[h=1]Wolf researcher plans to sue WSU over free speech[/h] Alison Morrow, KING 11:05 AM. PDT June 14, 2017
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the first livestock death blamed on wolves in this year's grazing season.
It was found near the historic range of the Profanity Peak pack, which was monitored by a Washington State University researcher, who is now suing over free speech.
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the first livestock death blamed on wolves in this year's grazing season.
It was found near the historic range of the Profanity Peak pack, which was monitored by a Washington State University researcher, who is now suing over free speech
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"I was publicly discredited and defamed by the university. The university said I had lied. I did not lie. I simply reported the facts," he said.
Wielgus plans to sue for six years salary and then leave his teaching position.
At the same time, he's publishing research he calls one of the most in-depth wolf studies ever. He found wolf attacks on livestock are extremely uncommon, and that the more humans kill wolves, the more wolves kill cattle the following year. Depredations, he says, typically follow lethal removal of wolves due to disarray in the social dynamics of the apex predators.
"My agenda is scientific truth, and that's what's gotten me in trouble in this case. I could've just shut up," Wielgus said....
