Whereas industry-wide, the economic impact is miniscule, to the guy who s cow is killed, it s a big deal, Bangs said. Ranchers will be tempted to kill wolves in retaliation. Again, better to let a representative of the service offer it's own opinion. That s precisely the feeling among hundreds of Western Slope ranchers who oppose re-introduction, said Linda Clausen of the Colorado Cattleman s Association in Arvada. It is the predatory threat we are concerned about, Clausen said.
Wolves hurt ranchers in the billfold by taking sheep and cows.
Nice quotes here. Clausen said that ranchers opposition is not ideologically motivated. It is important to note that ranchers shot the wolves out of Colorado the first time for important economic reasons, she said, and it chagrins them to see their grandfathers hard work undone by a federal agency. But we are concerned with preserving the ranchers way of life, she said. She added that the Cattleman s Association has looked at a number of ways of mitigating wolf damage to livestock herds in an attempt to accommodate wolves, but it does not believe any are practicable.