A statistical study of 25 years of records across several states by researchers at Washington State University concluded that traditional wolf management — killing some wolves to reduce their impact on livestock like sheep — mostly does not work. Killing wolves, the analysis suggested, may in fact make things worse as packs adapt, move around and increase their reproduction rates — and then kill even more livestock the year after their numbers have been reduced.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:36:54 +0000