Posted on 02/28/2010 11:57:50 PM PST by OneVike
Go to http://www.lobowatch.com/WolvesNearYou.html to read the full story of this adult mountain lion killed by wolves in Idaho. The wrecking ball is out and wiping out everything in its path. Time to wake up to what uncontrolled wolf populations are doing in the lower 48 people.
Ear Tag identifies Lion as an adult relocated by Idaho Fish and Game earlier in the year.
Look in the background and you will see the residential community of Parker Idaho. Only 1/4 mile from the cougar kill site.
Audience members at a meeting called by Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich saw many pictures of wildlife in the city, including this cougar that was killed by wolves. Willich is concerned about predators within city limits.(ARIEL HANSEN/Times-News)
SUN VALLEY — A large audience Wednesday heard Sun Valley Mayor Wayne Willich do some howling about community concerns of wildlife within city limits.
Willich called for the Wood River Elk Trust II to quickly come up with a plan to feed elk on a ridge above the Elkhorn neighborhood of Sun Valley next winter, hoping they won’t then attract predators into the city.
The elk have not been fed by an organized group in three years, and last year wolves hunted them as they wandered through town. The wolves have not been present in the city this winter, which is attributed to the wolf hunting season launched last year.
Following a self-described “lecture” about the wildlife situation in Sun Valley, Willich took questions, but refused to take comments, on his proposal to have the elk trust present its plan to the Sun Valley City Council in two weeks.
“I’m finished with these town hall meetings, we’re moving to a solution,” Willich said. “The time for discussion is over.”
He said if the elk trust can’t resume feeding, or if the council fails to approve a resolution in support of their feeding, he will demand that Idaho Department of Fish and Game be more proactive. Several Fish and Game agents were in the audience.
“We’ll put you on notice that whenever there’s a predator around, you need to use whatever techniques to get the predators out of town,” Willich said, calling Sun Valley a “no-predator zone.”
Fish and Game Regional Supervisor Jerome Hansen said that’s already the department’s policy.
“We’ve got a document specifically developed to deal with urban large-animal conflicts. This is all about public safety,” he said. “Our guys are Johnny-on-the-spot.”
The department’s policy is to avoid feeding programs whenever possible, although they maintain feeding sites in other areas of the state, including nearby Warm Springs.
“Their plan to start up a feeding program (in Elkhorn) is an easy short-term solution, maybe, but I don’t think it’s the long-term solution,” Hansen said. “It takes a while (for the elk) to develop new patterns. It takes longer than we’ve had.”
He said he would prefer to find other solutions to keep the elk out of town, such as reducing the size of the herd and enhancing habitat in areas to attract the elk to areas not as close to homes, such as Parker and Independence gulches.
Willich said the City Council will take comments on March 11 on the elk trust’s plan. He said the council would likely offer moral, not monetary, support for a feeding plan.
The Great White Hunter's site to read more about what he is doing and how you can help to stop the madness.
“...I don’t think...”
Yeah we know.
You are like that variety of wolf known as a chihuahua, known to bite onto an ankle and not let go.
Pack of hounds are used to hunt mountain lion, but they don't usually actually engage the cat in a fight. If they do, it's more likely that one or more of the dogs will die. The hounds are there to pursue, wear down, and tree the cat so that the hunter when he finally catches up to the hounds... shoots the cat.
Packs of hounds... Ugh.
One Vike, could you add me to the wolf ping list please?
You mean pack of wolves are used to track the lion, correct? ;)
LOL... y'all ain't draggin' me into that spat. :-)
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