” wolves don’t destroy any property except a minor take of some livestock, they haven’t attacked or killed anyone, there is no proof they reduce elk and deer numbers over any broad area they inhabit. They are no more prone to diseases humans can get than any other carnivore. Opposition to them (Wolves) is mostly based on cultural tradition, political opportunism, and generational ignorance. “—Priest Maughan– February 10, 2010..

Ralph, I completely disagree with you., As well Sir, Not only do I think you are and intentional deciever, you are also a coward.

A Well Known Case History of Wolf-Human Encounters in Alaska and Canada is a REALITY Mister Maughan !!

http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/oppdragsmelding/2002/731.pdf

http://wolfcrossing.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/appendix-a-pavlov.pdf

http://rliv.com/wolf/DeathsByWolves.pdf

http://www.mexicanwolf.0catch.com/Human%20Toll%20articles/e-liite%202%20Hazaribagh%20wolves.pdf

http://westinstenv.org/wp-content/Geist_when-do-wolves-become-dangerous-to-humans.pdf

When the wolves finish the wipe outs of ungulates in Idaho, they will attack more livestock, and hiking will become more dangerous, and many wolves are going to be shot for attempting to come after people..

Sheep causing the spread of hydatid ? Sounds conspiratorial to me.. Those rotten sheep did it again…

I did process the elk, deer, myself, after I field cleaned them. After I killed and field cleaned those beeves they were processed by a butcher, we did not waste the tongue, heart, liver, hide..

I doubt I have eaten two beeves in my lifetime.

I killed three Buffalo with my bow, I cleaned em, processed em, ate em, never noticed any cysts in them…

I’m sticken with Val Geist.. One of the few HONEST Professional Biologists
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences Involved in this epic mistake by deceivers and foolish believers…

“We can summarize matters pertaining to the presence of hydatid disease as follows. As expected, following some time after the spread of wolves, there was the entry of sylvatic hydatid Echinococcus granulosus disease into said wolf populations and associated prey. Earlier on fox tape worm, E. multilocularis had spread into the NW United States and I understand that it is still spreading. This dreaded parasite has been reported from foxes and coyotes. Since E. multilocularis has been reported from wolves in Europe, and since wolves may be avid “mousers”, opportunity permitting, it is likely that E. multulocularis will be reported in American wolves as well. As you are aware E. multilocularis cycles primarily between canids and rodents (mainly voles). Moreover, since the pastoral type of E. granulosus is found cycling between domestic sheep and dogs further south, it is likely that, in time, stray wolves will pick up this variant ofhydatid disease. Consequently, we expect wolves, eventually, to be carriers of sylvatic, pastoral and alveolar hydatid disease.

You may have noticed that there is some discrepancy in the accounts of hydatid disease emanating from wildlife agencies as opposed to accounts by clinicians”

There are three variants of hydatid disease: pastoral, sylvatic and alveolar. All are variant strains and all are carried and spread in similar yet different ways.

I though you ate primarily wild game. What is this 100+ beef butchering? That is over twice the number of elk and deer you have processed. And you don’t utilize the tongue? What a wasted taste, texture treat. Bear liver is probably the best liver I have ever eaten and their fat makes fantastic pie crusts! I once found flukes in an elk liver in NW Montana; preserved them in cognac my dad had brought from France.

Perhaps if you had cleaned sheep you would have come across more of these cysts. It is very possible that the resident ungulates, both native and introduced, as alternate hosts, infected the reintroduced wolves.

Why have we never seen it, my better half has not found one case in Idaho in ten years, yet..

I have cleaned 25 elk, 24 deer, 100+ beef, a couple cougars, a couple bears, a coyote or two, and no disease, no cysts, I would have noticed as I look at the guts pretty closely.. I used the hearts and livers out of the ungulates..

Well, I did not see the Hydatid. It has been found in the wolves, this first hunt, According to Val we are not seeing the full impact of this Hydatid yet..

We’ll see.