How Wyoming won the wolf war: The state’s 30-year campaign to remove the predators from the range
From CodyEnterprise.com:
Long before wolves became symbols of wilderness preservation and Yellowstone tourism, they were viewed across Wyoming as enemies to the state predators blamed for killing livestock, thinning game herds and threatening the fragile economy that sustained ranch families across the West.
More than a century ago, private bounty clubs, ranchers and government agents all took part in a long campaign to reduce, and eventually eliminate, wolves from the Wyoming landscape. For decades, they were hunted, trapped and poisoned for cash rewards.
