The wolves cannot be killed because there are too few in the pack. The most recent estimate puts the Imnaha pack at 14+. Killing 2 and leaving 12 is unacceptable. The 2 killed could have possibly became an alpha male and female, or the largest wolves ever. And the Imnaha unit can only have but a few territories based on the territory size of the gray wolf.
In contrast to the following scenario:
A large area with many territories and, for example, 200 or 300 wolves that is surrounded by farm and ranchland. In this case, wolves would more than likely kill livestock on the outer fringes of the habitat area. If, for example, 10 livestock are killed, killing 10 wolves is acceptable because 290 wolves remain.
That area should not have wolves because there are already cougars, bears, and coyotes.
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