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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials on Wednesday requested $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have just over $1 million for that purpose starting this summer.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials on Wednesday requested $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have just over $1 million for that purpose starting this summer. The Wolf Depredation Control Board made the request to the Legislature’s powerful budget-setting committee. The five-member wolf control board […]
BOISE — State officials Wednesday requested $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have more than $1 million for that purpose
Silenced howls: The reemergence of the war on wolves MacNeil Lyons/Creative Commons On Jan. 4, the gray wolf ( Canis lupus) was officially delisted from the Endangered Species Act, or ESA, resulting in the reemergence of the war on wolves. Wolves are a keystone species, meaning they are vital to the health and function of ecosystems, and their absence can be very detrimental. In response to the delisting legislation, National Geographic storyteller and founder of SeaLegacy, Cristina Mittermeier, says, “Just because the interests of a handful of people collide with the existence of wolves, d...
The Idaho Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that allows the state to hire private contractors to kill up to 90% of wolves in the state. The bill, which was approved with a 26-7 vote, was passed as lawmakers believe there are too many wolves in Idaho which is hurting the cattle population. Introduced to the state in 1995, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in February that the wolf population has been around 1,500 the past two years. The passing of this bill would dwindle that number to 150. “These wolves, there’s too many in the state of Idaho now,” said Republican Sen....