Wolves, bears and cougars under scrutiny as agricultural leaders argue for more regulations
From KHQ:
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission held a three day meeting in Spokane from Thursday to Saturday and discussed how to regulate the state’s predatory wildlife populations.
Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke expressed concern that wolves and cougars are hurting eastern Washington’s economy by killing off livestock.
“Wolves have saturated Northeast and Southeast Washington, Cougars have saturated an even larger area than this, and bear numbers are higher than they’ve been in years,” Manke said.
