Wolf hunting in western US does little to prevent livestock losses, study finds

Gray wolves in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming. Photograph: Prasad Sanam/Getty Images/500px

Legalized wolf hunting in the western US has had only a minimal impact on preventing livestock loss, a new study led by the University of Michigan suggests.

The research, published in Science Advances, compared data from Montana and Idaho, two states where public wolf hunts have been permitted, with Oregon and Washington, where hunting remains illegal.