Wildlife Math GRANTS PASS, OR (KUNR) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture

division that kills problem wildlife says it will do the math to

report how many wolves, robins, and other species it kills each

year on a nationwide basis.

Wildlife Services spokeswoman Carol Bannerman says the decision

came after the conservation group WildEarth Guardians filed a

Freedom of Information Act request for the information.

Wildlife Services has been posting the nationwide totals since

1996, when it killed a nation-high 4,665 coyotes in Nevada. But

this year for the first time the agency switched to a

state-by-state format only, forcing anyone interested in national

trends to do the math themselves.

Wendy Keefover-Ring of WildEarth Guardians says this was an

attempt to avoid public scrutiny.
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