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10-30-2001, 12:56 AM
Wolf Trained Not to Go Near Cattle Is Killed.
Saturday, October 27, 2001
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One of three wolves that underwent livestock-aversion therapy on Ted Turner's ranch in Montana is released from its pen in December 2000.
Erik Petersen/The Associated Press ###
### ###LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- The last of three wolves released after undergoing livestock "aversion therapy" on Ted Turner's ranch has been killed after it was caught eating a calf.
### ###Ed Bangs, wolf recovery manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, confirmed authorities killed the wolf last week after it was found feeding on the dead animal.
### ###"It was worth a try and that's all we ever said it was," Bangs said of the aversion program. "But I don't think we taught them a thing."
### ###The three adult male wolves were members of a pack with a history of killing livestock. They, along with their mother, were captured in May 2000 and enrolled in an experimental program on Turner's ranch near Gallatin Gateway.
### ###The animals were equipped with electronic collars intended to deliver shocks to the wolves if they approached a calf hide or live cow that were in a shared pen.
### ###Officials had hoped the wolves could be trained to avoid livestock, and might be able to influence other pack members to do the same once released.
Saturday, October 27, 2001
###
One of three wolves that underwent livestock-aversion therapy on Ted Turner's ranch in Montana is released from its pen in December 2000.
Erik Petersen/The Associated Press ###
### ###LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- The last of three wolves released after undergoing livestock "aversion therapy" on Ted Turner's ranch has been killed after it was caught eating a calf.
### ###Ed Bangs, wolf recovery manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, confirmed authorities killed the wolf last week after it was found feeding on the dead animal.
### ###"It was worth a try and that's all we ever said it was," Bangs said of the aversion program. "But I don't think we taught them a thing."
### ###The three adult male wolves were members of a pack with a history of killing livestock. They, along with their mother, were captured in May 2000 and enrolled in an experimental program on Turner's ranch near Gallatin Gateway.
### ###The animals were equipped with electronic collars intended to deliver shocks to the wolves if they approached a calf hide or live cow that were in a shared pen.
### ###Officials had hoped the wolves could be trained to avoid livestock, and might be able to influence other pack members to do the same once released.