Re: Wolves around Region 3
I just read something interesting & SCARY:
According to Western Wildlife Outreach, an adult grey wolf eats an average of 5 to 14 pounds of meat per day. (To use round #s say average 10)
1 wolf eats 10 lb/day x 365 = 3,650 lbs/year
3,650 / 100 lbs meat/deer = 36.5 deer/year
An average pack has 6 wolves & therefore eats:
6 x 36 deer = 196 deer/year/pack
Even at half that - 5 lbs/day = ~100 deer/year/pack
How many packs are just around Kamloops???
What sucks about wolves is that (unlike cats) wolves rarely kill the animal before they start eating it - alive:
Last edited by steepNdeep; 12-12-2017 at 10:04 AM.
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