Wyoming's trophy game conflicts 2008
by Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online!
November 20, 2008
Mark Bruscino of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department reported on trophy game animal/human conflicts in Wyoming in 2008.
Number of conflicts by species: Wolf - 55 Black bear - 125 Grizzly bear - 169 Mountain lion - 16 These conflicts involve property damage, livestock killed, or the killing of trophy game animals.
The grizzly bear conflicts involved: 76 property damage 11 food rewards 2 human injuries 68 livestock depredations; and 15 non-agency deaths (poached, ran over, killed in self defense, mistaken identify deaths).
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