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Federal authorities are investigating a former state conservation warden for killing a wolf last month in northern Wisconsin.
Chief Deputy Andy Runice with the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office said authorities received a call around 2 a.m. on Dec. 25 from Pat Quaintance, who said he had shot a collared wolf at his home in Bayfield.
The incident is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Runice said Bayfield County is working in cooperation with federal authorities and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Rumor is that it was the alpha female of the local pack. The same guy is or was on the committee that develops state wolf plans and has been cited for trapping violations in the past. He's an advocate for wolf hunting, but apparently not much of an advocate for people keeping their dogs under immediate control.
I am not surprised. There were reports of strays from Montana and Canada but no breeding population. Just as metropolitan New York has stray mountain lions or escaped or liberated "pets."
It was at least 3 wolves in the video though but you raise a point that they may have been roaming a bit...weird stuff does happen but it was definitely not a single.
Yeah, I saw a Mountain Lion here in KC about 10 years ago. Dragging up dead deer up the hill on the east side, northbound 100 yards before reaching the bridge.
I am not surprised. There were reports of strays from Montana and Canada but no breeding population. Just as metropolitan New York has stray mountain lions or escaped or liberated "pets."
As we've discussed before, "strays" are dispersing wolves and dispersing wolves are how new packs and populations are formed in new geographic areas. Reports near Yellowstone were on the rise as breeding populations became re-established in northwest Montana these were incipient packs waiting to happen.
As we've discussed before, "strays" are dispersing wolves and dispersing wolves are how new packs and populations are formed in new geographic areas. Reports near Yellowstone were on the rise as breeding populations became re-established in northwest Montana these were incipient packs waiting to happen.
It might have started immediately, it might have taken a few more years. With growing wolf populations there and elsewhere in MT genetic diversity would not have been an issue.
Rumor is that it was the alpha female of the local pack. The same guy is or was on the committee that develops state wolf plans and has been cited for trapping violations in the past. He's an advocate for wolf hunting, but apparently not much of an advocate for people keeping their dogs under immediate control.
That's really sad if the alpha female was shot. It may really negatively impact the whole pack too. I don't believe that this was an accident either since he was a strong advocate for wolf hunting.
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