wolves caused the kill required more work than government officials were allowed to do. Carter Niemeyer, who was in charge of wolf reintroduction, was one of the only wildlife biologists who took the time to find the real cause of death in livestock cases. For the government or Defenders of Wildlife to pay for loss of livestock, Carter had to sign off that he had verified the killer as a wolf. No other state or federal agency employee could do this, only his word was accepted. Most kills were not wolf…
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