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A fence around this northern Minnesota cattle ranch may keep both calves and wolves from dyingtinyurl.com/5c64h6kkThey say good fences make good neighbors, and Wes Johnson is hoping more than 7 miles of good fence around his cattle ranch here will finally make good neighbors out of the booming local wolf population.For the past 20 years or so, this is where wolves have been coming to die, more than any place else in Minnesota. They came to eat first, preying on some of Johnson’s newborn calves each spring. But then federal trappers came and killed the wolves — as many as 16 in a single year, three already this year, and 86 wolves trapped and killed in this wild patch of northwestern St. Louis County since 2002.But if the fencing works, and the wolves stay out, Johnson’s cattle ranch could become a showcase example of how seemingly polarized interests can coexist. Work started last summer and, so far, about 5 miles of the ranch’s 7.5 miles of perimeter have been fenced.Early indications are that wolves are choosing not to cross. GPS-collared research wolves have been tracked moving up to the fence, walking down the fence line and then moving on. Trail cameras also show wolves staying out where the fence is up.Over the years 26% of all the GPS-collared wolves that have died during the Voyageurs Wolf Project research have died on Johnson’s ranch even though it comprises less than 1% of the study area. Some 9% of all the wolves estimated living within the study area have been trapped and killed at the ranch.photo: Wolfphotography.com ... See MoreSee Less

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Wolfwatcher

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Wolf pack kills calf, forcing decision on lethal controltinyurl.com/ttrmb5kvA wolf pack in northeastern Washington state has killed another calf, forcing the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to determine whether to cull the pack, officials said.The Togo pack of wolves has attacked three calves over the past 30 days, surpassing the threshold of livestock kills for the department to consider killing one or two wolves to curb the livestock killing, The Capital Press reported.The other killings of livestock were confirmed on May 17 and May 18. The latest calf killed belonged to a different rancher than the first two that were attacked, officials said.Susewind authorized culling the pack last summer. The department didn’t kill a wolf, but said the ground search for the pack may have discouraged it from attacking more cattle.The pack has been attacking in private pastures patrolled by ranchers and state-funded range riders, which the department says is the best non-lethal way to prevent wolf-livestock conflicts.If the department decides on lethal control, it typically tries to kill one or two wolves and then suspends action to determine whether livestock attacks stop.The department counted seven wolves in the Togo pack at the end of 2021.photo: Wolfphotography.com graphy ... See MoreSee Less

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