Looking back: December 2012
“Montana and Wyoming hunts ruin Park’s study of how many elk wolves eat, wolf movements, pack territories-
While the official stance of Yellowstone Park is that the three state wolf hunt that has been going on along the Park’s boundaries has not jeopardized the Park’s wolf population (now down to 81 wolves), it certainly killed the Park’s wolf project’s research on wolf habits such as how many and where wolves eat elk, bison, deer, and the like. Not only that, but the loss of the 3 GPS collars which tracked wolf movements 24/7 makes it so it cannot be known if the wolves have killed what they eat or whether they find a carcass (or steal it from lion, bear, coyotes, etc.).
Other Yellowstone wolves killed in the wolf hunt while on a foray outside the Park had regular (standard) collars. Uncollared wolves were killed too, and most of these carcasses probably gave no indication they were basically Park wolves. The number in this category is not known, but it is a reasonable assumption that the true Park wolf population today is actually less than 81.
Science Insider has a detailed article on what the death of the 3 GPS-collared wolves means. Hunters Kill Another Radio-Collared Yellowstone National Park Wolf. by Virginia Morell. Ms. Morell interviewed Dr. Douglas Smith, the head of the Park’s wolf project.
Most of the Wyoming wolf hunt units have closed now and Montana will not allow wolf trapping along the Park boundary when their first wolf trapping season begins Friday, Dec. 15. The wolf hunt goes on in Idaho where it is almost endless, but not many wolves migrate directly out of the Park into Idaho because the expansive Madsion Plateau sits in the way to Idaho. It has almost no prey … little habitat for ungulates.”
**Special thanks to Dr. Ralph Maughan, professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guide.
The Wolf Preservation Blog 
This is from 2012. No gps wolves died this year
Yes, correct…the article is from 2012.
I don’t get the point of putting it out there..
Shan43@bresnan.net
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I didn’t see the date of the article until after I posted it. sorry guys!
What is the original date of this article? People are saying this was put out a year ago when 06 was killed..I see your date of Dec 22,2013
Ashamed to be American. “Hunters” DON’T kill wolves; they know they are essential to healthy eco-system, but the U.S. CATERS to KILLERS (sportsmen/sportswomen) with their only reasons for killing being the FUN of killing/taking life and for trophy. It was said on an earlier post about this, and left out of this one, that wolf pups were set on fire alive, and that trapped wolves had their eyes gouged out to blind them, their mouths wired shut, and then released in that condition from the traps. MY QUESTIONS..WHO SOLD THE GPS INFO TO KILLERS? WHEN is the U.S. going to stop catering to SADIST SPORTSMEN? It only shows just how SICK American politicians and who they cater to as a minority truly are.
Dee Green you think like I do. I am so heartsick that I wish all these bastards who love to kill for fun were dead, because that is exactly what they need, only they need to be tortured to death. They are so sick and deranged that it is a pity than anything decent is forced to live among this trash.
Its a crying shame about Yellowstones Wolves, the same ignorant people who
do this seem to be the same ones who advocate their rights to carry guns and
you can see the shocking results every year when school kids etc are massacred.
Regards Oliver Craig
I agree with Ann Craig!