Diane K. Boyd
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So far, I mean, they just now, so a pair of wolves that they reintroduced found each other and made a pack, and they had the only litter of pups known to be in Colorado this year. I believe both of those wolves... came from Oregon and they both had livestock killing experience before they chose them to release, which is really unfortunate.
So far, I mean, they just now, so a pair of wolves that they reintroduced found each other and made a pack, and they had the only litter of pups known to be in Colorado this year. I believe both of those wolves... came from Oregon and they both had livestock killing experience before they chose them to release, which is really unfortunate.
So the dilemma was, okay, they did okay until people started calving. And now there's little calves on the ground and all the wolves are coming in and they're starting to kill calves and then they might kill a heifer or something. And anyway... They're killing livestock. So what do you do? You've got a male and a female and a litter of pups, and they have started a history of killing livestock.
So the dilemma was, okay, they did okay until people started calving. And now there's little calves on the ground and all the wolves are coming in and they're starting to kill calves and then they might kill a heifer or something. And anyway... They're killing livestock. So what do you do? You've got a male and a female and a litter of pups, and they have started a history of killing livestock.
So the dilemma was, okay, they did okay until people started calving. And now there's little calves on the ground and all the wolves are coming in and they're starting to kill calves and then they might kill a heifer or something. And anyway... They're killing livestock. So what do you do? You've got a male and a female and a litter of pups, and they have started a history of killing livestock.
What do you do with them? The slight majority of people in Colorado, the ballot box initiative stuff, want to see all the worms protected, and a slight minority, it's like 49 1⁄2 to 50 1⁄2 or something, want them removed. And the people in the middle are trying to figure out what to do. So they went and captured them and put them in a holding facility for a while.
What do you do with them? The slight majority of people in Colorado, the ballot box initiative stuff, want to see all the worms protected, and a slight minority, it's like 49 1⁄2 to 50 1⁄2 or something, want them removed. And the people in the middle are trying to figure out what to do. So they went and captured them and put them in a holding facility for a while.
What do you do with them? The slight majority of people in Colorado, the ballot box initiative stuff, want to see all the worms protected, and a slight minority, it's like 49 1⁄2 to 50 1⁄2 or something, want them removed. And the people in the middle are trying to figure out what to do. So they went and captured them and put them in a holding facility for a while.
Then they're going to release them later. Well, you still have a problem.
Then they're going to release them later. Well, you still have a problem.
Then they're going to release them later. Well, you still have a problem.
They will probably likely to continue killing livestock.
They will probably likely to continue killing livestock.
They will probably likely to continue killing livestock.
In Montana, there is, I presume, yeah, there is in Colorado, yeah. They're reimbursed, but as I've worked with ranchers and they said, I didn't raise my cows for your damn wolves to kill them. I don't care. I don't want the money. I just don't want the wolves here. And sometimes when you're working with a rancher community, that's the only common...
In Montana, there is, I presume, yeah, there is in Colorado, yeah. They're reimbursed, but as I've worked with ranchers and they said, I didn't raise my cows for your damn wolves to kill them. I don't care. I don't want the money. I just don't want the wolves here. And sometimes when you're working with a rancher community, that's the only common...
In Montana, there is, I presume, yeah, there is in Colorado, yeah. They're reimbursed, but as I've worked with ranchers and they said, I didn't raise my cows for your damn wolves to kill them. I don't care. I don't want the money. I just don't want the wolves here. And sometimes when you're working with a rancher community, that's the only common...
denominator you have is you're out there because you don't want their cows killed because then wolves have to get killed they don't want their cows killed because they didn't they raised them for all these generations they have a genetic a good pool genetically they are invested so you have the same that's the same common goal and you might have different reasons to come to that goal but that's how you work with people you know how it is yeah there's always a common denominator
denominator you have is you're out there because you don't want their cows killed because then wolves have to get killed they don't want their cows killed because they didn't they raised them for all these generations they have a genetic a good pool genetically they are invested so you have the same that's the same common goal and you might have different reasons to come to that goal but that's how you work with people you know how it is yeah there's always a common denominator
denominator you have is you're out there because you don't want their cows killed because then wolves have to get killed they don't want their cows killed because they didn't they raised them for all these generations they have a genetic a good pool genetically they are invested so you have the same that's the same common goal and you might have different reasons to come to that goal but that's how you work with people you know how it is yeah there's always a common denominator