Wolves started at a small variety, men killed them off in hundreds, then they were put on the endangered list in 2000, and wolves from canada were brought to the Flathead valley and Yellowstone. After 10 years there numbers were over what they had been before they men were killing them. Slowly at first they started killing livestock and elk. With the wolves population so high why would the humans take a hands-off when they weren’t killed for 10 years. The Fish & Wildlife service need to watch and manage the wolves because what are the wolves predators besides humans, what kills wolves, old age?
Wolves were few in 2000 but in 2012 the population the packs multiplied by 15, western Montana and Idaho were full of wolves to many for the elk. If …show more content…
In a chart shown by Jay S. Mallonee, the Dispersed (Emigrated from area) in 2002 was about 9 which was few, but in 2008 and 2009 13 and 15 dispersed. The packs were slowly growing and the wolves were spreading some were going into different states where the other animals weren’t used to wolves. In 2009 34.8% were remove from things that had killed them, Natural, Missing, Unknown, Dispersed, Human, Control, Harvest or killed. The other 65.2% lived. The 804 total wolves that lived, 65.2% is about 524 Wolves, which is a lot. 2002 to 2008, 0 were harvest and the population went from 249 wolves to 677 in 2008 then in 2009 they took the wolves off the endangered list and 72 were killed. The Fish and Wildlife service got scared and listed them again. Is 536 wolves very big and to reduce the amount the government only killed 73 of them, some that had problems like killing livestock or killing/wounding humans and the others that would snatch a cow in different spots were left alone. 524 wolves lived to kill livestock or to kill the few elk that remained, and even after the Fish and Wildlife had taken off they emedielly but them back on just so the government could kill 141 more that could have been killed for
Wolves were few in 2000 but in 2012 the population the packs multiplied by 15, western Montana and Idaho were full of wolves to many for the elk. If …show more content…
In a chart shown by Jay S. Mallonee, the Dispersed (Emigrated from area) in 2002 was about 9 which was few, but in 2008 and 2009 13 and 15 dispersed. The packs were slowly growing and the wolves were spreading some were going into different states where the other animals weren’t used to wolves. In 2009 34.8% were remove from things that had killed them, Natural, Missing, Unknown, Dispersed, Human, Control, Harvest or killed. The other 65.2% lived. The 804 total wolves that lived, 65.2% is about 524 Wolves, which is a lot. 2002 to 2008, 0 were harvest and the population went from 249 wolves to 677 in 2008 then in 2009 they took the wolves off the endangered list and 72 were killed. The Fish and Wildlife service got scared and listed them again. Is 536 wolves very big and to reduce the amount the government only killed 73 of them, some that had problems like killing livestock or killing/wounding humans and the others that would snatch a cow in different spots were left alone. 524 wolves lived to kill livestock or to kill the few elk that remained, and even after the Fish and Wildlife had taken off they emedielly but them back on just so the government could kill 141 more that could have been killed for