Wolf interview with Doug Smith (Yellowstone)

[RobG]

A very interesting read. There is good information for both sides here.
http://www.mtpioneer.com/2014-January-Top-Yellowstone-Expert.html

 

[katqanna]

Thanks Rob. I was eating my dinner while reading this article -

I take their temperature with a rectal thermometer. That's where the tapeworm eggs come out. I now wear rubber gloves, but I wash my hands in snow, then eat my lunch. I wouldn't worry much about it.

 

[shoots-straight]

Thanks Rob. I was eating my dinner while reading this article -

Not much different than eating uncooked rice. I don't see the big deal.

 

[ERMINE]

The coyotes split up into pairs and have come back to normal numbers equivalent to before the wolf influx... They are an adaptable critter and that wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The position of both the State Vet & the Wildlife Vets is: If you don't want wolf tapeworms, don't put your mouth on or around a wolf's anus.

Done & done.

 

[RobG]

The position of both the State Vet & the Wildlife Vets is: If you don't want wolf tapeworms, don't put your mouth on or around a wolf's anus.

Done & done.

Eating moist, or vigorously sniffing dried, feces is also discouraged.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The terrorists have won.

 

[Bambistew]

Are they Canadian tape worms? I hear they're much bigger and eat way more.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I've painstakingly researched this by contacting 6 other people who haven't looked at any science but think just like I do and they all agree that these Mackenzie Valley tapeworms are 30 - 35% larger than our native Northern Rockies Tapeworms.

 

[smarandr]

Are they Canadian tape worms? I hear they're much bigger and eat way more.

They also have a much more voracious appetite, kill just to kill, and shoot laser beams out of the scolex. All things Northern Rocky mountain tape worms don't do.

 

[mtmuley]

I believe there is a huge Russian strain also. mtmuley

 

[shoots-straight]

The position of both the State Vet & the Wildlife Vets is: If you don't want wolf tapeworms, don't put your mouth on or around a wolf's anus.

Done & done.

I thought that would be OK as long as you weren't involving any sucking type action.

 

[sagebrush]

Wolf problem solved. All the wolf ass kissers will die from tapeworms and the rest of us can just shoot all the wolves we want!

 

[jryoung]

I thought that would be OK as long as you weren't involving any sucking type action.

Toby is disappointed.

 

[RobG]

Toby is disappointed.

Well, he can kiss ours...