As usual you're just ignorant.
And as usual you're just plain wrong.
You're back to making claims about coyotes in Idaho and Utah as if that has anything to do with wolves in Canada--it doesn't.
This whole thread illustrates that some folks still fear wolves (and want them gone from the North) and will spread misinformation to convince others that wolves are dangerous and wipe out game animals.
First we heard that very few wolves have been killed in Canada over the past 50 years--they've just sent them to Idaho instead. Wrong. Many were taken by hunters and trappers and hundreds were taken by aerial shooting control programs in BC and the Yukon. And the ones that were transplanted went to Wyoming, not Idaho.
Then we heard that wild wolves were becoming a threat to people. Wrong. Bears and mountain lions, maybe, but not wolves--unless they are fed by people and lose fear.
Then, it's claimed that wolves take all the trophy big game animals. Wrong. Alaska has had wolves forever yet trophy bull moose and caribou are still shot every year.
Next we're told there are 70,000 wolves in Canada. Wrong. This is over 3 times the actual estimate of Canadian biologists.
And then we hear that wolves killed tens of million of dollars worth of livestock in western states and the government didn't pay claims. Wrong. The dollar amount isn't even remotely close to that amount and a non-government organization pays claims, not the feds.
We really need to get rid of the myths and deal with the facts. But the facts are inconvienient for those who fear wolves and want them gone.
