More Wolf news in Utah
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8/5/10 6:24am
Wolf kills 100-pound dog in Utah
August 4th, 2010 @ 6:08pm
By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer
(Stock photo)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A wolf attacked and killed a dog that was
guarding sheep near the Wyoming border, the Utah Department of
Agriculture confirmed Wednesday.
The wolf killed the dog a week ago on private lands in the Chalk Creek
area east of Coalville, Department of Agriculture spokesman Larry
Lewis said.
Lewis said the 100-pound Great Pyrenees was no match for the wolf,
which injured a second guard dog in the same attack. The other dog was
missing for several days but turned up Wednesday nursing injuries from
the attack, he said.
Wildlife officers were able to confirm the wolf kill by collecting fur
from the scene, and a livestock herder reported that he saw a wolf
limping away from the attack, Lewis said.
The wolf is still on the loose. An effort to trap it was unsuccessful.
Lewis said he couldn't identify the sheep herder or landowner because
they don't want publicity that could draw tourists or vigilantes to
their ranch.
State officials, meanwhile, are trying to confirm another report that
a wolf or wolves killed a calf Tuesday near Hardware Ranch Wildlife
Management Area, 15 miles east of Hyrum along the border of Cache and
Rich counties.
Traps were being set Wednesday in that location, said Mark Hadley, a
spokesman for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Officials say wolves are becoming a problem in northern Utah for the
first time since the 1930s. Among other recent attacks was a wolf that
killed two calves, and a wolf that attacked livestock in northern
Utah's Cache County in July.
In addition, "there's been plenty of sightings" of wolves in northern
Utah this summer, Lewis said.
The Utah and U.S. departments of agriculture employ 10 trappers who
live in remote areas of Utah to deal with nuisance coyotes, cougars,
bears -- and now wolves.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
August 4th, 2010 @ 6:08pm
By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer
(Stock photo)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A wolf attacked and killed a dog that was
guarding sheep near the Wyoming border, the Utah Department of
Agriculture confirmed Wednesday.
The wolf killed the dog a week ago on private lands in the Chalk Creek
area east of Coalville, Department of Agriculture spokesman Larry
Lewis said.
Lewis said the 100-pound Great Pyrenees was no match for the wolf,
which injured a second guard dog in the same attack. The other dog was
missing for several days but turned up Wednesday nursing injuries from
the attack, he said.
Wildlife officers were able to confirm the wolf kill by collecting fur
from the scene, and a livestock herder reported that he saw a wolf
limping away from the attack, Lewis said.
The wolf is still on the loose. An effort to trap it was unsuccessful.
Lewis said he couldn't identify the sheep herder or landowner because
they don't want publicity that could draw tourists or vigilantes to
their ranch.
State officials, meanwhile, are trying to confirm another report that
a wolf or wolves killed a calf Tuesday near Hardware Ranch Wildlife
Management Area, 15 miles east of Hyrum along the border of Cache and
Rich counties.
Traps were being set Wednesday in that location, said Mark Hadley, a
spokesman for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Officials say wolves are becoming a problem in northern Utah for the
first time since the 1930s. Among other recent attacks was a wolf that
killed two calves, and a wolf that attacked livestock in northern
Utah's Cache County in July.
In addition, "there's been plenty of sightings" of wolves in northern
Utah this summer, Lewis said.
The Utah and U.S. departments of agriculture employ 10 trappers who
live in remote areas of Utah to deal with nuisance coyotes, cougars,
bears -- and now wolves.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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+1 on sneekees approach to irradicate the wolves in Utah before they can get a foothold.
I agree there will be a lot of the SSS going on. I think the way it is going now, with just a few showing up here and there and being taken out, we could be ok. What I fear most is the feds coming in and "demanding/requiring" that a population be established in Utah. That would really make things ugly fast...