Re: Wolf News Reports: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming

http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_13496875

BUTTE, Mont., » Federal trappers say they have eliminated the remaining members of a wolf pack that roamed the Centennial Valley and blamed for attacking sheep and cattle in Montana and Idaho.
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http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_7634f106-b22f-11de-b856-001cc4c03286.html

Wolf overseer surprised by high harvest

The Gazette | Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 10:10 pm
Montana's inaugural wolf hunting season has been almost too successful in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
Nine wolves have been killed by hunters in the area along the northern border of Yellowstone National Park, including four from the Cottonwood Pack, two of which were radio-collared as part of the park's wolf studies.
The large kill in the Absaroka-Beartooth has surprised Montana's wolf manager.....
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Court uses flawed data in wolf case

An official involved in wolf reintroduction since the program began says the recent federal court ruling blocking delisting is using data that doesn't reflect the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.

Doug Smith, leader of the Yellowstone Grey Wolf Restoration Project, says studies from Isle Royale used by environmentalists and Judge Donald Molloy reflect a specific wolf population, not wolves in general.

"I worked on the Isle Royale project and those wolves are an isolated population", Smith says "They are extremely inbred because they have no other options.".......

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2009 09:42AM by Frank Furter.

Is this a wolf sound? You're the expert Frank

Apparent wolf howl

That is the unmistakable sound of the Yeti.

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Old Dude

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Vince
Is this a wolf sound? You're the expert Frank

Apparent wolf howl

I've heard wolves in Yellowstone several times. Lots of examples on the internet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937A1ELVyUs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDpjVS1tHLw&NR=1

Frankly, it doesn't sound like any wolf I've heard. I'm going to go with the Yeti option.

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan

Since I refuse to have a Facebook account I heard nothing. It's your imagination guys.

Jim

http://www.billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_1498be30-b461-11de-9c1c-001cc4c002e0.html

MT suspends wolf hunting near Yellowstone
Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:20 pm

Montana wildlife officials suspended wolf hunting near Yellowstone National Park after nine kills in just three weeks pushed the area's harvest close its season-long quota.

This is Montana's first wolf hunt following the animal's recent removal from the endangered species list. State officials hoped to use the hunt to curb wolf attacks on livestock. ......

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan