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The Turner Endangered Species Fund is a virulent
proponent of the "WildLands Project". Mike
Phillips, Executive Director of the TESF said to
an audience of 600 on 2/24/00 in Duluth, Minn
(in summary)
"the goal of wolf recovery is to drive 30,000
ranchers off public lands"go
HERE for
more
www.orcattle.com
http://www.NaturesWolves.com
Wolf
Crossings, by Gila Livestock Growers
Association. This is a website dealing with
ranchers and wolves (which are coming soon to
Oregon).
OSU
Paper calls for fewer cattle, more wolves to 'rewild'
the West, Capital Press
8/14/22. "Some 110,000 square miles of federal
land in the West should be closed to cattle and restocked
with wolves and beavers, according to a paper by Oregon
State University scientists and others...They propose reducing the amount of
federal land grazed in the West by 29% — equal to the size
of Nevada — and also limiting logging, mining, oil and gas
drilling and off-road vehicles...The proposal identifies blocks of
federally owned land in Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
California, Nevada, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico,
Wyoming and Utah for the rewilding network...
(including) the Blue, Klamath and Cascade
mountains in Oregon; the Sierra Nevada
mountains in California and the Northern
Rockies in Idaho."
Capital Press Editorial: 21 senators show their wolf
management expertise 11/04/21.
"...We
propose the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deliver 200
wolves to each of the states those senators represent.
Send 200 each to New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts,
California, Ohio, Illinois, Nevada, Rhode Island,
Connecticut and Maryland...and Hawaii..."
Ranchers blocked again from wolf hearing, Capital
Press, posted to KBC 11/1/21. "Two
judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
declined Oct. 12 to summarily reverse a lower court
ruling barring four agricultural groups from intervening
in lawsuits filed by environmental groups."
Excluding ranchers from wolf case unjust, Capital
Press, posted to KBC 7/2/21. "U.S. District Judge
Jeffrey White of Oakland, Calif., is hearing a case
related to efforts by environmentalists to put gray
wolves back on the federal endangered species
list...White decided to exclude from the case the people
most directly impacted by wolves — ranchers..."
Oregon's wolves are fine, ranchers not so much,
Capital Press, 4/29/21. "The
population grew 9.5% last year to at least 173 wolves in
22 packs. In 2019, the population grew 15%...state
biologists confirmed 31 attacks last year...three wolves
in the Rogue Pack were responsible for more than half of
those attacks, killing 16 yearling cows in Klamath and
Jackson counties.
Wolf population continues to grow in Oregon, Capital
Press 4/22/21. "The
2020 population is a 9.5% increase over the end of 2019,
when ODFW recorded at least 158 wolves...ODFW confirmed
31 livestock depredations in 2020, up 94% from 2019.
However, 16 of those were attributed to the Rogue pack,
whose range straddles Jackson and Klamath counties in
southwest Oregon..."
USFWS PRESS RELEASE:
Gray Wolves Delisted -Trump Administration Returns
Management and Protection of Gray Wolves to States and
Tribes Following Successful Recovery Efforts, USFWS
10/29/2020.
"Ranchers across the American West have lost livestock
because of ever growing gray wolf populations with no
way to protect their herds from this threat,” said U.S.
Representative Doug LaMalfa (CA-01). "Gray wolf
populations have exceeded recovery expectations for
years, and three Administrations have tried to de-list
the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act. President
Trump and Secretary Bernhardt finally got it done.
Turning gray wolf population management back over to
states and tribes will give back local control and
inevitably save cattle, sheep, other livestock, and
families from the threat of a grey wolf. This is a great
win for the West, and I thank the Trump Administration
for consistently prioritizing agribusinesses across
America.”
Diamond M ranch strikes back in lawsuit over wolf
management, Capital Press 9/21/2020.
"The
Diamond M has Forest Service permits to graze 736
cow-calf pairs. The ranch has been grazing in the
Colville National Forest since 1945 and has never
violated its permits, according to the ranch’s court
declaration. Wolves began attacking the ranch’s cattle
in 2008. Wolf packs saturate the region...The Diamond M
has refused to apply for state compensation for cattle
losses. The payouts are temporary and entice ranchers to
accept an overpopulation of wolves, according to the
ranch..."
Wolves strike again near Fort Klamath; now 12 confirmed
kills in three months, H&N 8/24/2020.
"During
at least five of the kills, hazers had been active,
driving around and staying overnight on the Wood River
Valley pasture lands, trying to keep wolves away from
cattle. But the human presence hasn’t deterred
them...three or four wolves were seen standing 400 to
500 yards away while biologists examined a dead
steer..."(Defenders of Wildlife) organization is looking
at ways to provide technical support to ranchers,
including ways to re-teach cattle defensive, herd
instincts. They also offer financial support for range
riders and other non-lethal deterrents..."
Judge in Seattle to rule
on wolf removal,
Capital Press 6/22/2020. "The
Wedge pack has attacked at least four calves in Stevens
County between May 11 and June 17, but the department
has not opted for lethal removal. The calves belonged to
two different producers."
Wolf call: Oregon ranchers frustrated by criteria of
state investigators, Capital Press
6/18/2020. " 'You
can go murder somebody and be convicted quicker than you
would convict a wolf, with the criteria they have...'
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released its
annual wolf report documenting 158 wolves statewide in
2019 — a 15% increase from the previous year..."
PREDATORS -
Reduce Klamath Cormorant population to save the fish,
by Debbie Klaja for H&N 6/14/2020. "Has
anything been done to reduce the number of fish-eating
Cormorants? It seems everyone
thinks the problem with no surviving baby sucker fish is
the water level..."
KBC NOTE: See our
Refuge Page articles for more on fish-eating Caspian
Terns lured to Tulelake and Lower Klamath refuges on
million-dollar, FWS-made islands from eating baby
salmon.
North
Cascades Grizzly Bear Introduction Draft EIS
Comments due October 24,
Ag Daily 10/17/19. "The
plan seeks to import up to 200 grizzly bears to the
region, despite obvious local stakeholder concerns...The
International Union for Conservation of Nature has
listed Ursus arctos, more commonly known as the
“Grizzly” bear, as a ‘Species of Least Concern’, due in
no small part to its population numbers of over 55,000
across North America."
Salmon-eating sea lions targeted at Columbia River dam,
H&N 5/5/19. <
This March 2019 photo was taken a few miles from the
mouth of the Klamath River by KBC News. From Google:
"Another
estimate, based on California sea lions' metabolic
needs, suggests that 100 animals feeding in that area
consume at least 13,000 salmon each spring."
Record number of wolves in Oregon, H&N 4/9/19. "...known
wolves in Oregon at the end of 2018 was 137, a 10%
increase over the previous year...Sixteen wolf packs,
defined as four or more wolves traveling together in
winter, were documented during the Oregon count, up from
12 packs in 2017..."
When wolves come to town by
Capital Press1/30/19. "Wolves are coming to town, but Colville
isn’t Seattle. Anyone who loses their cats or dogs will
be expected to accept it the way the ranchers are
expected to accept it as part of the price of living in
wolf habitat."
Rancher loses sixth animal to wolves, Medford
Tribune 1/5/19.
“I’ve done everything by the book between the state and
the federal people and tried to be cooperative with
everybody, and we’re just kind of starting to strike
out,” Birdseye said.
"OR-7 and his pack will not be subject to lethal removal
by ODFW because they are in Western Oregon, where gray
wolves are federally protected under the Endangered
Species Act."
DeFazio wolf comments uncalled for, H&N by Capital
Press 12/7/18. "...Rep.
Peter DeFazio, a Democrat who represents Oregon’s 4th
District, in defense of keeping federal protections on
wolves. He called the bill “a talking point for a few
idiots..."
House wolf debate features OR-7, WSU, ‘idiots,"
Capital Press 11/20/18.
* "Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer said wolves balance ecosystems..."
"The House could have used the hour set aside for the
debate on wolves to work on education policy, the budget
or a farm bill, said DeFazio,
D-Springfield. “But, no, we are here on a talking point
for a few idiots...We
are not having catastrophic predation on cattle in
southern Oregon. We could accommodate more wolves.”
<5/24/14:
"More
than 100 busy ranchers, farmers and fellow citizens,
concerned about introduction of wolves, came to hear
Jim
Beer's
presentation
(in Doris, California.)
He told about human deaths, dozens of wolf-carrying
diseases, predation on livestock and pets."
Delisting of Wolves passes the house,
11/16/18: H.R. 6784: Manage our Wolves Act:
To provide for removal of the gray wolf in the
contiguous 48 States from the List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife published under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973.H.R. 6784: Manage our
Wolves Act
Passed 196/180
Rep. LaMalfa [R-CA1]:
Aye Trackers:
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
[R-CA1
House wolf debate features OR-7, WSU, ‘idiots,"
Capital Press 11/20/18.
* "Oregon
Rep. Earl Blumenauer said wolves balance
ecosystems..."
"The House could have used the hour set aside
for the debate on wolves to work on education
policy, the budget or a farm bill, said
DeFazio, D-Springfield.
“But, no, we are here on a talking point for a
few idiots...We
are not having catastrophic predation on cattle
in southern Oregon. We could accommodate more
wolves.” <5/24/14:
"More
than 100 busy ranchers, farmers and fellow
citizens, concerned about introduction of
wolves, came to hear
Jim
Beer's
presentation
(in Doris, California.)
He told about human deaths, dozens of
wolf-carrying diseases, predation on livestock
and pets."
KBC News Wolf Page
Delisting of Wolves passes the house,
11/16/18: H.R. 6784: Manage our Wolves Act:
To provide for removal of the gray wolf in the
contiguous 48 States from the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife published under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973.H.R. 6784: Manage our
Wolves Act
Passed 196/180
Rep. LaMalfa
[R-CA1]: Aye Trackers:
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
[R-CA1
Washington man
fined for killing wolves, Capital Press 1/29/18.
"...man has been fined $8,293 and put on home-electronic monitoring for
30 days after pleading guilty to killing two wolves in northeast
Washington...Fowler also received a one-year suspended jail sentence..."
Rogue (Wolf) Pack fingered for new livestock kill,
Mail Tribune 1/8/18. "The 250-pound
calf was found dead Thursday morning by rancher Ted
Birdseye on his 276-acre ranch near Medco Pond between
Butte Falls and Prospect..."
OR-25 wolf killed near Fort Klamath, three wolf
killing investigations open in region, H&N 11/7/17. "...there
are a minimum of 112 wolves in the state, a 75 percent
increase since December 2013..."a
wolf was killed in the Starkey Wildlife Management Unit
in Union County on Oct. 27 by an elk hunter, who
self-reported the incident. The case will not be
prosecuted as state law and wildlife officials believe
it to be an incidence of self-defense. Killing of a
protected gray wolf is a federal offense, punishable by
up to a $100,000 fine, a year in jail, or both..."
Reward offered for info on wolf-killing poacher, H&N 10/26/17 "Over
two days in June, he killed two goats and one lamb at a
small livestock operation near the small city of Ashland
just north of Oregon’s border with California. The
federal offense is punishable by up to a $100,000 fine,
a year in jail, or both. The maximum state penalty is a
fine of $6,250 and a year in jail. In 2016, OR-33 roamed
almost within Ashland’s city limits and was seen by
numerous residents, according to the Statesman Journal. Wolves in Oregon hunt deer, elk, bighorn sheep and
goats, but also can target livestock..."
Oregon wolf management plan, Finding balance with a new
apex predator, H&N 4/20/17. "...The
state documented 64 wolves at the end of 2013, and a
minimum of 112 by the end of 2016, including 11 packs
and eight breeding pairs..." "The draft plan requires
three confirmed depredations or one confirmed and four
“probable” attacks within a 12 month period. The
previous standard was two confirmed depredations or one
confirmed and three attempted attacks, with no time
period set...The groups also believe ODFW should
continue collaring wolves, and should set a population
cap for wolves in Oregon. Without a benchmark, we will
not be able to tell when wolves have reached their
natural carrying capacity' in the state, the Farm Bureau
said... ranchers’ views aren’t reflected in the draft
plan...' "
Reward offered for info on wolf-killing poacher,
H&N, posted to KBC 11/26/17 "Over
two days in June, he killed two goats and one lamb at a
small livestock operation near the small city of Ashland
just north of Oregon’s border with California. The
federal offense is punishable by up to a $100,000 fine,
a year in jail, or both. The maximum state penalty is a
fine of $6,250 and a year in jail. In 2016, OR-33 roamed
almost within Ashland’s city limits and was seen by
numerous residents, according to the Statesman Journal
.Wolves in Oregon hunt deer, elk, bighorn sheep and
goats, but also can target livestock..."
Wolf committee compensates ranchers for depredation,
H&N 10/25/16. "...The compensation does not include
veterinary bills or other costs...During discussion,
Nicholson emphasized the payments do not consider weight
losses caused by stress among cattle when they are
threatened by wolves..."
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Wolf prints found in
early October 2016 on the Nicholson Ranch at Fort Klamath.
Four steers have been attacked by wolves and died.
Ranchers and wildlife officials concerned with the
killings.
..
Fort Klamath:
WOLVES -
Wildlife biologists concerned about cattle killings,
H&N 10/22/16. "John
Stephenson, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife
biologist, (said) "What we're trying to do is stop it
with non-lethal measures. When you have a flurry of
incidents you don't jump to lethal measures." "All
three biologists said wolves pose no threat to humans."
Wolves Kill Teacher, Alaska Department of Fish and Game 12/7/11. "The investigators concluded that Ms. Berner was attacked and killed by wolves." Student's death confirmed as
continent's first fatal wolf attack, Chris Purdy, CanWest
News Service November 02, 2007
'Also
in H&N article above"(Fish
and
Wildlife
biologist
Collum)
expressed surprise the number of wolves has increased so
quickly, admitting, 'If you had told me five years ago
we would be dealing with these kinds of situations, I
would have told you you're nuts.' KBC NOTE:
Ranchers have been opposing wolf expansion for years,
foreseeing the deadly consequences. See below:
< KBC News photo 5/25/14
- WOLVES in Siskiyou County - Jim Beers, retired USFWS biologist, wetlands
biologist, refuge manager, and
Congressional Fellow, and wolf expert
spoke in Dorris, CA last week. More than
100 busy ranchers, farmers and fellow
citizens, concerned about introduction
of wolves, came to hear his
presentation. He told about human
deaths, dozens of wolf-carrying
diseases, predation on livestock and
pets. Author Holly Swanson spoke about
how the green movement is destroying our
environment, economy and education, and
the agenda behind it.
Wolf attacks frustrate Fort Klamath rancher (Bill
Nicholson); Four steer deaths confirmed by Fish and
Wildlife, H&N 10/21/16.
“This valley, with so many cattle, is going to be like a
smorgasbord for the wolves. They’ll take the animals
that put up the least resistance,” worries Bill
Nicholson, third-generation owner of the Nicholson
Ranch, where the deaths, verified by state Fish and Game
biologists as wolf kills, took place...During the spring
and summer, upward of 35,000 head of cattle are trucked
to the Wood River Valley to graze on the nutrient-rich
grasslands...“It’s death by a thousand bites,”...Wampler
expects more attacks on livestock. “They will come back,
that’s just a given.”
Wolf killed by poacher in Oregon has ties to California,
Sac Bee 10/14/16. "...OR28’s pack is
confirmed to have attacked a calf in the area in late
September...the Rogue pack also has been linked to
livestock killings in southern Oregon in recent
weeks...The Center for Biological Diversity on Friday
added $10,000 to the reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of those responsible for
killing OR28..."
Three wolf attacks confirmed near Fort Klamath, H&N 10/11/16. "the
first attack occurred Oct. 2 against an 800-pound calf,
who was found dead the next day by a ranch hand who said
he saw three wolves feeding on the carcass. The second
attack was on Oct. 4 and resulted in the death of a
600-pound calf. The third attack took place Wednesday
night against a 300-pound calf..."
Wolf or coyote attack on calf - why
predators should not be introduced into
rural areas for visitors to hear their wild
howl. Short video by Debbie Bacagalupi
4/3/16. KBC News Wolf Page
Yamsi Ranch calving complicated by lone wolf on
the perimeter, H&N 2/28/16. "about 15
calves had been born. Jerri said they are
planning to birth calves from each of the
ranch’s 450 female cows. What they did not plan
on was keeping a 24-hour watch on the cows
because of one very persistent wolf... the
standard barrage of non-lethal wolf deterrents
have not fazed OR-25."
Calf attacked by wolf in Swan Lake Valley,
OR-33 the culprit, still on the move, H&N posted
2/25/16. "He
is the fifth radio-collared wolf to make its way to
Klamath County."
Lawmakers seek to ratify wolf’s removal from
endangered list, Washington Times, posted to
KBC 1/17/16. "Eighty-one wolves now live in
Oregon. State biologists recommended stripping
them of the endangered status, saying the
species is no longer in danger of extinction in
a substantial portion of its Oregon range."
Wolf or coyote attack on calf - why
predators should not be introduced into rural
areas for visitors to hear their wild howl.
Short video by Debbie Bacagalupi 4/3/16
Tracking Oregon wolves,
H&N 2/12/15. "...the
collar was only expected to have a three-year
lifespan...the 4-year-old collar’s signal
strength is dropping..."
KBC NEWS: A property owner at
Medicine Lake reported to KBC that he
spotted a wolf (from a pack known to
kill livestock, that wandered into
California) in the Medicine Lake
headquarters campground June 18th. Howls
were heard in that location July 13th.
From Fish and
Wildlife on wolf at Medicine Lake
7/17/14 "While I recognize there is
debate among some on whether or not other wolves
are in California, we and Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife have yet to pick up any other
confirming evidence that there are other wolves
in southern Oregon or northern California."
Hearing What We Want to Hear, by Jim
Beers, posted to KBC
6/20/14.
Beers
comments on Herald and News report by Lacey
Jarrell regarding his wolf presentation in
Dorris, Calif. Jarrell's article
was "Worries about wolves; Wolf opponents
list multiple reasons against
reintroduction" Beers is a retired
wildlife biologist and refuge manager,
government whistleblower, and wolf expert.
5/25/14
- WOLVES in Siskiyou County - Jim Beers,
retired USFWS biologist, wetlands
biologist, refuge manager, and
Congressional Fellow, and wolf expert
spoke in Dorris, CA last week. More than
100 busy ranchers, farmers and fellow
citizens, concerned about introduction
of wolves, came to hear his
presentation. He told about human
deaths, dozens of wolf-carrying
diseases, predation on livestock and
pets. Author Holly Swanson spoke about
how the green movement is destroying our
environment, economy and education, and
the agenda behind it.
Kitzhaber signs 'last resort' wolf-killing bill, San Francisco
Chronicle, posted to KBC 7/22/13. "Ranchers will get new rights to shoot
wolves that they see attacking their herd, but only if the attacks have
become chronic and the ranchers can show they've taken nonlethal steps to
try and stop them." KBC NOTE: Oregonians may not shoot a wolf
killing their calves, ponies, puppies, chickens, lambs, unless they have
completed a multitude of documentation and deeds.
Tailoring wolf "science" to justify political ends, by
Jim Beers, a retired US Fish & Wildlife
Service Wildlife Biologist, Special Agent,
Refuge Manager, Wetlands Biologist, and
Congressional Fellow, posted 12/5/12.
Walloping Washington Wolves, by Jim Beers, posted to KBC 11/19/12. "...it is tough, especially in these states where the urban majorities and state bureaucracies are more and more used to imposing harmful conditions on rural minorities. There aren’t any quick and easy answers here because everyone (like Germans in the 1930’s) has been hiding in the hope that things would soon get better, only they have only gotten worse." followed by The Never Ending Fairytale, by Jim Beers, posted to KBC 11/19/12. "Wolves are spreading anthrax that periodically shows up in isolated locations all around where the wolves roam."
Washington
Wolf
Attacks
Mount,
Capital
Press,
posted
to
KBC
9/20/12.
"The
wolves
in
the
Wedge
Wolf
Pack
are
now
dining
almost
exclusively
on
beef...They've
taken
all
the
game
in
this
area
and
are
just
living
on
these
cattle.
McIrvin
estimated
the
cost
to
his
operation
is
approaching
$100,000
in
cattle
kills,
weight
loss,
injuries,
extra
labor
and
low
conception
rate.
The
department
has
$50,000
allotted
for
compensation
to
ranchers,
$5,000
per
ranch."
Rancher, wolf battle
escalates, D Chieftain, posted to KBC 8/24/12. "After
an overall estimated monetary loss of $16,000, of which about $3,500 has
been compensated, Hulsey doesn’t know if he can keep the business alive.
'Sooner or later they run everybody (the ranchers) down and they just give
up,' Hulsey said. 'I don’t think there is any answer. Several have quit
because of the wolves...' ”
Wolf Delisting,
Muley Crazy, posted to KBC 8/24/12. KBC: Earthjustice sued, and Judge Malloy
"Made law instead of enforcing existing statutes." Wolf
Delisting, the legal battle part 2, Muley Crazy, posted to KBC 8/24/12.
Wolf study probes effects on cattle, Capital Press, posted to KBC 6/9/12. "...the rancher was able to show only an 80 percent yield on calves... (he) estimated he lost between 65 to 70 animals out of 800 head, but he was able to confirm the loss of just 17."
Wolves -
Stand up for rural California, Siskiyou Daily, 5/24/12. "OR7, the lone wolf “cash cow,” arrived in California in late December...The Canadian gray wolf was never native to this region. How can anything be endangered when it didn’t exist here?...Since re-introduction of the Canadian gray wolf, the money spent by the Federal Fish and Wildlife for study and management is reported to be well over $44 million."
Presentation of Wolves sponsored
by Siskiyou County Ag Dept. May 10
at 6:30 p.m, Miners Inn convention
center.
Presentation of Wolves sponsored by Siskiyou County Ag Dept. May 10,
2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Miners Inn convention center. Expert Carter Niemeyer will discuss the potential impact of wolves on livestock and wildlife.
Northern Rockies wolf population
rose in 2011, Capital Press
3/8/12. "The
animal's numbers rose by more than 7
percent to 1,774 wolves, as state
officials look for more ways to
reduce the population...Montana had
aimed to cut its wolf population by
25 percent in 2011, but the numbers
actually rose 15 percent to at least
653 animals...That increase has
prompted grumbling by county
officials who say state Fish,
Wildlife and Parks regulators aren't
doing enough to take on the predator
problem."
Lone wolf's arrival leads to protection
petition, SF Chronicle, posted to
KBC 3/1/12. "The petition was filed
by the Center for Biological Diversity,
Big Wildlife, the Environmental
Protection Information Center and the
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center amid
intensive statewide interest in the
first wolf to enter California in almost
90 years... OR7's former pack mates have
killed 21 cows and calves over the past
two years. .."
followed by:
Protection for OR-7 sought after Idaho
wolf is poached,
California listing would create need for
recovery plan,
H&N 2/28/12, ""It cited a 2001
study that ...the northeast corner of
California could support as many as 470
wolves."
Wolf worries, Siskiyou Daily 1/11/12.
“There is no allowance under the law for killing of a wolf that is going after or preying upon livestock, but there is an allowance if there is a direct threat to life and limb for humans.”
Klamath Falls - OR-7 puts area ranchers on edge; Should wolf predate livestock, Klamath County producers have little recourse under law, H&N 12/29/11
VIDEO:
Wallawa County Wolves, 12/27/11.
Ranchers tell about and show the
devastation, maiming and brutal
killing of their livestock by wolves
on their property. (KBC NOTE: this
takes awhile to load.)
Collection of wolf articles and Siskiyou County resolution of predators, sent by Siskiyou County Supervisor Marcia Armstrong 12/11/11. "According to federal data, wolves killed 4,588 cattle and sheep across the Northern Rockies from 1995 through 2010. "The California Department of Fish and Game, for more than a year, has quietly worked on a plan to prepare for the eventual return of wolves. It expects to release the plan in January...Any wolves that enter California would be considered federally endangered, Stopher said."
Wolves Kill Teacher, Alaska Department of Fish and Game 12/7/11. "The investigators concluded that Ms. Berner was attacked and killed by wolves."
A Lone Wolf Travels Toward California, Cal Fish and Game 12/16/11. "Concerns about human safety are largely based on folklore and unsubstantiated in North America."
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