A wolf in Yellowstone joins magpies in feasting upon an elk carcass. Throughout the West, dead animals attract scavengers. In cattle country, experience has shown that conflicts between ranchers and predators can be reduced when dead cattle and sheep, which can attract wolves, bears and mountain lions are removed from rangeland.  Photo courtesy Jim Peaco/NPS
A wolf in Yellowstone joins magpies in feasting upon an elk carcass. Throughout the West, dead animals attract scavengers. In cattle country, experience has shown that conflicts between ranchers and predators can be reduced when dead cattle and sheep, which can attract wolves, bears and mountain lions are removed from rangeland. Photo courtesy Jim Peaco/NPS