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Billboards mislead on wolves

Tue., Dec. 16, 2014

It breaks my heart to see those anti-wolf billboards being set up just because some ranchers lost a few cows and sheep.

A little-known fact is that wolves are responsible for less than 1 percent of livestock losses (this is statistically proven). In the Lower 48 states, there have been two wolf attacks on people (not kills) in the last century, and one of them wasn’t even confirmed.

In the end, this is just to help you understand why I think it’s unnecessary, sad, and it breaks my heart that the killing of wolves is actually being considered.

Robert Gregg

Spokane

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