1.   But ranchers opposed the measure, charging that the wolves would attack their livestock.

2.   Coumbs said Hera ran amok, attacking her livestock, and that she had repeated conversations with Knoller and Noel about the problem.

3.   In Idaho and around Yellowstone, owners are allowed under federal rules to shoot wolves they see attacking livestock, and some have been legally killed.

4.   In the reintroduction areas, that allows someone to shoot a wolf that is attacking livestock.

5.   Ranchers and their agents will be allowed to kill wolves if they are attacking livestock on private or tribal land.

6.   The result, he said, is a population of younger coyotes, likely to be less wary and more prone to attacking livestock than the original population.

7.   The type of tick that carries the virus, hyaloma marginata, most often attacks livestock, but Swanepoel said the ticks sometimes bite humans.

8.   They may not, however, be killed on public lands, such as in national forests, even if they are seen attacking livestock.

9.   Under law, a rancher may obtain a permit to kill a lion that is attacking his livestock.

10.   Under the plan, ranchers in areas near the wilderness could obtain a special permit to kill grizzlies that have attacked their livestock.