European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Species in that stats after Long Legal and political Battles tit slate introduced a program Hal encourages the Wolf population bul also instill cd a control program under which stale Hunters kill wolves Hal alack livestock ranchers who lose Slock Are compensated by the Sale. L David Mech a biologist at Trie wildlife service who Isbon Export on wolves said he Minnesota experience had raised his Hopes thai wolves can exist in seasonable proximity of people to noted Hal in Minnesota wolves mainly slay in the wilderness and Only rarely wander an to Range land to attack Cal lie there has been a lot of Opportunity or wolves to Kim livestock bul they Haven a he said they live on wild prey " Mech said he was also encouraged by changing Public attitudes. Recent opinion polls m Minnesota. Wyoming and Montana indicate Hal most residents support efforts to feint Rodrico wolves into their slates opposition was expressed mostly by stockmen and people associated with Hunting judging by the polls the Public no longer views the evil creature do picked in such tales As trifle fled Riding Hood in Foci. Mech said the Savage threatening Wolf was nevermore than a myth. He said there is no recorded instance of a no Rabid Wolf attacking and killing a human being in this country. Another my a Mech said is the increasingly popular View of the Wolf As an amiable creature Hal befriends human beings and lives largely on mice and other Small animals this View has been up Forward in such works As Farley moral s Book never cry Wolf and in the movie based on it. In reality to said wolves Are shy creatures Hal avoid human Contact and live largely on Largo Hoo cd animals such As Deer Elk and Moose. For Marcy people the howl of the Wolf is no longer fearsome in has become a Symbol of wild nature said Dan Smith a spokesman or defenders of wildlife a conservation group Hal is trying to protect the Wolt bul Smith i deeply concerned Aboul recent Etc nos. Except Lor a Tew hopeful  to said the wolves Are under siege again. The intrusion of politics into she endangered species recovery process is incredible fight now. The future of wolves is being decided in the political Arena in addition to the 1.200 wolves in Minnesota and eight now in the wild in North Carolina the wildlife service Esli males thai i Here Are about 20 wolves each in Wisconsin Northern Michigan Isle Royale in Lake Superior and perhaps 20 io35 in Montana. Thore have been sightings of about a half dozen and a polls of Scal Lorod wolves in Oregon Washington. Wyoming. North and South Dakota new Mexico Arizona and Texas the mexican Wolf a subspecies of he Gray Woll is virtually sex i me i in the wild except for a handful of animals in the Sou Wesl of Mexico Alaska has from 4,000 to 8.000 wolves. They Are Noi an endangered species in Alaska anal the stale has been shooting them from aircraft in recent years to reduce their taking o Moose Elk Caribou and other Large game animals valued by Hunters. In Canada there Are still 25,000 to 30,000 wolves. The reason they were not eliminated in Canada As they were in this country according to Nowak of the fish and wildlife service is that far less of that country is suitable Lor ranching. The my onily o combat against the Wolf is always most intense when people s livestock is Al stake he said the provincial government of British Columbia has encouraged the Hunting of wolves to reduce tosses of game animals. The practice has been bitterly Chili sized by conservationists m Canada and the United Stales because of Loans thai the practice will slow or Hall the southward migration of wolves into he United Stales. Bul recently British Columbia s ministry of environment and Parks announced i would close the Woll Hunting and trapping seasons near if United states after determining that no More wolves could safely be removed from Wolf packs in she areas without endangering Wolf recovery efforts South Al the bolder " the country Wilh inc most wolves today is the Sovio Union with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 they have been largely wiped out in Western Europe except Lor Aboul 200 in Italy. 800 in spam. 100 in Portugal and 200 in Finland there Are also believed to be a Lew Hundred each in Eastern fur pc Anco India several thousand May roam Northern China member 19.1987 Mountain lion surveys is Domain in Art Idaho wilderness area. Mountain Lions Hunting close to Home by Donald j. Frederick National geographic contrary to their popular Imago As Iree roaming killers most Mountain Lions Are somebodies that Hunt on their own Turl bul Whon they Hunt they re in a class of their own. Although the largest males average Only Aboul 160 pounds Hoy can bring Down an Elk weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds. Thai s phenomenal says Maurice g Hornocker director of the wildlife research Institute in Moscow Idaho. B like an Al can lioness single hand edly bringing Down a Cape Buffalo. For sheer skill and Hilling ability i Don 1 think any cat in the world surpasses the Mountain  curiously. The sinewy Low Slung feline which lakes on o massive Bull Elk i Ghoul hesitation often acts like a Domestic Cal Whon encountering a dog. In most wilderness areas Moun lain Lions Are so terrified o Barking dogs Hal Hoy leap into fees to escape them a cornered Mountain lion also known As a Puma. Cougar or Panther never roars at ils tormentors or ils prey. An ossified Bone in ils Throat precludes a deep rumbling noise but allows the animal to purr and make other vocal sounds. In fact the Crealure commonly bul wrongly Houghl Otas a prolific purveyor of terrifying screams usually whistles instead. "1 am certain Lions talk to the wild by Means of i desc Birdlike sounds produced with Ihetu vocal cords says Hornocker. A warbling note is a greeting a piercing one is an alarm and Short intense Lones mean come Here the vocalizations Are particularly to females with  on a recent reconnaissance Isip Over a wilderness area in Central Idaho near Mccall Horn Ochor clutches the Seal in the sharply banking Light plane Asil bounces and pitches above forbidding Granite crags the Mountain lion s Down there he shouts Over he engine noise pointing to a Pine Clad Outcrop just beyond the Wing tip a loud beep beep beep comes through his earphones indicating thai Iho tracking device on the aircraft has picked up directional signals from a transmitter at ached o a Collar around he animal s Nock. We though she d be  says Hornocker Mountain Lions Are very territorial and claim certain areas As i hair Orvn 1 View the primitive Mica Down there As a vast apart Mon House ones you know the number of Mountain lion tenants you can Dele Imine where they live in the building every so Ollen i Fly ouch to find Oul who s Al heme and How they arc behaving in their  wit each other " Hornocker knows Moro about Mountain Lions than almost anyone else in the United slates he has been studying Iho elusive Lawny cats Seco the mid-1960s when the animals Long vilified As vicious Kittos woo on the Brink of Iho endangered species Lisl. His reseated has Boon supported by the Nalin Nal geographic society As a result of such research the cals now have a much brighter future Western Stales with Mountain Lions have reclassified the Cal from Varmint to game animal which Means the Hunting now is closely controlled Hornocker and his associates am reluctant docs Lima be Iho number of Mountain Lions in Iho United Stales except to say thai there arc thousands of them is extremely difficult to Lake an accurate census of the reclusive creatures they say. The Lions Sivc Shielly in the Western mountains although they be been reported in other places inducting Iho ozarks and appalachians an endangered subspecies is struggling to survive in Flonda decades ago the Lions were the most numerous Large cat in North America before Over Hunting and loss Harilal pushed whom close to extinction they could be found from upper or Ilion Columbia toll