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(AP) — Montana officials want to triple the number of gray wolves
hunters and trappers can kill in an area bordering Yellowstone National
Park.
The proposal would increase the annual quota in a hunting district near Gardiner from two wolves to six.
It follows complaints from park
scientists that even under a smaller quota too many of the predators
were being killed once they stepped into Montana.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and
Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim says the higher quota is intended to
address concerns from outfitters that Yellowstone-area wolves are
killing too many elk.
He says it would stabilize but not reduce the wolf population around Gardiner.
There's
no limit on how many wolves can be killed statewide in Montana. Hunters
and trappers harvested 210 of the animals during the 2015 season.
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