Big Muddy rancher said:
gcreekrch said:
Denny said:
Mange is a wonderful thing for wolves to get. :evil:
Wonder how thick they have to get before mange hits them hard enough to do some good.
If they got it you would think since they run in pack it might spread through the pack pretty good.
It is my understanding that mange is Mother Nature's way of thinning a population when it gets too thick. I'm not sure that livestock and wildlife populations could handle wolves getting numerous enough to contract mange and spread it far enough to thin the ranks back to acceptable levels.
Our friend Roy is 66 next year. He can remember being a small boy and a hired man bringing in the first deer that had been shot on his father's ranch in several years. According to Roy and others I have talked to the wolves killed all the game and then the wolves starved to death or moved on.
I do know that a dog that has died from distemper is a very effective (and evironmentally friendly 8) ) item to throw out where a pack will find it. Just like a pebble in a puddle. :wink:
Hard to find one, there hasn't been any outbreaks in this country since most people vaccinate their dogs now