Scientific
Classification of Wolves
Gray Wolves
Red Wolves
Ethiopian
Wolves
Wolf Prey and
Predation
 Yellowstone After Wolves
Depredation
Wolf Depredation
Depredation
on Livestock and Pets
USDA
Wildlife Services 2002 Report
USDA
Wildlife Services 2001 Report
USDA
Wildlife Services Summary
Defenders
of Wildlife Compensation Trust
Wolf
Depredation Control in Minnesota
Non-Lethal
Depredation Control-Does it Work
Are
Wolves Endangered
IUCN
Manifesto on Wolf Conservation
Federal
Process of Reclassification and the Endangered Species Act
(4 items)
Frequently
Asked Questions About Wolf Management
Methods
Used for Estimating Wolf Abundance
Human Perspectives
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© Defenders of Wildlife, 2000
For thirteen years Defenders of Wildlife has helped reduce wolf-livestock
conflicts by compensating ranchers for losses because of wolf depredations
on cattle and sheep. The compensation trust fund also uses proactive
measures to prevent livestock losses by supplying guard dogs, wolf
guardians, constructing fences and moving animals to alternate pastures
away from wolf habitat. In 1990, Defenders received an environmental
achievement award from the National Environmental Awards Council
for this program. In 1987, Defenders of Wildlife created the $100,000
fund to compensate ranchers in the U.S. northern Rockies for all
verified livestock losses to wolves in that region. Anticipating
the reintroduction of the Mexican wolf, the fund was expanded in
1995 to cover potential losses in the southwestern United States.
In 1997, the compensation fund officially became the Defenders of
Wildlife Wolf Compensation Trust and in 1999, the trust expanded
to $200,000. See below a summary of payments to ranchers from 1987
to September 2000.
| Total Number of Depredation Payments |
$136,627.77
|
| Total Number of Ranchers Compensated |
129
|
| Total Number of Depredation Incidents |
529
|
| Average Payment Per Animal |
$234.49
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SUMMARY
|
Year
|
Amount
|
No. of Payments
|
Cattle
|
Sheep
|
Other
|
|
2000
|
$28,771
|
22
|
24
|
42
|
6
|
|
1999
|
$36,780
|
38
|
49
|
99
|
6
|
|
1998
|
$12,156
|
14
|
20
|
5
|
5
|
|
1997
|
$32,690
|
26
|
30
|
140
|
N/A
|
|
1996
|
$7,483
|
7
|
8
|
42
|
N/A
|
|
1995
|
$1,633
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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|
1994
|
$5,701
|
8
|
12
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1993
|
$0
|
0
|
0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1992
|
$684
|
1
|
1 (Steer)
|
N/A
|
N/A
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|
1991
|
$1,250
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
N/A
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|
1990
|
$4,700
|
3
|
8
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1989
|
$1,730
|
2
|
8
|
N/A
|
N/A
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1988
|
$0
|
0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
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|
1987
|
$3,049
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
N/A
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