The left sells the myth that the wolves only kill to eat and only prey on the eldest and sickly animals. No.
They chase the pregnant cows to exhaustion, rip out the fetus for a snack, and kill the calves.
The remaining herds, I have read, in the west are geriatric.
Oregon is trying to delist these killing machine monsters. Let us hope a hunt can be in their future too.
Canadian wolves” released into the Northern Rockies are carriers of a deadly parasite - the Echinocossosis granulosus tapeworm. Wolves are the primary carrier of this tapeworm, which was not found in the Northern Rockies until the release of the wolves transplanted from northern Canada. Now, more than 60- percent of the wolves examined in Idaho and Montana have been carriers of the parasite - the eggs of which are the cause of hydatid disease.
In humans, hydatid disease can cause cysts in the lungs, on the liver and on the brain, and unless those on the brain are surgically removed, the disease can be fatal to humans as well. Wolves also carry, spread and transmit more than 30 other diseases, many of which are infectious to humans, pets, other wildlife and livestock.
Organizations like the Defenders of Wildlife, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Sierra club, and a dozen others, have prevented state wildlife agencies from effectively managing wolf numbers in balance with acceptable depredation levels. Now, with wolf populations running more than 500% greater than the recovery goals outlined in the Northern Rockies Wolf Recovery Plan and the 1994 Environmental Impact Statement filed by USFWS
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