Comments on: Yellowstone’s Cottonwood pack is gone

By: PiedType

PiedType — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:54:18 +0000

Yes, repeated handling of wild wolves will make them less wary of humans and put them in more danger than their cousins who’ve never been trapped, collared, etc. It’s sad that research has this dangerous (to the wolves) side effect. I’m sure the hunters would insist that a collared wolf will kill their elk just as dead as an uncollared one. I’ve no sympathy for hunters and outfitters who won’t honor the fact that a collared wolf is part of a research program and should be left alone. These “sportsmen” will kill any wolf in their sights, be it collared or uncollared, in season or not, with a hunting permit or without.

I’ve not heard the latest reports about legal action in Montana and Idaho, but I desperately hope the law comes down on the side of the wolves.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:58:05 +0000

I live in Montana and reading that 527 and 716 were collared wolves that were killed just makes my blood blow. I pray the Cottonwood pack will recover after the loss of their alpha pair and their daughter.

There is more about the story about Wolf 716, the hunter and his wife said she was looking at them and wouldn’t leave after they tried to shoo her off, but you’re talking about a Yellowstone wolf. She’s been darted, handled, and released. She thinks it’s going to be the same thing, a simple repeat of what has happened to her in the past. No one has figured out that Yellowstone wolves are doomed, because of the handling they’ve been though and don’t see guns as a true threat to them until it’s too late.

I created myself a white wolf fursuit in my personal fight against wolf hunting and hope that another repeat will follow this fall.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:56:12 +0000

Leave it to the hunters to destroy any beautiful animal they can or the cattlemen, its all about the cows and money who cares about any thing else. Do they have any sense or compassion, probably not, except for their own wants and needs.
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What sickens me is how eager they are to go out and slaughter animals they can’t eat, animals whose protected status is still being fought for in court. But they wouldn’t want to miss a chance to shoot a wolf, would they?

By: joanatheinfp

joanatheinfp — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:26:21 +0000

I feel equally sick about this. Ban hunting of wolves and let’s start a season for hunters and poachers – year round!
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Great idea! Endangered wolves are relatively scarce, but all those hunters and poachers should be easy to find.

By: Pandionna

Pandionna — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:13:35 +0000

Disgusting. Absolutely, positively disgusting. I say we shoot the hunter and mount him on the wall.
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Yep, right next to Ken Salazar.