Wolves are luxury wildlife.
Wolves are luxury wildlife.
So, adding wolf's back in is probably going to cost millions of dollars a year in payments to ranchers. I wonder if that was figured into the budget for when they decided to start the reintroduction program (I bet it was not). At a single livestock kill getting up to $15k for damages that is a lot of livestock kills.
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>The state will pay two Colorado ranching operations a combined $343,000 for livestock killed by wolves and other impacts from the apex predator — by far the largest compensation approved for wolf damage since the 2023 reintroduction of the species. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will pay Farrell Livestock $287,407 and Bruchez and Sons $56,008. State law mandates that the wildlife agency compensate ranchers for the fair market value of livestock and guard animals killed by wolves, up to $15,000. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the payments to the ranches.
So, adding wolf's back in is probably going to cost millions of dollars a year in payments to ranchers.
I wonder if that was figured into the budget for when they decided to start the reintroduction program (I bet it was not).
At a single livestock kill getting up to $15k for damages that is a lot of livestock kills.
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From the post:
>>The state will pay two Colorado ranching operations a combined $343,000 for livestock killed by wolves and other impacts from the apex predator — by far the largest compensation approved for wolf damage since the 2023 reintroduction of the species.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will pay Farrell Livestock $287,407 and Bruchez and Sons $56,008. State law mandates that the wildlife agency compensate ranchers for the fair market value of livestock and guard animals killed by wolves, up to $15,000.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the payments to the ranches.
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