Manitoba Conservation officials believe the report of a Birds Hill-area man who says he recently trapped and killed a wolf within 25 kilometres of Winnipeg’s downtown.
The mature wolf, which had apparently killed a number of pet dogs belonging to area residents, was trapped several days before Remembrance Day southeast of Birds Hill Provincial Park near Garven Road and Provincial Road 206.
Photos of the animal, estimated to be about 70 kilograms (We believe it to be over 160 pounds), and the man who caught it have circulated on Twitter and email. Manitoba Conservation was at first hesitant to verify the photos — it says too many other bogus ones circulate on the Internet — but now believes they are real.
“This one I think is going to be legitimate,” Ken Rebizant, the manager of the big game unit with the wildlife branch of Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, said Wednesday.
The trapper, who lives in the area, declined to be interviewed.
Rebizant said sightings of wolves in the Birds Hill area and the rest of southern Manitoba are rare.
“We probably get around three to five reports of wolves being in the very southern end of their range in Manitoba,” said Rebizant. “By southern end, I mean the southern Interlake and south to the U.S. border.” Continue reading more…. Article source winnipegfreepress.com