California wildlife officials have been working to mitigate the impact of the state’s rebounding wolf population on its ranchers. The Northern California wolves that were euthanized had become dependent on cattle for food.
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New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers
One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.
