Franz Camenzind, wildlife biologist and former director of Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, surmises that Wyoming wolf numbers may have dropped by 40%. The state’s inaugural hunt, controlled killing and other deaths have put the wolf population on “Some pretty thin ice.”

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For an update re: the newly consolidated lawsuits challenging WY’s wolf plan originally filed by two coalitions, read here: http://www.kgwn.tv/story/20421190/judge-merges-suits-challenging-wyoming-wolf-plan