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Abstract
The annual costs of maintaining Minnesota gray wolves (Canis lupus), now numbering about 2,500, under 2 plans are compared: (1) maintaining a population of about 1,400 primarily in the wilderness and semi-wilderness as recommended by the Eastern Timber Wolf Recovery Plan, and (2) allowing wolves to continue colonizing agricultural areas for 5 years after removal from the endangered species list, as recommended by a consensus of wolf stakeholders (Minnesota Wolf Management Roundtable). Under the first plan, each year an estimated 27 farms would suffer livestock losses; wolves would kilt about 3 dogs; 36 wolves would be destroyed; and the cost per wolf in the total population would be \$86. Under the second plan, conservative estimates are that by the year 2005, there would be an estimated 3,500 wolves; each year 94-171 farms would suffer damage; wolves would kill 8-52 dogs; 109-438 wolves would have to be killed for depredation control; and the annual cost averaged over the total population would be \$86 for each of the 1,438 wolves living primarily in the wilderness and an additional \$197 for each wolf outside the wilderness.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population in agricultural regions of Minnesota |
| Series title | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wildlife Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 817 |
| Last page | 822 |
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