“It is too early to tell, but certainly if this number of wolves was killed in the first weekend, and this pace keeps up, we would certainly consider the emergency provisions,” Leahy said.
These guys really bug me with their mass extermination theories. The part of the state that has wolves listed as a predatory animal holds approximately 30 wolves. The vast majority of those 30 wolves if not all (that is a never ending debate in Wyoming with no evidence to support either arguement) are in less then 5-10% of the predatory animal area. That 5-10% is mostly rugged mountain and wilderness area and Indian Reservation. There will be no mass extermination of the wolves in Wyoming.
They seem to have forgotten that the original goals of the re-introduction was to have a viable population of 300. Now that we are seeing a population of over 5 times that goal they are predicting an extermination because the states want to manage the wolf populations.
I'm just upset that now I have to buy one more tag while elk hunting since it is in the trophy area of the state. My lion and bear tag were already stretching the pockets to capacity now I'll have to fork out another 50 bucks for a critter I'll only see when I don't have a tag.
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