Did killing wolves make elk stay put?

[PrairieHunter]

Did killing wolves make elk stay put?

Elk have returned to their historic winter range in the Gros Ventre River drainage, and one theory for their reappearance is the targeted killing of resident wolves.

www.jhnewsandguide.com

 

[Sytes]

Figure instead of a new thread, this thread topic fits.

A new study released by Yale and U of Wyoming shared in Science Daily.

University of Wyoming. "Effects of reintroducing top predators questioned." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 April 2019.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190403122429.htm

Interesting. Hard to digest from a layman's perspective...

 

[mtmander]

the elk don't want to be eaten by wolfs , so if the wolfs are reduced they will return

this happened to a area near me , the state came in and removed a pack (they were being bad wolfs) and we
saw elk wintering in the area again