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From: Capital Press “Wolf scientist Rob Wielgus, cheered by environmentalists and jeered by cattlemen, parted ways Tuesday with Washington State University, leaving with $300,000 to resolve claims he was muzzled by school administrators.The university denied any wrongdoing and said ...

From: Chemical Watch “The proposal, which was issued late last month, seeks to ensure that the data, models and science underpinning agency regulatory decisions are “transparent” and “available to the public for validation”. It has been fiercely criticized by ...

From: The Spokesman-Review “Kretz opposed Wielgus’ research, which contends that killing members of a wolf pack actually increases predation on livestock, and supported UW research that said Wielgus’s study was statistically unsupported. He described Wielgus as brilliant, but ...

From: The Lewiston Tribune “Rob published in very prestigious journals. You would think they would be proud of him and have his back,” Ruch said of WSU administrators. “Instead, they had a knife in his back.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: The Bellingham Herald “Wielgus angered ranchers with his research of wolf behavior. He concluded the state’s policy of killing wolves that preyed on cattle was likely to increase cattle predation because it destabilized the structure of wolf packs.” Read more . . . ...

From: The Daily Evergreen “Wielgus, who served as Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory, faced scrutiny from the university over research he carried out regarding the killing of wolves to protect livestock. WSU officials were reportedly worried that Wielgus’ ...