I can see that Robert Fanning is hot to have his say about the terrible terrible trouble he thinks wolves have done to the northern range elk.
He added the comment below to the jackrabbit thread, but let’s give him a post.
Ralph Maughan
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Subject: Northern Yellowstone elk older and fewer
http://www.wildlife-enhancement.ca/usainfo_2.htm
Friday, December 16, 2005 the last time this herd in “crisis ” was counted by those entrusted by the public ; what do they have to hide? Why did they stop counting a herd that up till now was audited each year since 1895?
This article was Archived on Monday, January 16, 2006 @Mt.FWP
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The nationally known Northern Yellowstone elk herd, numbering about 9,500 animals, is notably smaller, about half the size it was in the mid-1990’s. Wildlife managers recently learned that its members are notably older, too. Read the rest of this entry »