Law makes hash of the talk of superb state level wolf management?
In the new Montana wolf hunt those who shoot a wolf can tag it and walk away, leaving the entire wolf on the ground. Nick Gevock of the Montana Standard just blew the whistle on this amendment that was sneaked into Montana’s game laws by the legislature. Read the details. “Disrespecting wildlife: Law allowing wolves to be wasted is a disgrace” By Nick Gevock. Montana Standard.The stated purpose is to protect hunters from tapeworm eggs which anti-wolf activists say cover the wolves and pose a grave threat to humans. As with wolf attacks, however, this fear of tapeworms from wolves giving people secondary tapeworm infections suffers from a lack of cases. So far I have heard of one Idaho case. Because the parasites are carried by foxes, coyotes, wolves and some dogs, there is no way to tell how the patient got the infestation.
There is a lot of congratulatory talk about what a great job states are doing conserving the “recovered” wolf. Perhaps even a prominent biologist might even step forth to say so, but look at this and judge for yourself.
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