The only grey wolf to be sighted in the Grand Canyon area in the past 70 years has been confirmed to have been killed by a hunter who mistook her for a coyote.
I don't know the regulations, but are you supposed to shoot things that have radio collars?
The three-year-old female made news last November when reports started pouring in of a gray wolf along the Grand Canyons North Rimthe first time the endangered species had been seen in the area in more than 70 years. She wore a radio collar, and wildlife officials identified her as 914F; she'd originally been tagged in Cody, Wyoming, as a one-year-old.
But the happy news was short-lived. In December, a hunter in southern Utah shot and killed the wolf, claiming he mistook the animal for a coyote, according to Utahs Division of Wildlife Resources.
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I don't know the regulations, but are you supposed to shoot things that have radio collars?