DEPREDATION
Wolf depredation on livestock 1995-2005:
Wyoming Confirmed
Cattle 213
Sheep 173
Sublette County
Calves 16 killed,
3 injured;
13 adult cows or yearlings killed, 1 injured
8
ewes and 11 lambs killed; and one mule injured.
In response
to these problems, 23 wolves were killed in Sublette County
last year. “Sublette County is probably the hardest hit
county in the state,” Rod Krischke, Wildlife Services
Krischke said to the Green River Valley Cattlemen's Association
at a March, 2007 meeting,“with
Park County right behind it.”
Idaho
Cattle 101
Sheep 702
Montana
Cattle 191
Sheep 431
(Other livestock confirmed as killed by wolves but not included
on the list are horses, llamas and goats.)
 Evaluation
of Wolf Control to Reduce Cattle Predation in Canada By
Ronald R. Bjorhe and John R. Gunson, Journal of Range
Management Rancher's Guide to Wolf Depredatin, November
1985. (576K, 5-page PDF)
Effects
of wolves on Livestock Calf Survival and Movements in Central
Idaho By
John K Oakleaf, Journal of Range Management
Rancher's Guide to Wolf Depredatin, November 1985. (2983K,
67-page PDF)
Note: Official agency maps never include wolf packs in Sublette
County because these packs always become involved in livestock
depredations and are then killed in control actions. Any wolves
that remain are too elusive to document. |
