Idaho Fish & Game is not happy with the success of the open rifle season on wolves in the state. So they're going to allow hunters to trap them starting next week. Of course, this comes not without controversy. Animal rights activists will howl at the inhumanity of trapping wolves, which most certainly will have collateral damage by trapping other species.
13 additional wolves were harvested last week (including the first taken in the Selway Zone; Southern Idaho is the only Zone without a reported harvest). The hope is that the trapping will be far more successful in depleting the packs that remain dangerous to big game herds... and to humans.
While the environmentalists claim that there is a "Little Red Riding Hood Syndrome" spread about, there really is no founding for citizens to be scared of wolves. After all, there have been no wolf attacks on humans in the Lower 48. But the people living on the land where wolves roam see it differently, and are reporting dangerous encounters with wolves. They simply don't feel as safe in the woods these days.
You can read Spokane's KXLY4's in depth report here.
~ J. Bunch
