ORIGINAL: RandyA
They are killing and eating machines. How much meat can 1000 wolves eat? Any idea? I don't either, but that is the last count on number of wolves in Wy,Mt,Id. 5 pounds a day? thats 5000 pounds each day or about 8 elk. 365 days a year, well over 2000 elk each year, not to mention how many are killed and not eaten. I see no good coming from introduced wolves. Just less hunting opportunities and less chance of filling my freezer.
Giving your figures are correct, that is less than 700 elk per state. Wolves mainly prey on the old and others weaken by disease since they are easier to bring down, would you want to eat a old, diseased elk? "Killed and not eaten" what makes you believe wolves would expend energy to chase and kill an animal and not eat it???? Humans are knowned to to that, which is why it is a crime in all the states, but not wolves.