about 3000 bears, 20,000 black bears in about 3000- 4000 bears, 20,000 black bears in about 3000 4000 mountain lions. wolves are not the problem that they are made out to be and incidentally, when we look at legislation like this, this particular piece of legislation was written by two branches. they are run politicians, and a third rancher who is a retired politician was also involved in drafting this legislature and thenit drafting this legislature and then it was also given input by then it was also given input by the cadomin association and idaho and a couple of hunting groups. idaho and a couple of hunting urou s. ~ groups. wright, iwasjust groups. wright, i was ust going to say and i groups. wright, i was ust going to say and i i groups. wright, iwasjust going to say and i should | groups. wright, i wasjust- going to say and i should point out that i think these pictures are from your documentary work as well. they are magnificent creatures but when you say that they are not
the ranchers. and that has an adverse affect on farmers lives. ., ,., lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with 2.5 lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with 2.5 million - lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with 2.5 million head l a state with 2.5 million head of cattle, which far outnumber the people here, and wolves killed in the of wildlife services keeping track of this, about 102 of them out of 2.5 million cows and 300,000 sheep. that is how many confirmed depredations occurred by wolves on livestock in the given year. and it would be far more cost effective to simply pay for the dead livestock with the now $810,000 annual budget that is being given to kill wolves and try to drive their numbers down. they have a valuable ecological role to play here within the ecosystem. to play here within the ecosystem. to play here within the ecos stem. ~ ., ., ecosystem. would you say that it miuht ecosystem. would you say that it m
affect on farmers lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with 2.5 million head of cattle, which far outnumber the people here, and wolves killed in the last fiscal year of wildlife services keeping track of this, about 102 of them out of 2.5 million cows and 300,000 sheep. that is how many confirmed depredations occurred by wolves on livestock in the given year. that s about average. and it would be far more cost effective to simply pay for the dead livestock with the now $810,000 annual budget that is being given to kill wolves and try to drive their numbers down. they have a valuable ecological role to play here within the ecosystem as a top level carnivore. would you say that it might be reasonable that some should be
the state house of representatives could vote as early as monday to approve legislation allowing private contractors to kill up to 90% of the wolves. and if it passes, the bill would go to the governor to be signed off. pretty magnificent animals, aren t they? senator mark harris who sponsored the legislation that passed in the senate last week said there were more than 1,500 wolves and they want to get that number down to 150. people could be paid up to $1,000 for each wolf they kill. i been speaking to a researcher, documentarian and project director from living with walls and i asked him for is reaction. living with wolves. well, it is very tragic to see this kind of thing happen after such a successful recovery over the years. we do not have too many wolves
i v e i ve been speaking to the project director of living with wolves and asked for his reaction. wolves and asked for his reaction- wolves and asked for his reaction. 3 , ., . ., reaction. it s very tragic to see this reaction. it s very tragic to see this kind reaction. it s very tragic to see this kind of reaction. it s very tragic to see this kind of thing - reaction. it s very tragic to i see this kind of thing happen after such a successful recovery over the years. we do not have too many wolves in idaho. we have far more black bears, 20,000, and about 3000 to 4000 mountain lions. wolves are not the problem they are made out to be, and incidentally, when we look at legislation for this, this particular piece of legislation was written by two branches. they are rancher politicians, and a third rancher, who was a retired politician, was also involved in the drafting of this legislation. it was also given input by the wool growers