forest Service employee, Josh Bransford, who posted photos of a wolf he had trapped in northern Idaho that had been maliciously and non-fatally shot by people who spotted the animal from a nearby road.
“A year ago, that wolf was protected as a member of an endangered species, but last month he was trapped, tortured and killed thanks to an underhanded congressional rider that’s also responsible for the deaths of hundreds of other wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains,” said the Center’s Michael Robinson. “A lack of respect for the balance of nature is leading to a war on wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains.” Continue reading
Idaho wants to kill more wolves, even with almost a third of the state’s population dead
Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say they are “encouraged” by the state’s wolf harvest so far, but further control actions may be needed to keep elk populations up in parts of the state. Continue reading
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