Stakeholders
Which group advocates for the protection of wildlife species?
Environmentalist groups
Which park had wolves reintroduced in the 1990s?
Yellowstone National Park
What is the most common non-lethal management option?
Permanent or temporary barriers
Which group of individuals helps the government in wolf population control?
Hunters
Which year did the gray wolf almost face extinction?
1945
What are the two lethal control options on the wolf population?
Hunting and Wolf trapping
Which group of individuals has been financially effected the most by the wolf population?
Farmers/Ranchers
Which year did wolves become protected under the Endangered Species Act?
1974
Why is switching grazing strategies of cattle an unlikely management option?
It is logistically hard to coordinate and expensive
Which stakeholder group has a stake in this controversy because of the symbolism wolves hold?
Tribes local to the Rocky Mountains
Approximately how much livestock was killed in 2007 in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming?
Roughly 3,000
What management option gives the impression of someone patrolling during the night?
Why would the tourism industry be negatively impacted by the killing of wolves?
The wolves in Yellowstone National Park are a popular attraction/reason that tourists want to see
How would uncontrolled wolf hunts affect the wolf population's ability to thrive?
It would eliminate the chance for genetic exchange to occur, decreasing the population's ability to thrive
What is the difference between fladry and turbofladry?
Fladry is fabric that flaps in the wind to scare wolves, but turbofladry contains an electric current