A recently published study by researchers from Washington State University has shown that wolves in Idaho and Montana are now carriers of a wild strain of tapeworms – but there is no evidence the parasite can be transmitted to domestic livestock.

It took only a matter of hours for the WMU-3 quote in southern Montana to be exceeeded.

Just one year after the world-famous wolf Limpy was killed outside Yellowstone National Park, the U.S. Department of the Interior has once again eliminated vital protections for Western wolves. Defenders calls for action with this ad.

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