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High school students work to protect Idaho's wolves

Students at Timberline High School are working to protect Idaho's wolves after pups from the Timberline Pack were killed last year by Wildlife Services biologists.

Broadcast on:
06 Jun 2022

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File photo(Denali National Park and Preserve)

Last month, two wolves spooked a herd of sheep in the Boise foothills. The frightened sheep jumped into a deep gully to try and escape the wolves, piled on top of each other in the gully and 143 of them died.

This incident has sparked a new conversation about wolves and livestock in Idaho.

However, a group of kids from Timberline High School have been talking about wolves, especially about protecting them. Now the students aren’t just talking, they’re acting - after pups from the nearby Timberline Pack were killed by wildlife services biologists.

Reporter Clark Corbin with the Idaho Capitol Sun took a deep dive into wolves and a new Idaho law, put in place last year, expanding hunters’ abilities to kill the animals. He joins Idaho Matters to talk about what he found out.