The study done in Yellowstone reported wolves killed 1.9 elk per wolf per month. That gives an average of 22.8 elk per year per wolf. Average lifespan in “North America” is reported to be 6-8 years in the wild. Let’s take seven years as the average and each wolf would kill 160 elk (or equivalent biomass) in a lifetime. Google tells me the estimated Canadian wolf population is 60k.
I’m good with killing as many as possible via any means possible until they’re as rare as rocking horse chit. If that includes 1080 i wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. I’ve said it before and it’s not popular but they can shoot and use the feral horses for bait.
All this arguing and we don’t have any proof srd is using poison. I still hope it’s happening and I would prefer if they didn’t tell anyone about it.
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