Wolves creating more headaches (Realistic article on wolf reintroduction)

The Jamestown Sun ^ | February 12, 2010 | Bernie Kuntz

[jazusamo]

Wolf Ping!

[Secret Agent Man]

Shoot, shovel, and shut up.

[dirtboy]

I think wolves should be introduced to liberal enclaves all over this country.

[2banana]

We need more COUGARS!

[davisfh]

Just one more starry-eyed, pie in the sky scheme gone wrong. We’ll be much better off when these types are denied the right to “save the animals” and managing the animals is left to attrition by hunting.

[jazusamo]

Agreed, there are plenty of wolves in Alaska and Canada, they’re definitely not endangered or threatened so keep them the heck out of the lower 48.

[tiki]

Nature will take care of itself, it recovered from the loss of the dinosuar and many other species. It has survived ice ages and real warming, floods and freezes and it still goes on, but mankind, nowadays think that they are the creators of the universe and that they can fix it.

[Sparticus]

The ENTIRE point of introducing Canadian Grey Wolves, (which were are a different species than the smaller wolves which lived in most of the lower 48) was as a first step toward outlawing hunting in the U.S. Since the pretty wolves’ees eat the deer and the elk, we don't need those evil hunters with their big nasty guns to manage those herds.

[Flycatcher]

Instead, NPS is leaning toward “volunteer shooters,” rather than hunters, to do the job.

I see. I didn't realize the National Park Service was rolling in money to be able to turn its back on the revenue provided by lawful hunters.

Absolute. Insanity.

Thanks for the ping.

[jazusamo]

Yep, the Canadian Gray wolf is almost twice the size of the indigenous wolves of the lower 48.

I agree with you on the purpose of reintroducing them, animal rights and enviro nazis are using them to stop hunting.

[jazusamo]

It is insanity on the part of the NPS. They could make thinning a profitable endeavor but choose to use taxpayer dollars to manage wildlife.

[Sparticus]

It is insanity on the part of the NPS. They could make thinning a profitable endeavor but choose to use taxpayer dollars to manage wildlife.

It's a moral purity thing for them.

Wolves kill & eat stuff = good.

People doing same thing = bad.

[pallis]

I haven’t heard much about the Lobos in New Mexico, but they don’t seem to be making a dent in the elk herds where I hunt. That’s fine with me.

[rellimpank]

—yep—Central Park, NYC needs not only a good sized pack of wolves, but a breeding population of grizzly bears—should help with the crime problem, too—

[TennTuxedo]

I was talking with a buddy who was snow-mobiling up near Lake Manitoba and he said he came across a pack of huge gray wolves. He has spend countless time in that area and had never seen them that far down before.

[Eska]

Two winters back, they had an emergency F&G meeting concerning ballooning wolf numbers right where we live. Because it was emergency, the "I wanna kiss the wolves people" didn't find out, didn't show up. They proposed an emergency kill of 150 wolves and called Palin who immediately found the funds to buy the heli time. In 3 days, they got 87 wolves. Actually, wolves smarten up quick and head for the brush and without new snow, they couldn't locate wolves. On the 4th day, animal luvers got a judge to stop the hunt.

To be effective, you need expensive heli-time, good fresh snow, and a governor who doesn't care what the wolf luvers think. You can count on Palin to do the right thing.

[jazusamo]

The enviro nazis down there have been making noise lately about there only being forty some Mexican Gray wolves left in AZ and NM. They want to build up the numbers but I believe it’ll be an uphill battle.

[jazusamo]

It’s a shame the feds and states don’t drop the protection of them and let nature and man take it’s course.

The male Canadian Grays are huge and get up to 140 lbs, three or four of them can take most anything down.

[bert]

We had 9 wolves in our city mountain park. Back in one of the heavy December snows, a tree fell and crushed the double fences of the wolf enclosure.

Eight escaped. Six returned quickly but two were gone for several weeks and the park was closed. One returned. The park reopened

The other is still gone. I suspect he went down the mountain into the Army ammunition plant that is home to hundreds of deer and even some transplanted wild horses.

FREEDOM!!!!