Fish and Game to spend more on reducing wolf population [View all]
Source: NWCN.com
NWCN.com
Fish and Game to spend more on reducing wolf population
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Updated today at 5:35 PM
BOISE -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will put more resources into keeping down the wolf population. The decision was made Thursday morning and Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore says it's a way to complement what has been effective management of the animals. But others say it's only more killing, and not management at all.
The first wolf hunt in Idaho was more than three years ago, and Idaho Fish and Game officials say hunters and trappers have done a good job controlling the population in and around farms and ranches.
But Moore says the wolf population is increasing in remote areas in north and central Idaho where hunters can't get to.
"These are backcountry zones that are difficult to access," Moore said.
That's resulted in the elk population, which was already dropping, to drop at a quicker pace in those spots. Fish and Game commissioners decided to move $50,000 from funding research that's almost done, to killing and trapping of more wolves in areas like Clearwater, Lolo and the Selway.
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Thank you for the straight talk, firearms and hunting industry dudes! :Sarcasm:
Keep in mind the forces behind the hunting of this animal that has just been taken off the endangered species list.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022202587
Sarah Palin must be thrilled..
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