ANOTHER DOG KILLED BY WOLVES
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 -- 9:45 AM
Yet another hunting dog has been killed by wolves in Clark County.According to the DNR, a bear hunting dog was killed Saturday in the Town of Levis. It likely involved the Brushy Ridge wolf pack in southern Clark County. Two other wolf packs in Clark County have been associated with hound depredations this summer.
This is the first year wolf-dog depredations have been recorded in Clark County.
Wolves and bears are more abundant than in the past, and it is likely populations have increased in Clark County which has large tracts of county forest, according to Adrian Wydeven, a wolf biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources.
Caution area maps are regularly updated and can be found by going to the DNR web page at [url=http://dnr.wi.gov/]dnr.wi.gov[/url] and typing ?wolf depredation? in the search box.
The gray wolf currently is listed as a federally endangered species and persons convicted of killing a wolf are subject to possible jail time and fines.
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