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Game and Fish: No imminent wolf slaughter

Posted on: February 26, 2008

LANDER, Wyo. – State wildlife officials are dismissing warnings by critics of Wyoming’s wolf management plan of the imminent slaughter of up to two-thirds of the state’s wolves after the animal loses protection under the federal Endangered Species Act next month.

A core part of Wyoming’s wolf management plan is dual classification of wolves in Wyoming _ as a protected trophy species in the state’s northwestern corner, and as a predator species in the rest of the state.

In the areas where wolves are classified as predators like coyotes, they can be shot on sight and without limits, provided that kills are reported within 10 days.

Critics say that plan will lead to mass wolf killing. But Bill Rudd, Cheyenne assistant division chief of the state Game and Fish Department, doubts that will happen.

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