The population includes 107 packs and 20 breeding pairs. At the end of 2012, Idaho had an estimated 683 wolves, 117 packs and 34 breeding pairs. In 2013, hunters and trappers killed 356 wolves and another 94 were killed in population control actions authorized by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
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...unchanged from the prior year even as state wildlife agencies adopted aggressive tactics to drive down wolf numbers.Under pressure from livestock and hunting groups, Idaho officials have used helicopters to shoot packs. Montana has eased hunting and trapping rules.Federal wolf recovery coordinator Mike Jimenez says he expects the population to gradually decline over time in the face of the states' efforts, but to remain healthy.
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- The wandering wolf dubbed OR-7 has long exceeded his 15 minutes of fame.
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March 28--Idaho Gov. The Center for Biological Diversity said this month the dramatic population drop and the state's unwillingness to protect wolves in the Frank Church-River of No Return wilderness violates commitments Idaho made.
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USDA confirmed the wolf depredation and conducted flyovers in the area hoping to kill the predator. The Swigerts also reached out to Idaho for Wildlife, which helped organize an on-the-ground hunt for the wolf. The situation received regional media attention. Idaho for Wildlife's Alder said his group posted "elite, highly trained retired special forces officers" to guard the Swigerts' home.
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With the addition of the Clearwater Region, wolf season is a permanent activity on most private land in Idaho from the Canadian border to the Salmon River. But he said it isn't likely to dramatically increase wolf harvest in the region. Joe River, units 10 and 12 that make up the Lolo Zone, and units 16A, 17, 19 and 20 that make up the Selway Zone.
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March 24--Idaho's wolf population is on the decline. In 2008, a minimum of 846 wolves were reported in Idaho. That's a 42 percent decline. A decline is by design, said Idaho Fish and Game Big Game Manager Jon Rachael.
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Most of those attacks were attributed to the Wedge Pack, and the WDFW killed seven pack members that year. Everywhere in the state you get reports of wolves. If there's a pack, you're going to know it.
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March 19--BOISE -- State budget writers slashed Gov. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, Phylis King, D-Boise, and Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow. "I think the plan is to come back every year," said Rep.
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Turns out, more than half of Wyomingites surveyed in 2012 believed the wolf reintroduction has had a mostly negative effect. The argument goes something like this: Wolves kill elk and livestock. This means fewer elk to hunt and more expensive beef. The fact that my aunt was passing along a link to such an obviously libtarded, left-wing, lamestream-media, pencil-necked, vegan, gay-marriage-supporting piece of communist drivel was virtually unthinkable.
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