Defenders of Wildlife has been paying ranchers for lost livestock, when proven to be a wolf kill for years. And as I recall, wolves that kill livestock are subject to execution.
Good. I have no romantic ideals when it comes to competing predators. Folks that want wolves can import them into their city parks, and deal with them.
“Frank Robbins runs about 3,000 head of Angus cattle. He said one 3-5 year old cow weighing 1,200 pounds is valued at about $1,000. “
“We’re missing 10-15 head,” Robbins said. His neighbor, who runs 300 head, is missing five.
He says the federal government “turned my ranch into a recovery zone for the wolf,” adding they “are willing to sacrifice us to get (wolves) delisted.”
In 10 years Robbins says he has never received any payment for loss of cattle to predators. In one case he said a predator control officer observed a wolf eating a dead cow, but the officer could not say what killed it.
http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2004/03/08/news/news2.txt
Defenders of Wildlife has been paying ranchers for lost livestock, when proven to be a wolf kill for years. And as I recall, wolves that kill livestock are subject to execution.
Lie. Ranchers are rarely paid. And when they are it is a long time before any money comes in.
This was a marketing tool used to convince the American public that the wolf-program would not have a financial impact on the local economies.
Truth is the money spent per-wolf is far more than anyone has gotten for the dead stock.
Also, Wolves are only killed if the rancher is there when it happens.