Idaho, Wyoming, Montana CATTLE LOSSES: In 2003, wolves killed: .0003% of the cattle in Idaho, 1 out of 333,333 .007% of the cattle in Wyoming, 1 out of 12,647 .0009% of the cattle in Montana, 1 out of 102,083 SHEEP LOSSES: In 2003, wolves killed: .04% of the sheep in Idaho, 1 out of 2,203 .0005% of the sheep in Wyoming, 1 out of 184,285 .02% of the sheep in Montana, 1 out of 3,604 (Source: USDA, Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report) 207 federally protected wolves have been killed since 1987 because of conflicts with livestock (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report. USFWS)

Most Recent Confirmed Depredations NW Montana Recovery Area 21 human caused mortalities including 14 wolves killed in control actions in 2003 4 vehicle collisions 2 illegal shootings (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report) By WOLVES in 2003: 6 Cattle 3 Sheep 0 Dogs (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report.) By WOLVES in 2002: 9 Cattle 13 Sheep 4 Dog 5 Llamas (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2002 Annual Report.) By WOLVES in 2001: 8 Cattle 5 Sheep 1 Dog 4 Llamas (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2001 Annual Report.) From 1987 to 2003: 106 Cattle lost to wolves From 1987 to 2003: 84 sheep lost to wolves From 1987 to 2003: 15 Cattle lost to wolves **From 1987 to 2003 37 wolves have been moved and 67 wolves have been killed. (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report) By OTHER PREDATORS Sheep losses (2003): 17,700 Total Predators (Including 3 by wolves) Including: Coyotes: 11,800, Eagles: 1,200, Bears: 800, Mountain Lions: 400 (Source: MT Agricultural Statistics Services) Cow losses (1995-most recent data available) Coyote: 1,100, Dog: 200, Mountain Lion/Bobcat: 100, Other Predators: 400 By NON-PREDATORS/UNKNOWN (disease, calving, weather, poison, theft, unknown causes) Sheep losses (2003): 33,000 Cow (1995): 77,700 (Source: MT Agricultural Statistics Service) From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003 72 Sheep lost to wolves From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003 215,300 Sheep lost to other predators From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003 359,500 Sheep lost to non-predator causes **From reintroduction in 1995 28 wolves have been moved and 61 wolves have been killed. (Source: MT Agricultural Statistics Service, 2003 Annual Wolf Report) In 1995 alone, 2,200 cattle were lost to other predators and 77,700 to non-predator causes (Source: USFWS, Nez Perce Tribe, National Park Service, USDA Wildlife Services. 2001. Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2000 Annual Report. USFWS, Helena, MT.)

Most Recent Confirmed Depredations CENTRAL IDAHO RECOVERY AREA 16 human-caused mortalities including 7 wolves killed in control actions in 2003 (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report. USFWS, Helena, MT.) By WOLVES in 2003: 13 Cattle 118 Sheep (92 from one incident) 6 dogs (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report) By WOLVES in 2002: 9 Cattle 15 Sheep 4 dogs (Source: Rocky Mountain 2002 Annual Wolf Report) By WOLVES in 2001: 11 Cattle 62 Sheep (Source: Graves 2001, Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan) From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 76 Cattle lost to wolves From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 303 sheep lost to wolves ** From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 38 wolves have been moved and 45 wolves have been killed. (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report) By OTHER PREDATORS Cattle (2000-most recent data available): 2,600 Sheep (2002) 9,200 Including 6,209 by Coyotes, 700 by Bears, 300 by Cougars, 300 by Dogs, 100 by Foxes (Source: Idaho Agricultural Statistics Service) By NON-PREDATORS (disease, calving, weather, poison, theft, unknown causes) Cattle (unavailable) Sheep (2002): 28,800 76% of all sheep losses were due to NON-PREDATORS (Source: Idaho Agricultural Statistics Service) * Estimated annual livestock losses (Idaho): Before wolf reintroduction: 12,314 cattle and 9,366 sheep were lost in Idaho Since reintroduction: Between 1995 and 2003 in Central Idaho Recovery Zone, wolves killed a total of 76 cattle and 303 sheep (Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife statistics, January 1999, Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report)

Most Recent Confirmed Depredations YELLOWSTONE RECOVERY AREA (including Wyoming) 48 human-caused mortalities including 38 wolves killed in control actions in 2003 (Source: Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Annual Report. USFWS, Helena, MT.) By WOLVES in 2003: Cattle: 45 Sheep: 90 Dogs 0 Goats 10 (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report) By WOLVES in 2002: Cattle: 55 Sheep: 36 (Source: Rocky Mountain 2002 Annual Wolf Report) By WOLVES in 2001: Cattle: 42 Sheep: 154 Dogs: 8 (Source: USFWS, Mike Jimenez, Wyoming Grey Wolf Management Plan) From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 119 cattle lost to wolves From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 417 sheep lost to wolves ** From reintroduction in 1995 to 2003: 42 wolves have been moved and 95 wolves have been killed. (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report) By OTHER PREDATORS (coyote, dog, lion, bobcat, other predators) Cattle (2000): 3,900 Sheep (2001) 47,000 (including 32,300 by coyotes, 6,000 by bears & 4,600 by eagles) (Source: Wyoming Agricultural Statistics Service) By NON-PREDATORS (disease, calving, weather, poison, theft, unknown causes) Cattle (2000) 44,100 Sheep (2001) 26,000 (including 7,500 due to weather) (Source: Wyoming Agricultural Statistics Service) Estimated annual livestock losses from all causes: Before wolf reintroduction: 8,340 cattle and 12,993 sheep lost in Yellowstone Recovery Area. After reintroduction: Between 1995-2003 wolves killed 119 cattle and 417 sheep (Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife statistics, January 1999, Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2003 Report) * In the greater Yellowstone area, where annual cattle losses number 8,340, wolves AND other predators account for less than 3 percent of cattle losses (Source: Ed Bangs, USFWS) * Between 1995 and 2001, wolves in the Yellowstone area killed 41 cattle and 256 sheep. An average of about 8,300 cattle and 13,300 sheep die every year of various unintentional causes. Wolves kill one of every 1,400 of those cattle and one in every 355 of those sheep (Source: Norm Bishop, retired National Park Service biologist, International Wolf Center)

LIVESTOCK TOTALS PER STATE 2000: Idaho: 275,000 sheep 1,950,000 cattle Wyoming: 570,000 sheep 1,580,000 cattle Montana: 370,000 sheep 2,600,000 cattle (Source: USDA) 2002: Idaho: 260,000 sheep 1,990,000 cattle Wyoming: 460,000 sheep 1,470,000 cattle Montana: 310,000 sheep 2,450,000 cattle (Source: Montana Agricultural Statistics, Wyoming Agricultural Statistics) 2003: Idaho: 260,000 sheep 2,000,000 cattle Wyoming: 430,000 sheep 1,290,000 cattle Montana: 310,000 sheep 2,450,000 cattle (Source: Idaho Agricultural Statistics, Wyoming Agricultural Statistics, Montana Agricultural Statistics)

Compensation: Since 1987, Defenders of Wildlife have compensated ranchers with $335,000 to nearly 300 ranchers in the three state region. In 2003 alone, $68,000 was paid out to 46 ranchers Since 1987, the group has paid to replace 1,322 animals, including 377 head of cattle and 897 sheep. (Source: Defenders of Wildlife)

Grazing: * The average price in the West to rent private land to graze cattle is $13.10 a cow a month. But 23,600 western ranchers who rent federally owned forests, deserts and meadows from the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management pay barely one-tenth that, or $1.43 a cow a month. * Public land ranchers west of the Mississippi River provide just 3 percent of America's beef (Source: Center for Biological Diversity and six other groups)

Hunting: Annually, hunters harvest approximately: * 19,000 elk in Idaho * 22,000 in Montana * 23,000 in Wyoming With everything in the wolves' favor, each wolf kills an average of 1.8 elk every month. Therefore, with 761 wolves reported at the end of 2003, they could have been responsible for approximately 16,000 elk in all three states combined. Compare this to nearly 65,000 harvested by hunters each year in the same area. (Source: Idaho Fish & Game, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks, Wyoming Game & Fish, Dr. Douglas Smith, Yellowstone Wolf Project Leader) * There are approximately 130,000 elk in Montana and 125,000 elk in Idaho. (Source: Idaho Fish & Game, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks)

Conflicts with humans: Not a single human death was attributed to healthy (non-rabid) wolves between 1900 and 2000 in North America and there have only been 28 documented cases of humans being injured by aggression from wolves" since 1890 -- even though Alaska and Canada have 60,000 wolves, the Great Lakes Region has 3,100 and the Northwest has 760. (Source: Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Final 2003 Counts (for 3 state region) 761 total wolves at end of 2003 59 wolves were legally killed due to control issues (includes 13 legally shot by ranchers) 8 wolves were illegally shot 5 wolves died from complications due to control actions 211 Sheep lost to wolves 64 Cattle lost to wolves 6 Dogs lost to wolves 9 llamas lost to wolves 10 goats 1 foal (Source: Rocky Mountain 2003 Annual Wolf Report)

Final 2003 Pack Counts (for 3 state region) 761 total wolves at end of 2003 50 breeding pairs 92 (4 breeding pairs) in NW Montana Recovery Zone (182 statewide) 368 (25 breeding pairs) in Central Idaho Recovery Zone (345 statewide) 301 (21 breeding pairs) in Yellowstone Recovery Zone (234 statewide)

Final 2002 Counts (for 3 state region) 663 total wolves at end of 2002 39 wolves were killed due to control issues + 7 legally shot by ranchers 99 Sheep lost to wolves 52 Cattle lost to wolves 9 Dogs lost to wolves 4 llamas lost to wolves

Final 2002 Pack Counts (for 3 state region) 663 total wolves at end of 2002 43 breeding pairs 184 (17 breeding pairs) in Montana (statewide) 263 (8 breeding pairs) in Idaho (statewide) 217 (18 breeding pairs) in Greater Yellowstone (statewide) 39 wolves killed due to control issues during 2002

MONTANA ONLY (January 2002) 2,450,000 Cattle 335,000 Sheep (Source: Montana Department of Livestock, USFWS 2001 Annual Wolf Report)

In 1999 alone, 95,862 wild animals were killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services in predator control programs to protect livestock

2002 lethal control: (Source: Ed Bangs, USFWS) 39 wolves killed by lethal control actions 2 uncollared Gravelly Pack members near Dillon for sheep (? Amt) 5 Ninemile Pack near Missoula for 4 llamas, 9 sheep and lamb 3 Sheep Mountain + 1 Druid for one CONFIRMED calf 10 Whitehawk (S. Central Idaho) for two sheep, one calf 1 dispersed Chief Joe pack, male (North of Helena) for 9 lambs 1 (unidentified pack??) lone wolf near Livingston, MT. Shot by rancher/wolf feeding on calf 1 Washakie Pack (Wyoming) to reduce pack's food requirements 2 Washakie Pack (Wyoming) for "menacing" livestock and 1 cow death, injured another cow (Over last 2 years, whole pack has killed 3 calves) 1 Yearling (pack?) in Gros Venture drainage (WY) for 2 calves 1 Freeze Out Pack female yearling for pair of ewes in the Gravelly Range (MT) (killed by rancher) 2 (Not in an organized pack) near Fairfield, Idaho for 5 sheep (just South of Sawtooth Nat. Forest) 2 Ninemile Pack for 3 sheep 1 Sunlight Pack (WY) for three calves (8/16) 2 Jureano Pack (ID) for 7 calves since June 1 former Druid (252) near Dillon, MT for sheep, shot by producer that had shoot-on-sight permit 2 lone wolves near Dillon, MT for 3 ewes 2 Mill Creek pack for 16 sheep in the Paradise Valley, MT

2003 Lethal controls: 2 (male and female) dispersed Teton pack for 1 dead cow and harassing sheep 2 Castlerock Pack, for depredating on bull near Avon, MT. One by WS, one by rancher (1/29) 3 Halfway Pack near Avon, MT for several cattle (2/3) 3 Castlerock Pack for cattle (2/6) 2 Halfway Pack for cattle (2/6) 2 Mill Creek pack (2/12) for cattle? 1 Gray Male near Mackay, Idaho for calf and two probable kills (2/18) 2 males from unknown pack near UT/WYO line (between Cokeville & Sage, Wyo) for 2 sheep (3/4) 4 Red Lodge Pack (entire pack) for several calves and an adult cow (2/24) 3 remaining Castle Rock Pack (3/11 & 12) for cattle 1 male (6468) from Ninemile Pack for a sheep (4/6) 2 Freezeout near Dillon, MT (4/21) by rancher and WS 2 Freezeout near Dillon, MT (4/23) by rancher and WS 1 Lone Bear south of Livingston, MT (4/24) by WS 1 female wolf (lone) in Teton Wilderness, Buffalo Valley, WY (May 2003) for chasing cattle 2 Sunlight Basin Pack near Cody, WY for 3 calves 1 male Absaroka pack for 2 calves 1 Green River Pack (WY) July 17 for 2 calves 1 Alpha Female Taylor Peak Pack (7/27) MT for sheep 2 Teton pack for 3 calves 1 lone male east of Ten Sleep, WY (8/24) by WS for 6-7 sheep 1 male (no pack) near Idaho Falls, ID by landowner for sheep (approx 8/28) 1 male (possible Hazard Lake Pack) north of McCall, ID for sheep depredations 1 wolf north of McCall, ID (9/22) for sheep depredations 1 Washakie Pack member for depredations (Sept??) 1 new alpha male of Green River Pack for cow & calf (9/29) 1 Willow pack member in MT (10/10) for calf 1 Green River (WY) pack alpha male (approx. 10/25) for cattle 2-4 Green River (WY) pups (approx. 10/25) for cattle 1 female Sheep Mountain Pack (MT) for 12/4 1 Mill Creek by rancher (MT) in early December 3 Sheep Mountain (MT) on Dec. 21st (364F, gray adult female, 365M, black male yearling, 366?) 2 Lone Bear (MT) yearling 362F and adult 285M after sheep depredations *2 non-pack wolves in Wyoming Range (1 female/1 male) died while trapped from heat exhaustion *2 Daniel Pack wolves (Wyoming) died during control actions in September *1 B-158 (female) Mores Creek Summit north of Idaho City illegally killed (between Oct. 5-11) *2 Taylor Peak pups (Madison Valley, MT) euthanized due to severe mange (end of Oct, 2003) *2 Hemlock Ridge Pack (ID) including B-152 illegally shot and found Nov. 18 *4 Sunlight Basin Pack (WY) including 163M, 52M (alpha) illegally shot November, 2003 *1 Greybull River (WY-GYA) 274M alpha under investigation, November 2003 *1 Sunlight Basin Female (WY-GYA) euthanized due to broken femur from dart gun, Dec.03

2004 Lethal controls: 7 Fox Creek Pack on 1/21 & 22 (Near Polaris, MT) for 5-6 cattle 1 former Nez Perce 214M near Cora, WY for cattle 1/23 1 Teton disperser near Cora, WY for cattle 1/23 2 Sunlight Basin (41F*last reintro wolf in GYE* & other), WY 2/12 for newborn calf on private land 1 lone female pup wolf near Lone Pine, MT on 2/27 for 2 calves 3 NO Pack Name Glenn's Ferry, Idaho on 3/5 for 3 calves and 1 cow 5 Sentinel Pack in Madison Valley, MT for 1 calf, one steer and 1 dog approx. 3/11 5 Ennis Lake Pack in Madison Valley, MT for 2 calves, 1 steer, 1 heifer. 3/12 (entire pack) 1 Sentinel Pack in Madison valley, illegally shot, 3/4 or 3/5 but not killed, shot & killed by WS on 3/15 (rest of pack) 1 lone (last of Fox Creek Pack) wolf near Polaris, MT?Grasshopper Valley for 1 calf (3/30) 2 wolves (Teton dispersers) in Sublette County, WY for cattle (late March??) * 217 (Slough Creek alpha female) was found dead on 1/11 from possible aggression from other pack members * 42F (Druid Alpha Female) found dead end of January, possible aggression from Mollies Pack * Former Druid (Half Black) found dead 1/31 in Slough Creek from possible aggression from Slough Creek Pack * 1 male from Chief Joseph from mange and capture related stress (2/16) SW MT * 1 Sheep Mountain wolf #333 was located on mortality mode near Dome Mtn. on the 2/15 * 3-4 Taylor Peak pack (Montana) from mange * 103F (former Druid) Garnet Pack killed by car at Petrified Tree exit in YNP 3/28