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Hunting wolves reduces livestock deaths measurably, but minimally, according to new study

Wolf hunting has prevented livestock loss in a measurable way, but it is by no means a silver bullet, according to an international research team led by the University of Michigan. Subscribe to our ...
NPR

New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...
Alaska Public Media

Petersburg wolf trapper featured on hunting show 'MeatEater'

Petersburg wolf trapper David Benitz (right) guides "MeatEater" host Clay Newcomb (left) on a hunt in Southeast Alaska. (Courtesy "MeatEater" YouTube channel) Petersburg was the backdrop of several ...
Duluth News Tribune

Reader's view: Wolf hunt with dogs amounts to sanctioned dog fighting

As a result of an unprecedented legal act signed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, this October brings a literal unleashing of dogs to hunt the state's resident wolf population. Soon, GPS-collared dogs ...