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The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday July 23 1999 Wolf pups killed dog blamed RIVERTON Wyo (AP) — A wolf or large dog is being blamed i) H for killing two puppies on a west--a US Wildlife Services official says The puppies were ern Wyoming ranch ! found dead July 11 about 200 yards from the home of an employee on the Diamond G Ranch near Dubois ranch ager John Robinctt said man- The animals' skulls were crushed and a hole as wide as a small linger Mas bored into the Nine Merrill Nelson of the US Wildlife Sen ices said “ I here's no doubt they were killed In a Mull like ciealiue or a big canine" Nelson said Wildlile Sen ices caiiies out Moll shootings and capluies and scnlics Moll' kills under the diicclion of the US I:ish and Wildlife Sen ice Nelson said wolves making a kill typically bite down on the back neck or head of an animal With smaller animals “one bite usually takes care of whatever they kill" he said It was impossible to tell just how many wolves were to blame he said Rohinett said the red heeler Nwdcr collie mixes hud been out Mandering uith their mother and two other puppies during the evening and only the mother and two puppies returned At least four wolves are N'lieved to be roaming as a group near the Diamond G Federal agents have been trying to trap and radio collar one or more of the Molves since a colt was killed on June 27 In the spring of 1998 the Robi-net- ts lost two herding dogs to Do you care about cats? Do you have any ut home? Then the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has a message for you Unfortunately it' s neither a happy message nor a particularly welcome one It' s also controversial Tlic message is that cats are becoming too big a menace to wildlife Members of the ABC hope that if you re a cat owner you'll either keep your pel indoors or allow it out only on a leash or kept in a fenced area That sounds like an extreme position Why do they along with the Audubon Society and numerous oilier M'ildlife organizations support it? The answer is that they believe that the sheer number of cats is creating unprecedented problems for M'ildlife As the human population increases the cat population has also increased There arc 66 mil-lion pet cuts in this country today and although we don' t know how many cats there are living in the wild estimates range from 40 million to 100 million The problem is that an individual wild or feral cat can kill as many as 1000 small animals in a year including birds You might assume that your own pet cat wouldn't be a threat to wildlife hut even well-fe- d pet cats hunt Researchers at one wildlife experiment station recorded that one cat which ale regularly at home killed more than 1600 small animals during an period The number of birds that cats are killing each year may be more than a billion And the cats do not distinguish between common birds and endangered ones According to Linda Winter head of the ABC' s Cats Indoors campaign many species of birds in this country are in trouble and heading towards the fiec-mami- ic on oh ate ‘ se- - nld I’s l tat k- - ne sh se- lot od 1 I si- - lis ny to a eat The Arizona Park id re see the same time and has never been found According to federal regulations if a reintroduced wolf attacks a pet at the same locution twice in a calendar year it can he relocated Because the wolves near the Diamond G killed a coll and in the spring attacked a guard dog federal agents may kill them Wolf Recovery Director Fd Bangs said if two wolves end up in a trap one wolf would be radio collared and the other could he destroyed “The main thing we want to do now is to get a radio collar on these wolves to find out what's going on and if there are pups in the area" he said si 13 thing was happening I would try to make others aware of the situa- 'll sld ice ent ins - vo he :nt Bullet icy ct- - on Continued from Page ir- - ' liy 1 Taleyarkhan 13 created four chambers in a regu- -' lar shotgun cartridge - then placed different amounts of revolver-typ- e if-- ’'the firing propellant in each sa ' tr DISCONTINUED ITEMS ALL SALES FINAL SAYINGSjTHROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STORE 12X12 CONGOLEUM FLOOR TILE Sunbright Diamond’’ esmsmw (Q II 1“ Dutch Boy DIRTFIGHTER INTERIOR FLAT Because part of the land is owned by the state as well as by the Bureau of Land Management sures of the Paulsell Ranch “Once things get vandalized or destroyed or removed then (Hatch and Reidhead) won't have the attractions anymore" says Ekkehart Malotki a Northern local colleges as tour guides and he says they may also try to restore some of the ruins For er taxes Seven hundred head ONE-O- F A-KJ- WINDOWS 60 PATIO DECK DOCTOR: DECK WASH K DOOR UNITS HARTCO PREFINISHED PLANK sites to keep people from walking on them or touching them I’ve never enjoyed purpose putting something together as much as this” Jones also says that guided M fi TH£8MA FLOORING grswsffiMai IWJ 10 Sq Ft Selected cX WALLPAPER BORDERS £ 30 With 12” O'i w FIBERCLASSIC DOOR UNIT 0 'VI Sidelight Reg Price S044" ENERGY SAVER CAULK INTERIOR $5)(0 PAINTS - KITCHENI&TBATH 60 FRENCH IOOR UNIT MISTINT 30 ENTRY DOOR SYSTEM With Sidelights 2-1- 2" 12" to 24” rm AQUA MASSAGE HANDHELD SHOWER (Chrome) jkrr1 1 :! lL j Reg Price 1499 r L ii PEERLESS ! n:n IF:! ROWERT&THANDjTOOLS KITCHEN FAUCET lasco 6 jetted tub Fashion Color down the interstate from the Arizona University language professor and Southwestern rock-a- rt researcher Malotki says he'd like tours are a good idea but only if Hatch and Reidhead adopt some of the Park Service’s leave-n- o MISORDERED gists and paleontologists from ranch The projects are keeping both men busy “I'm an old man I have people running businesses for me” says Reidhead “All at once I have a to see walkways built around ALL Contractor Grade SHORT CUT SAW Reg Price 3-P- ItuMXxL 1799" RANDOM ORBITAL SANDER JETTED C liSBtHShJl TUB & SHOWER isusamua COMBO High Country News (wwwhcnorg) covets the West's communities and natural resource issues from Paonia Colorado 105010 HITACHI j1£14 BRADNAILER’ rly ne ONE-OF-A-KIN- says Hatch says he'll hire archaeolo- Archaeological and Conservation Center in Tucson is more worried about the venture's potential 'impact on the ranch's resources things up And then we'll never know Mhat happened 6000 8000 10000 years ago We could lose our story line We could lose our chance of ever figuring it out" of ar- ITEMS trace ethics so “things don't start now graze on the property “We'll continue ranching until someone tells us that it’s detrimental to our preservation” he says And Hatch and Reidhead aren't stopping with the Paulsell Ranch Early this summer they plan to open a museum of Native American artifacts just a few exits first thing away and mixing sal a- MISORDERED to disappear or get sold” she says “We would want to license the activity" But one local rock-a- rt scholar says a tourism venture may be the best way to protect the trea- picking something up then seeing something else and saying ‘This is better' and throwing the is as State Land Trinkle Jones an archaeologist “By having people pick these (artifacts) up and move them without collecting additional information is to lose that data that's so important" she says “I can sec people going out there and saying ‘This is really cool’ ng What else can an individual do? Winter recommends that you: Spay or neuter your cat early Veterinarians have discovered that the procedure can be done safely when the animal is only a few months old If you wait a year your cat may have already reproduced Never dump or abandon an unwanted cat: take it to a shelter where it has a chance of finding a home Work for local cat control and protection plans so overpopulation doesn't increase or continue Support laws that require pets to be confined to their owner' s property For a free brochure write to the American Bird Conservancy Cats Indoors 1250 24th Street Suite 400 NW Washington DC 20037 Or visit their web site at: wwwabcbirdsorg They also have an educational kit available for $6 now Hatch says he’ll maintain the property as a working cattle ranch helping him to avoid high- 'with the Park Service's Western DU if indoors" plans for the ranch must be approved by the state “If profits are being made on state trust land we must be involved" he tion" - to ss the land's archaeological resources are protected says Commissioner Dennis Wells anything is threatened right now" Hellickson said “If I felt some- ut :d- endangered list Cats however are not the chief culprit in her opinion Habitat destruction hunting pesticides pollution and plate-glawindows are far more harmful to wild birds than the cats are But cats are an important part of the problem Winter hates to admit this because not only is she a cat lover she has been a cat owner for more than 20 years But she also recognizes that today birds arc in trouble and cats are not “We need to make sure these birds don' t become threatened or endangered at which point saving them becomes insanely more expensive" she says “We need to try to take measures now to prevent them from needing emergency status later u'hcn it may be too late” The good thing about all of this is that there's something individuals can do “I can' t individually save a rain forest in South America" says Winter "But I can keep my cat Department also wants to ensure Continued from Page hat si- 109 Years of Service 101 oz White or Clear j ing Page 17 wolves The body of a third dog belonging to ranch owner Stephen Gordon disappeared at Keep cats indoors for birds' sake By Scripps Howard News Service — ‘chamber By controlling how much of ' the propellant fires at a time Taleyarkhan can control the velocity of the bullet With elec tronics he figures he can obtain virtually a continuous variation A key advantage to the technology is that the aluminum-wate- r propellant can be greatly diluted and still work gunpowder won't Taleyarkhan's propellant also makes it possible to fire fragile projectiles such as paint balls or tear gas for crowd control farther and with more precision than with gunpowder Busic said the Pentagon finds the technology appealing because it is the first variable-bull- et design to come along that could be used in existing weapons Where could it be used? “Mainly for peacekeeping and missions where you are under restricted rules of engagement but you need to be able to defend yourself" Busic said “It gives you some tool between doing nothing just a show of force and lethal force" humanitarian-typ- PLAYGROUNDSET such as security in schools DRILL PLAYGROUND SET Swing-n-Sli- dc Other potential uses are in local law enforcement applications “SCOUT- - a 12V CORDLESS NEWCO V? e HITACHI WCase DS130V8 I LIGHTING FIXTURES! 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