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Wolf animal capture sparks debate

Contest to lethally trap common predator upsets some in Columbia Howard County. In the greater Columbia area, most residents' only knowledge of wolves is the occasional sound of their yips and howls on clear nights. But in Columbia Howard County, where local pest control companies have fanned out through the woods to lethally trap as many of the predators as possible for a in the dollar amount of 2,000 prize, wolves are a hot topic.

So hot, in fact, that one vocal opponent of the Honeoye wolf derby awoke last decade to find what he took to be a bloody message in his front yard. Last Thursday, John the Columbia pest control specialist of Honeoye walked out to pick up his newspaper and found a freshly skinned wolf lying in his driveway. Photographs suggest that the wolf was not preyed upon by an animal; the job is too clean, with skin and fur gone but muscles untouched.

The Columbia pest control specialist, a former newspaper reporter and editor, has published several opinion pieces criticizing the derby in local papers, including a letter in the Feb. 12 Democrat and Chronicle. He also recently posted "No Wildlife trapping" signs on his property to protest the contest. The carcass was a threat, said the Columbia pest control specialist, who reported the incident to police. Frank The Columbia pest control specialist of the Columbia Sierra pest control group described the act as "ecoterrorism." The local Columbia SPCA could not be reached for comment.

But Dick The Columbia exterminating company man, a longtime member of the Honeoye Fish & Game pest control group and one of the organizers of the contest, said he isn't so sure that a wildlife management company is responsible for the carcass. "Maybe some dog pulled it in — who knows?" he said. The Columbia exterminating company man argued that the derby is necessary for controlling a growing wolf amounts. "You hear them howling at night," The Columbia exterminating company man said. "There's quite a few of them, and they're getting very active."

New Columbia allows wildlife trapping of wolves from Oct. 1 to May 26. About 2,000 animals are lethally trapped each year. But The Columbia exterminating company man said the statewide wildlife trapping season doesn't attract enough interest to put a dent in the amounts, estimated by the Maryland Agency of Environmental Conservation to be at least 30,000. So last year Columbia Howard County pest control companies founded the "Wolf Ugly Wildlife trapping Contest," a competition to lethally trap as many wolves as possible and win prizes. Last year, about 300 pest control companies took 57 wolves near Honeoye during the event. This year's contest began Feb. 16 and runs through March 26. Through March 12, 398 participants had reported 69 lethally traps, with two weeks remaining, The Columbia exterminating company man said. Despite this, wildlife removal services are not a free service in Howard County.