Monday, November 24, 2008

Wolves, elk destroy farmers' animals, property Last year, Joe Wilebski’s cattle were attacked by timber wolves. He has graphic photographs of maimed and devoured calves as evidence. This year, his livestock operation’s biggest problem was elk. He has beautiful photos of 19 majestic elk munching his alfalfa as evidence. Although the photographs are opposite images, he hopes they will serve the same purpose. That purpose is to show legislators and policymakers that something needs to be done about the financial hardship suffered by he and his neighbors because of the jaws of wildlife. “I have relatives who are tree-huggers who used to be in favor of saving all of the wolves,” he said. “But once they saw those pictures of calves all torn up, they knew something has to be done. As they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words.”....

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