Diane K. Boyd

Right. So I had to bring them to the main office in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where they were euthanized. So prior to that, in 1978, you couldn't euthanize wolves. They changed the status from endangered to threatened. And so when they were threatened— then under Endangered Species Act, you could actually euthanize them. And they didn't translocate them.

Right. So I had to bring them to the main office in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where they were euthanized. So prior to that, in 1978, you couldn't euthanize wolves. They changed the status from endangered to threatened. And so when they were threatened— then under Endangered Species Act, you could actually euthanize them. And they didn't translocate them.

Right. So I had to bring them to the main office in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where they were euthanized. So prior to that, in 1978, you couldn't euthanize wolves. They changed the status from endangered to threatened. And so when they were threatened— then under Endangered Species Act, you could actually euthanize them. And they didn't translocate them.

This is a really good question because they found over the years with studies in Minnesota and eventually in Montana too, that when you translocate or move a wolf who's causing a problem, That wolf very, very rarely survives to reproduce because it gets killed by other wolves. It comes back to depredate again. It moves on to another farm or ranch and does it again.

This is a really good question because they found over the years with studies in Minnesota and eventually in Montana too, that when you translocate or move a wolf who's causing a problem, That wolf very, very rarely survives to reproduce because it gets killed by other wolves. It comes back to depredate again. It moves on to another farm or ranch and does it again.

This is a really good question because they found over the years with studies in Minnesota and eventually in Montana too, that when you translocate or move a wolf who's causing a problem, That wolf very, very rarely survives to reproduce because it gets killed by other wolves. It comes back to depredate again. It moves on to another farm or ranch and does it again.

They don't generally survive, and so it was determined that it makes officials feel good to move them, and it's a good facade for the public to believe in, but sometimes it results in a pretty prolonged and inhumane existence for a few months or a year until they die anyway. So, yeah, it's...

They don't generally survive, and so it was determined that it makes officials feel good to move them, and it's a good facade for the public to believe in, but sometimes it results in a pretty prolonged and inhumane existence for a few months or a year until they die anyway. So, yeah, it's...

They don't generally survive, and so it was determined that it makes officials feel good to move them, and it's a good facade for the public to believe in, but sometimes it results in a pretty prolonged and inhumane existence for a few months or a year until they die anyway. So, yeah, it's...

It's tough once they learn to take cattle or sheep. It's tough to break that pattern. Let's put it that way.

It's tough once they learn to take cattle or sheep. It's tough to break that pattern. Let's put it that way.

It's tough once they learn to take cattle or sheep. It's tough to break that pattern. Let's put it that way.

Well, yeah. I mean, if it was me out there walking around and I had a choice between a deer that's going to kick me in the teeth or taking the cow, I'd pick the slow, dumb groceries every time. It's just me.

Well, yeah. I mean, if it was me out there walking around and I had a choice between a deer that's going to kick me in the teeth or taking the cow, I'd pick the slow, dumb groceries every time. It's just me.

Well, yeah. I mean, if it was me out there walking around and I had a choice between a deer that's going to kick me in the teeth or taking the cow, I'd pick the slow, dumb groceries every time. It's just me.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

So it's a difficult challenge and wolves are continuing to expand everywhere in the West, the Midwest, Europe. And so there's more and more challenges, and a lot of the early excitement about wolves has changed into a bitter battle. Yeah.

So it's a difficult challenge and wolves are continuing to expand everywhere in the West, the Midwest, Europe. And so there's more and more challenges, and a lot of the early excitement about wolves has changed into a bitter battle. Yeah.