In April, Ralph contrasted the disproportionate media hysteria that takes place when a wolf kills a cow or sheep versus when any number of other natural events result in vastly more significant livestock loss. The example that he used :
SE Montana blizzard kills far more livestock in 2 days than Montana wolves in a year :
cattle losses to wolves in Montana in 2008 totaled just 77 dead with a couple dozen more “probables.”
Another more recent example of the glaring disparity of livestock loss to wolves & environment versus the weather is aptly illustrated on the other end of the weather spectrum :
Extreme heat kills hundreds of cattle in Nebraska – AP
In southeastern Nebraska’s Hamilton County, temperatures in the 90s and high humidity contributed to the deaths of roughly 600 cattle.
That’s one county.
The Wildlife News 
