Federal agents wiped out two wolf packs, including 10 pups, in parts of Wyoming last week, drawing criticism from Defenders of Wildlife. In all, 16 wolves were killed after they preyed upon three calves on private property near Cody and a lamb near Dempsey Creek, northwest of Kemmerer.
“Simply killing wolves and their young, whether or not they’ve been implicated in conflicts, does very little to resolve the problem,” Suzanne Stone of Defenders of Wildlife said in a letter to the editor this week. “Instead, state wildlife agencies should work with ranchers to reduce the risks of depredations via effective nonlethal solutions.”
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