Four years ago this week the "Town Pack" nearly killed my chocolate Lab. They did kill 14 dogs north of Ketchikan that winter. After Kona was attacked I talked with the ADF&G biologist at length, and we got a pro trapper to come in. He caught three, including the one that attacked Kona, and the dog killing stopped dead -- not one since then.

Focused predator control does, in fact, work when correctly applied.

Two weeks ago I climbed the high ridge north of my house and found five wolf tracks -- so they are back. Sooner or later they will start in on Fido again. And A.J, will come back and snare the miscreants again. And we will have peace in the valley for another five years.

It has ever been so...

"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."

"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."

"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."