courtesy of Wyoming Star-Tribune
by Whitney Royster
While Wyoming’s wolf population outside Yellowstone National Park increased in 2010, depredation losses were the lowest on record since 2003, according to an unofficial year-end report published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Although the official report won’t be available until March, it is estimated that Wyoming’s wolf population outside Yellowstone National Park increased by about 9 percent to about 247 wolves, while depredations decreased to a total of 64 animals. In 2009, an estimated 222 animals were killed by wolves.
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