Wyoming sinks another $4.8M into predator killing as demand, costs keep growing

Wyoming sinks another $4.8M into predator killing as demand, costs keep growing

CASPER—Sparse snow cover made killing predators more challenging and “dynamic” this past winter in Fremont County, Rob Crofts recalled. Even if tracking and spotting wildlife was trickier, contracted trappers and hunters incentivized by a bounty program still managed to kill roughly 1,000 coyotes, the Fremont County Predator Board chairman reported before pausing to ask the Wyoming Animal Damage Management Board a question.  “What would that be …