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The U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service reports that it manages wolf population growth and distribution in Wyoming (outside Yellowstone National Park) to minimize chronic loss of livestock from wolves.

"In 2007, we reduced the total number of confirmed livestock depredations by >55% compared to the number of depredations in 2006 by aggressively removing chronically depredating wolves early in the grazing seasons.

"We predict the number of confirmed depredations in 2008 will again be significantly lower than the number of depredations in 2006.

"While reducing livestock depredations, we continue to maintain the Wyoming wolf population (outside Yellowstone National Park) well above recovery objectives with >20 confirmed packs, >17 breeding pairs, and approximately 180 wolves."

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008*
Cattle	34	75	54	123	55	35
Sheep	7	18	27	38	16	26
Dogs	0	2	1	1	2	0
Other	10	1	0	1	0	0
Wolves controlled	18	29	41	44	63	38

* 2008 figures are from January through October 24, 2008.

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