04-21-2011, 04:07 AM
rjmacs wrote:
How many people have been killed by this 'clear and present danger' over the last five years?
None.
They've been accused of killing a dog and several cows. They did kill a few cows, but others were probably killed by cougars and coyotes. Since the reintroduction more wolves have been killed illegally by sports hunters and gun-toting nuts than have attacked livestock by something like 20 to 1.
BTW: On the subject of coyotes, the wolves have done their job and thinned the coyote and elk populations so that the north western states no longer have tens of thousands of starving coyotes and elk leaving emaciated corpse all over the place every winter.
Killing all those wolves is going to make a far bigger mess than most people think. Those other populations are going to rebound quickly and coyotes are far more of a threat to domesticated animals than wolves are.
rjmacs wrote:
And out of curiosity, how does that number compare to the number killed in automobile accidents? Or falling off of ladders? Or drowning in swimming pools/holes? Just curious....
That would be "quite a bit less."