Managing wolves in Washington

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comment through Jan. 8, 2010 on a draft plan for wolf conservation and management. Prior to a public meeting in Spokane Valley, Wash., department information officer Madonna Luers talks about the plan. (For the story, go to http://www.capitalpress.com/results/mw-Wolf-management-plan-103009-art ).The plan is available on the department Web site at http://wdfw.wa.gov/wildlife/management/gray_wolf/ Capital Press video by Matthew Weaver.

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Pets & Animals

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• sheep
• farm
• livestock
• Washington
• agriculture
• wolves
• wildlife

[2clones]

@Sakima636 Great idea :-) Lets open a wolf hunting season! I'll buy a tag, get myself a nice rug, some wolf burger, and some wolves can be protected by establishing wild packs in the city parks of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia.

[madmanMMA]

You lib tards are just that tards! Non lethal way to manage them? Wow you are all amazing lol. Besides the vast majority on the board are pro wolf this lil speech is crap. We dont need wolves, but since the city folk want them we need a better plan than is being presented. a population cap and less breeding pairs. get educated dip Sh**s

[Ospreylove]

management plan. Sheesh. Let them live. Let Washington be the land where they are safe.

[Sakima636]

WTF? So your trying to get them delisted so people can hunt them?? How about trying to come up with non-lethal ways to manage wolves! I know for a fact there are ways being developed to scare/keep wolves away from livestock. Has anyone ever thought about castrating a male breeding wolf after a certain age? That could be something that could help. If there are only so many breeding pairs, Im sure that wouldn't be an issue. Wolves are natural to this world's environment. We came later.