Posted on 12/18/2006 5:54:14 PM PST by george76
An environmental group went to court Thursday in an effort to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand a program to reintroduce the endangered Mexican gray wolf in New Mexico and Arizona.
The Center for Biological Diversity, which has offices in both states, alleged in a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., that Fish and Wildlife has refused to implement recommendations of a scientific panel that reviewed the program.
Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Vickie Fox of the agency's Albuquerque office said federal officials haven't had a chance to review the lawsuit and do not in general comment on pending litigation.
However, she added: "Making critical management decisions for a program that has complex social impacts while ensuring that wolves return to their natural world takes time, and the service does not take its decision-making process lightly.
It is committed to the cooperative effort for recovery of Mexican wolves in the wild."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Three of every four sheep are processed by the four largest firms; the top four include ConAgra; Superior Packing; High Country; and Denver Lamb;
Three of every five hogs are slaughtered by the four largest firms; the top four include Murphy Family Farms; Carroll's Foods; Continental Grain; and Smithfield Foods. (See Chart II.)
We are closer than I thought.
Not only slaughtered by the bigs but also grown by the bigs.
So much for the family ranchers and family farmers.
the Tonto National Forest sharply reduced the number of cattle allowed to graze, and by fall, the herds had shrunk to barely 8% of normal capacity, according to University of Arizona livestock specialist Robert Kattnig.
Ya thats right. Turn em loose. They can be SHOT the same way those were SHOT in Upper Michigan this last hunting season. I hear from folks back there that quite a few wolves were blasted this past deer season.
Of course the DNR says that there are NOT many wolves out in the woods up there.
We already HAVE them up here in Colorado, we saw two big wolves hanging out at the edge of a wooded area looking at some cattle that were being grazed in the high country. I know what a wolf looks like and when I mentioned this to the Forest Service dweebs, they looked at me with a little shock then a smirk. Since I live at over 8600' I'm not thrilled and I know that these animals have been introduced a number of years ago. I'm not the only Coloradoan who has spotted these bruisers out and about.
There was a Canadian wolf killed near Idaho Springs on Interstate 70 recently. It had tags from Yellowstone National Park.
We tax payers should not be paying for these expensive introductions of foreign predators.
Also some seasoned hunters reported two wolves near Independence Pass by state highway 82 this fall.
Apparently wolves have been seen near Baggs, Wyoming, too.
The Forest Service and BLM have many new urban employees who do not undertsand nor care about working ranchers and family farmers who life depends on their livestock remaining healthy and alive.
I heard one 2.5 years ago up in the FlatTops upstream from Yampa. They are here. They are going to start snacking on people.
Not just mountain lions and bears, now wolves.
We need to start carrying protection more.
sad
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