It is a pretty sad day when you can not even defend your own property!


Wolves kill hound on lion hunt
Associated Press

CODY, Wyo. - A wolf pack has killed a mountain lion hunter's hound dog near Cody.

Jason Morrison was hunting in the Sunlight Basin with five hounds early last week. He said the hounds were on a lion's trail when they came upon a wolf pack eating a bull elk.

"Wolves will not tolerate other dogs, and they must have heard the hound dogs working the tracks," Morrison said.


Eight wolf pups were eating the elk, and the adult wolves standing guard attacked and killed his hound, he said.

The four other hounds returned to Morrison and the rest of the hunting party. Morrison said the wolves, "killed the dog and were tracking the other dogs that turned back to us. As near as I can tell, they probably intended to get them, too."

Wolf specialist Mike Jimenez of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed the 10-year-old hound was killed by wolves, which had also killed the elk.

"When dogs chase things, that happens," Jimenez said. "Wolves can be protective. It's a territorial thing."

Wolves have killed hounds in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, he said, adding that's what happens when hunters and wolves are both tracking in the same area.

"It's not anyone's fault," Jimenez said. "I'm sorry the owner lost his hound. I know it takes a great deal of time, effort and training."

Morrison, a Cody outfitter, said he tries to be selective about the areas he chooses for lion hunting.

"That day, we hadn't seen any wolf tracks," Morrison said. "That dog was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The mountain lion? Well, he's still running."

went out this morning just to make a circle and view the mornings wildlife.5-600 elk 100 deer 2coyotes and 9 wolves.20 mins outside cody wy

The wolves were doing what wolves do. What's the bitch?

I like the Cody outfitter's last comment. That's life in the wild.

You knew I wouldn't be able to leave this one alone for long.....

That really sucks for the guy, I don't think anyone would disagree....

If we want an ecosystem removed of wolves then lets get rid of all of the Siberian immigrants:
Wolves
Grizzlies
Wolverines
Elk
Moose

...and manage for a native North American ecosystem-- cougars, mule deer, whitetails and coyotes.

Hate to see the elk and moose go, but.....

IV

Add another to your list of Siberian immigrants:

Humans.

In Wisconson bear hound hunters lose 6 to 10 hounds a year to wolves. The DNR hates paying for them but they do.

quote:

When dogs chase things, that happens," Jimenez said. "Wolves can be protective. It's a territorial thing."

When wolves kill my dogs, shit happens," I said. "I can be protective. It's a territorial thing."

I'm glad someone pointed out humans (I wasn't going to point it out) so, since we know option A (get rid of all Siberian immigrants ain't gonna work, then we should go with option B which means we should have all of them in the mix..... (I can hardly wait to hear option C, D, E.....etc.)

IV