[Trdma-l] Two Rivers Meeting about Wolves

[Golubjan at aol.com]

posting this on behalf of Ronnie Rosenberg:
 
I just talked to Cathy Harms at Fish and Game about the wolves.  The  
Division of Fish and Game is planning a public meeting in Two Rivers.  Time  and date 
will be announced later today.  
 
What Cathy said is that this wolf pack is presently showing appropriate  
restraint around humans, but has learned that dogs are food. As such, they are  
getting habituated to hunting for dogs.  This is almost impossible to break  
them of, is not a chance encounter, but is now something they have learned. Thus  
far they have avoided humans and scattered when approached by them, but this 
may  or may not continue as they are venturing into subdivisions and populated 
 areas.   I requested that Fish and Game set up either an email  listserve or 
a website so sightings could be listed and news could be updated  and readily 
available..  The last wolf kill at 16.5 mile CHSR was right  near my house as 
wolves were seen in the dog yard of a neighbor who lives in  back of me, so 
the wolves likely transversed my property.  Besides leaving  lights on and 
keeping a radio playing outside at night, Cathy suggested having  an air horn and 
bear spray at hand for venturing out into one’s dog yard at  night.  
Scattering strong scents such as human urine or essential oils may  help.  In Europe, 
people string rope from  tree to tree with rags every few feet—the flapping of 
the rags is a  deterrent.  Not sure how that would work here with low winds.  
Cathy  had some other ideas to try as well—such as that orange plastic 
construction  site fencing which may act as a visual barrier.   Ronnie



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