Wolverines in Colorado

The obvious solution is to bring in loup garou and /or drop bears. Restore Nature's balance.

Pretty lame. Thx for sharing, Travis. I would like to see the actual case report and rancher’s statement. 

On a better note: I think you’ll really enjoy Chadwick’s Wolverine book. I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it when it was first published. I believe Patagonia published it. I should re-read the book.

Regards,

DR

Evidently the N.D. Game and Fish report is no longer accessible. I found a link to it, but clicking on the link eventually yields nothing.

It would have been an easy pass for the rancher/ranch-hand. (You can see him holding the dead wolverine here.) He shot the animal on April 24, 2016 just a few miles north of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It would not surprise me if T.R. himself had done the same thing.

Late April is well into calving season for ranchers. The wolverine was reportedly crossing a calving pasture. The cows had either surrounded it or were making a commotion over its presence. There could have been small, even new-born, calves scattered across the pasture. It doesn't matter if the wolverine was just moving through and minding its own business. If the cows were afraid, the wolverine was to blame. That's just the way things work in ranching communities.

The rancher/ranch-hand would not have had to say anything more than that to get approval from Game and Fish. If the cows are upset, then the wolverine is to blame. It is by its very existence "harassing" them. The wildlife official does not need to say much more. The wolverine was in a calving pasture during calving season. With that information, the report could practically write itself.

When the rancher confronted the wolverine, the wolverine "reached for something." It looked like a handgun. So the rancher then feared for his own life and shot the wolverine in self-defense. Happens every day.