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To: manc
Nothing better than going through the country seeing wolves, bears, and other wildlife in their habitat.

Do you include Elk in the "other wildlife"?

If you go into Yellowstone you will see a few cow elk, but no calves.

The wolves and grizzlies have really had an impact on elk.

Soon, there will be a huge die off of wolves and grizzlies because they will starve when they finish off all the elk and deer.

15 posted on 10/12/2010 1:44:30 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698); cardinal4

I’m a city boy. born and bred. My wife and I spent a vacation in 2007 driving through MT, WY and ID. We spent a few days in Elk City, ID, at the edge of the wilderness. Hanging around the Wilderness VFW post there, we talked with several outfitters and they we really outraged that the Federal Government imported a lot of wolves into that area from Canada. These guys rely on a healthy elk herd for their living, and the wolves chow down on them. One guy said that she-wolves give birth to two pups a year, where the female elk give birth to one calf a year. The numbers are not in the elks’ (or the outfitters) favor.


16 posted on 10/12/2010 3:49:23 PM PDT by Ax
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