By Mike Koshmrl Daily | Posted: Friday, January Jackson Hole 24, 2014 12:15 am
Even though hundreds of Wyoming wolves having been killed over the years during hunting seasons and for attacking livestock, until Monday not a single one had ever been purposely killed in Grand Teton National Park.
But that’s about all one can learn about the wolf that was shot in the park four days ago. Virtually no information is being made available about the animal that was shot and killed on private land within Grand Teton.
“Since present-day Grand Teton National Park was created in 1950, this is the first intentional killing of a gray wolf,” Grand Teton spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs said.
What is known, according to a statement the park issued the next day, is that the wolf was 2 years old, was not wearing a radio collar and was accompanied by three to four pack mates.
After firing the lethal shot Monday morning, someone notified the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Grand Teton rangers at 10:30 a.m. that day.
Pending completion of the investigation, no other details are available, Skaggs said.
“We’re hoping to have a determination relatively soon,” she said.
Neither outfitters nor conservationists nor residents of Moran, Kelly and the Pacific Creek subdivision phoned by the Jackson Hole Daily had heard any other details about the incident.
Skaggs said she was not allowed to confirm if the lobo had been shot in defense of pets or property. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, which is conducting a concurrent investigation, was also unable to release details.
“This falls under that state statute we have,” Game and Fish spokesman Mark Gocke said. He was referring to a law that prohibits the release of information related to wolf hunting.
“We did go out and investigate it and through our investigation determined it falls within that statute,” Gocke said. “At that point I can’t speak to it any more.”
In full the statute states: “Any information regarding the number or nature of legally taken within the state of Wyoming shall only be released in its aggregate form and no information of a private or confidential nature shall be released
without the written consent of the person to whom the information may refer. Information identifying any person legally taking a wolf within this state is solely for the use of the department or appropriate offices and is not a
public record.”
Wolf hunting is never legal in Grand Teton National Park, including inside privately owned inholdings, Skaggs said.
Exposing the Big Game 
Reblogged this on "OUR WORLD".
Gotta say, I am so fucking tired of this bullshit’s state’s obfuscation. Do I effing need to show up down there with a friggin’ Eco- attorney in tow. Who on this planet has some goddamn balls to cut thru the bullshit? Ted Turner? Paul Watson? Hello, who??????? What’s the deal with all the effing Nancy’s out there? I’m getting way too old to put up with this shit. No holds barred, assholes .
Not Ted Turner.
Seriously, do we have to get an attorney general’s investigation?????? Well, we better just get on it stat!!!!!!
Jim–you’re posting all this stuff. How ’bout a directional comment, please?
This is a follow-up on an article I posted 4 days ago.
My confidence in Wyoming Game & Fish, and their investigative abilities and intent, is zero. Their state laws, proposed and shoved through — no doubt — by agricultural and hunter/trapper/outfitter interests are completely stacked against wildlife. Same as in Idaho. Usually the state “game” departments are staffed by the same filthy “recreationists” they serve. Exploiters and killers.
It’s odd that the usual ‘depredation of livestock’ excuse isn’t being used. I don’t understand what is going on with America’s war on wildlife and why it’s more top secret than the national security! WTF?
Anything involving wolves is treated as top secret these days. Remember last fall when a protected wolf was shot by a deer hunter in the Pasayten Wilderness Area of northern Washington? Probably not. There was supposed to be an “investigation” of that too, but we never heard anything more about it…
WTF?!
It seems like it is time to hire a trapper that don’t kill the wolves but can keep track of the people that dose. There should be no one allowed to hunt trap or kill any animal unless it is on there property and they have 100 % proof that they have the right and if they don’t take all guns and never let them own any more. This killing off of the wolves has to stop.
Pingback: Contest: Like Me on Facebook! | Tri's Totally Teton