05-29-2008, 11:10 AM
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' personnel retrieved a dead wolf from the Paradise Valley south of Livingston on May 19.
<br>The female wolf was from the 8-mile Pack. The wolf's collar was found on mortality signal during a March monitoring flight, but winter conditions prevented retrieval until now.<br>
<br>Personnel brought the carcass to the State Wildlife Laboratory in Bozeman where a necropsy will be performed to determine cause of death. The animal's tail showed possible signs of mange.<br>
<br>The Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population was removed from the federal Endangered Species list in late March. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is now the lead agency for wolf conservation and management in Montana on non-tribal lands.<br>
<br>To learn more about Montana's recovered wolf population, visit FWP online at www.fwp.mt.gov/wildthings/wolf , where visitors can also tell FWP when they see wolves or wolf sign. The information helps to verify the activity, distribution, and pack size of Montana's recovered wolf population.
<br>The female wolf was from the 8-mile Pack. The wolf's collar was found on mortality signal during a March monitoring flight, but winter conditions prevented retrieval until now.<br>
<br>Personnel brought the carcass to the State Wildlife Laboratory in Bozeman where a necropsy will be performed to determine cause of death. The animal's tail showed possible signs of mange.<br>
<br>The Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population was removed from the federal Endangered Species list in late March. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is now the lead agency for wolf conservation and management in Montana on non-tribal lands.<br>
<br>To learn more about Montana's recovered wolf population, visit FWP online at www.fwp.mt.gov/wildthings/wolf , where visitors can also tell FWP when they see wolves or wolf sign. The information helps to verify the activity, distribution, and pack size of Montana's recovered wolf population.