Posted on 08/07/2010 1:40:59 PM PDT by Tina Grazier
Thanks to U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy's ruling (PDF file of preliminary injunction order) that the Endangered Species Act protections must be reinstated for wolves in both Montana and Idaho, be prepared to hear of more reports about large packs of wolves roaming the countryside in neighboring states like the one that was filmed in Oregon. Even though neither state, Washington or Oregon, were part of the Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf reintroduction program, they are definitely a recipient of the outcome. It was the late "90"s when the first wolves made it to Oregon, now they are beginning to roam in large packs as you will see in the video.
Make no mistake about it, the wolves in the video are direct descendants of the ones set loose in Idaho in 1995 & 1996. Those wolves by the way were not the Rocky Mountain wolves, also known as Canis Lupus Irremotus, they were the larger Canadian grays. The Rockey Mountain wolves were smaller and only hunted in pairs. (the only time they would hunt in groups of more than two was to train their offspring. When the young were old enough they would leave to find a mate and thus hunt with their mate to start the whole process again). However, the Canadian gray wolves are known as the Canis lupus Occidentalis, and they are a super sized predator which hunt in super sized packs. The Canis lupus Occidentalis evolved through the years so they could keep up with the caribou herds which can run hundreds of miles without taking a break to elude any predators. They also evolved into bigger and stronger wolves so as to be able to
Follow the link below to see the video of the
Largest Wolf Pack Ever Found in Oregon
(Excerpt) Read more at ChicoER/Gate)....
From what I have read today, you are correct. The problem, as experts have stated, is that the wolves that were introduced to this country are not indigenous, but are from Canada. This is an interesting article that describes the issues:
Ping to link in post #41.
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
You and my ancestors had a common tepee? Awesome!
bump.
Are you deliberately obtuse?
You Calvary. Me Indian.
What sucks?
Blackfoot?
One very serious issue regarding the Canadian gray wolf is tapeworm, to which young children are easily exposed. This is explained in the link at post #41.
I checked out your profile. It does not list your state of residence. And what is your ping list for? I have a ping list also, for videos and also conservative politics, Christian, and off the wall topics of interest I write.
For some reason, recently, none of the state locations seem to be showing on home pages.
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My state of residence is Nevada, but that has no bearing on my Indian heritage.
The ping list is for The Undead Thread, kept by me and sionnsar, just because we CAN!
What pray tell, is, “The Undead Thread”?
You’ve been reported for personal attacks. Read the posting rules before you post here.
I plan to keep it there forever. It does bring tears to my eyes, but it also inspires me and brings me comfort. Even now, I can’t believe he’s gone.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2543181/posts?page=1973#1973
Whatever it is, you can bet I’m on the side of the furry things that run in the forest...
That makes two of us, I feel sadness whenever I think of his life being cut short, but gladness in the knowledge he is with our Lord and missing the current destruction of this once great Republic that he loved so dearly.
I’ll have to look you and the Mr up some day when I am in that area and have you all take me to the local small bass fishing hole.
I like all types of fishing, but for the last few years I have been perfecting my skills of Fly Fishing.
I hear you.
Mr. trisham and I have tried fly fishing, but I lack talent. He is not so bad. :)
Let me know if you plan to be here. :)
I happen to live with wolves around me most of the time. (interior rural Alaska) I have killed close to 60 in 35 years and have weighed and necropsied probably 1200 carcasses in the past 20 years. The largest I’ve ever weighed was 123 pounds. The average Alaska wolf runs just about 98 pounds. That’s males and females together. Most individual females will be in the 70 pound class with males around 106 average. Pups of the year will weigh 40-60 by November depending on pack size and habitat.
I’ll go out on a limb here and say yes that wolf probably weiged 80 pounds but no way it was 180.
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