FWS Shoots Idaho's Biggest Wolf Pack

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MCCALL, Idaho - "The largest wolf pack in Idaho has been exterminated by federal agents after killing more than 100 sheep in central Idaho.


"Non-lethal methods were tried, but they didn't work and the wolves continued to kill sheep," said Carter Niemeyer, wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "We won't tolerate wolves that are confirmed to be chronically killing livestock."

Niemeyer said the nine wolves in the Cook pack were killed earlier this week and members of two other packs roaming the McCall area could also be killed because they have been attacking livestock. No decision has been made on those packs yet, however.

Federal officials said Cook pack wolves killed 90 sheep in the McCall area last year and resumed the attacks early this month. The rancher and his hands camped with the sheep and tried unsuccessfully to scare off the wolves with guard dogs, cracker shells, sirens, lights and live fire from shotguns. Biologists from the Nez Perce Tribe also were unable to prevent the wolves from attacking sheep.

It was the second multiple wolf killing in the state this year. Three were shot by federal agents in early March after attacking cattle as far south as the Twin Falls area."

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[MasonJar]

1. Why are the sheep more important than the wolves? This is truly

unsettling. Man needs to learn to live with the real world.

[ajacobson]

2. They couldn't relocate?

The political scumbags at the top of FWS must have green lighted this kill. I hope they rot in hell.

[brokensymmetry]

3. Decades ago...

I read a science fiction book...I can't recall the title.

Anyway, mankind occupied every last square inch of the Earth, and there was a lot of pressure being brought to bear on the curator of the last zoo to get rid of the animals and make room for more people.

Ultimately, he gave in and chose to depart life with his charges. The zoo consisted of a few mice, some cats, a few dogs...that was it.

Prophetic, I fear.