ID, MT, and WY also don't have the major metro areas and generally have a more conservative voter base.
I guess I should go down to the co-op in Seattle and educate the locals on the need for wildlife management.
I'm guessing when you're not being a dick to fellow ht'ers you're doing a lot...
We'll be stuck watching freaks like this on TV when I'm trying to watch to grown men beat each other unconscious. Guess I'm just old school. Gouch, did you remember to change your kids litter box?
In the MN moose study the researchers labeled moose that had been bitten by wolves and died from infection as natural causes, not predation. It's not popular to link any negative effects from predators in wildlife research these days.
I've handled both populations. No significant size difference, obviously there would be a diet change, pack size outside of yellowstone isn't different from mn wolves, MN wolves do kill moose regularly, that's what stands out to me