http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wolves/ en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:56:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105506/posts Billings, Mont. (AP) -- A judge has put gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list about seven months after the federal government took them off. The order from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula means the federal government must either drop or overhaul its proposal to strip wolves of federal protection — a process likely to drag on for at least several months. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105506/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:56:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099988/posts "As Governor of Alaska, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin has championed the cruel aerial killing of wolves to artificially boost game populations for mainly out-of-state trophy hunters. Palin’s Administration issues permits to shoot wolves from low-flying aircraft or chase them to exhaustion and kill them at point-blank range. To encourage more killing, she even proposed a $150 bounty for the left foreleg of each dead wolf." Defenders of Wild Life http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099988/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090261/posts Catron County officials say an endangered Mexican gray wolf has been causing problems in the Cruzville area and they want the animal removed. The county said Monday that the uncollared wolf has killed family pets and attacked a horse at one property in the western New Mexico community. The county's wolf investigator has apparently confirmed the problems. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090261/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:04:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090273/posts Officials with Wild Earth Guardians filed a petition Tuesday under the Endangered Species Act and the Administrative Procedure Act asking the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to develop a recovery plan for wolves in the Southern Rocky Mountains. At the same time, Catron County commissioners in New Mexico are calling for the removal of a non-collared wolf causing predation against domestic pets and livestock in their area. The expansive region WildEarth Guardians seeks to open to wolves includes much of western Colorado, northern New Mexico and south-central Wyoming. On the other side of the wolf debate, Catron County commissioners in... Ruidoso News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090273/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085678/posts We all know that Sarah Palin has been subjected to many unfair, untrue, and downright vicious attacks recently. Immediately after her selection by McCain, my wife began receiving dozens of emails from various groups claiming thet Palin was for aerial wolf hunting. The claims range from Palin offering $15 for the left front paw of each wolf killed, setting up high dollar hunts for "rich backers", to her pushing through the wolf hunts after the Alaskan people voted overwhelmingly against it. This is not a big issue for most of us, but the wife and MANY others, mostly women, participate... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085678/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080929/posts Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has released a new ad against Sarah Palin.It will air in a "targeted buy" in the Toledo and Dayton, OH, markets, spokeswoman Jessica Brand said. She added that they plan to scale it up in Ohio and in other swing states later, but didn't immediately have a dollar figure. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080929/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:12:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2071651/posts First, let me state that I support Sarah Palin and I couldn't be happier that she is the VP choice for McCain. Having said that, a friend said that Palin has put a bounty on wolves in Alaska. Specifically, this was the email sent out: Hoping to boost the number of wolves killed this year by permitees, Palin announced the state would pay $150 for each kill. According to an Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) news release, the bounty was instituted to "motivate permittees to redouble their efforts and to help offset the high cost of aviation fuel,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2071651/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:09:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062027/posts It is likely that it will be two or three years before Wisconsin could have a wolf-hunting season, according to a Department of Natural Resources wolf expert. DNR Conservation Biologist Adrian Wydeven said the state's wolf population has stabilized and the number of attacks on livestock decreased in 2007, although more farms are reporting wolf depredation problems. He said a hunting season with an annual harvest goal of 30 to 50 wolves could be part of the long-range solution to control the wolf population. Mr. Wydeven and UW-Madison Wildlife Ecology Professor Tim Van Deelen updated Wisconsin's Natural Resources Board on... Country Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062027/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053274/posts TWISP — Everyone agrees, gray wolves are generally wary of humans.But with the state's first pair of breeding wolves and six of their pups roaming the foothills near Twisp, people are asking: "Just how wary should we be of them?" By the numbers: Wolves and humans Wolves in Alaska and Canada: 59,000 to 70,000 Dates of case histories: 1900 through 2000 Encounters examined: 80 â—† Aggressive encounters: 14 â—† Nonaggressive encounters: 29 â—† Testing for prey: 8 â—† Self-defense: 10 â—† Provoked aggression: 4 â—† Rabies: 12 â—† Hunting of humans: 3 Source: Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife,... Wenatchee World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053274/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044949/posts Washington state wildlife biologists who conducted a "howling survey" believe a gray wolf pack may be living in western Okanogan County. Washington state wildlife biologists who conducted a "howling survey" believe a gray wolf pack may be living in western Okanogan County. Biologists conducted the survey in the area on July 7. They made wolf-like howls in several areas, and heard both adult and juvenile howls in response. The Department of Fish and Wildlife says that if confirmed, it would be Washington's first known resident wolf pack since the species disappeared from the state in the 1930s. While individual wolves... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044949/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:01:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024627/posts KALISPELL (AP) — A man hunting black bear shot and killed a wolf near Olney, northwest of Whitefish. Zachary Harms of Kalispell was driving his truck up a forest road Tuesday when he saw movement. He walked along the road with his rifle, thinking he may have seen a black bear. Two wolves then ran out from the side of the road. One ran across the road and up the hillside. The other ran down the road towards Harms. The wolf closed to approximately 10 feet and Harms fired, hitting the female wolf in the front of the head. The... Helenair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024627/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023997/posts Conservationists who oppose the removal of wolves from under federal protection - and who call the delisting unlawful - sought an emergency injunction Thursday to stop the animals' killing. Last month, a coalition of 11 environmental groups sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in an effort to keep gray wolves in the Northern Rockies region on the endangered species list. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director H. Dale Hall announced the delisting decision in February, and it took effect March 28, divesting the gray wolf of its Endangered Species Act protections. Without those protections, environmentalists say, the gray wolf... the Missoulian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023997/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 15:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2022670/posts In a jointly issued statement, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev condemned the United States’ plans to set up an anti-missile defense system as “offensive.” “By seeking to defend itself from a sneak attack, the U.S. is sending a bad message,” Hu said. “It’s like they’re saying they don’t trust us. How do you think that makes us feel? We have no defense against sneak attack. Why do the Americans think they need one?” Medvedev echoed his Chinese counterpart’s thoughts and offered an analogy to help make his point. “Among wolves, deadly hostilities are avoided when one... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2022670/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 22:35:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021948/posts Bringing the wolves back to the Rockies has been a huge success story. So why are we allowed to gun them down?May. 27, 2008 | In Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley, the return of gray wolves has turned the wild canines into celebrities. At dusk, scope-toting wildlife watchers and photographers stake out the valley to observe the crepuscular predators. One of the most popular wolves in the valley, known to wildlife biologists as 253M, won the affectionate nickname Limpy, because of a pronounced limp from an injury. Born to the Druid Peak pack, Limpy was wounded in a fierce fight... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021948/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 16:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988514/posts Montana’s wolf population increased 34 percent over the past year, to an estimated 422 wolves in 73 packs... The wolves are nearly equally distributed between northern and southern Montana...although the bulk of the population growth was in northwestern and far western Montana... Wolves are still listed under the Endangered Species Act. Delisting was set for late March, but lawsuits are expected to delay that. As for conflicts with ranchers, the FWP reported an increase in the number of confirmed cattle deaths due to wolves, from 32 to 75, and an increase in the number of sheep deaths, from four to... Bozeman Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988514/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983351/posts The reintroduction of Canadian gray wolves into Idaho, Wyoming and Montana is arguably one of the most successful projects of its kind ever undertaken. In just over 12 years, these incredibly efficient predators multiplied over 15 times the number reintroduced, far exceeding what the top federal biologists predicted. In spite of the fact that the top federal wolf biologists agree the population is recovered, 11 environmental groups are mounting a logic-defying legal challenge, arguing the wolf population is not yet sustainable. This lawsuit could stall the delisting process for several months or even years, while the wolf population continues to... Upper Valley Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1983351/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980610/posts When more than a dozen lambs and sheep were slaughtered on a Shelburne farm last fall, wildlife officials suspected either a wolf that had escaped from captivity or a rogue mutt on a hungry rampage. But after the culprit animal was killed and examined, they found themselves with a bigger mystery: How did a wild eastern gray wolf, an endangered species absent from the state for more than a century, find its way to western Massachusetts? Thomas J. Healy, head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast regional office, said Tuesday recent DNA tests at the agency's Oregon labs... Associated Press via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980610/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:43:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979273/posts Belgian invents 'Holocaust' tale A Belgian woman whose tale of survival with a pack of wolves in Nazi-occupied Europe became a hit film has revealed that she invented the story. Monique De Wael, who adopted the pseudonym Misha Defonseca, also admitted that she was not Jewish. Her revelations came in an interview with the Belgian daily Le Soir, which said more than six million people had already seen Surviving With Wolves. "It's not actual reality, but it was my reality," she told Le Soir. "It was my way of surviving... I seek forgiveness from those who feel betrayed, but I... BBC Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979273/posts#comment Sun, 2 Mar 2008 21:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978106/posts Wolves in Salmon, Idaho Decimate Elk Hunting This is something I received from an Idaho outfitter regarding the impact on elk in the Salmon, Idaho area. Although it is about Idaho, the same things hold true for Wyoming. There are some in the G&F who like wolves and will go out of their way to skew their studies to let the wolves off the hook. On the other hand, there are some in our Wyoming G&F who hate the wolves for what they are doing to our big game herds. Name withheld. Save Our Elk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978106/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976736/posts The removal of the Rocky Mountain gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act is behing hailed by Idaho agricultural interests. "Wolves have been a major, major fundraiser for the environmentalists over the years. They hate to let it go. They want to keep the issue alive," said Stan Boyd, executive director of the Idaho Wool Growers Association. "Idaho met the 10 breeding pair standard many, many years ago, and so did our neighboring states. Technically, this delisting could have come three or four years ago." Livestock producers recognize the wolf is back and here to stay, Boyd said. "It's time... Capital Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976736/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:45:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975775/posts The Popo Agie Ranch, just four miles south of town, has a 70-acre hay meadow which rises from an aspen- and cottonwood-sheltered river basin, rolling east and empty into the foot of Table Mountain. The meadow, and the adjacent 4,000-acre pasture, was once used for a modest but profitable cow-calf operation. Today, if visitors roll over the wooden platform bridge across the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, they'll notice a few corralled llamas, a handful of horses, but no cows. When wolves moved into the area, rancher Dave Vaughan got out of the cow-calf business... "As soon as... Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975775/posts#comment Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:18:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975488/posts A jackrabbit found throughout much of the West has disappeared from the Yellowstone area, although the reason why remains a mystery, a new study concludes. Whatever the cause, the study suggests the white-tailed jackrabbit's disappearance has wrought major changes to Yellowstone's food chain. Coyotes and wolves, which could have depended on the rabbit as a significant food source, apparently turned their attention instead to larger prey including young elk, pronghorn antelope -- even domestic livestock. However, because the rabbit's decline went relatively unnoticed until now, quantifying that shift is virtually impossible, said the study's lead author, Joel Berger with the... Jackson Hole Star Tribune & AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975488/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974108/posts Interior Department Removes Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves from Endangered Species List Contacts Ed Bangs (406) 449-5225, x 204 Joan Jewett (503) 231-6211 Sharon Rose (303) 236-4580 Joshua Winchell (703) 358-2279 The gray wolf population in the Northern Rocky Mountains is thriving and no longer requires the protection of the Endangered Species Act, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett announced today. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the species from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. "The wolf population in the Northern Rockies has far exceeded its recovery goal and continues to expand... U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974108/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974032/posts A sled dog tour operator in the Interior village of Bettles said wolves have killed and eaten two of his sled dogs in the past two weeks, continuing what has been a statewide trend this winter. “They drug them right out of their collars,” Max Hanst said by phone Tuesday from the village 180 miles north of Fairbanks. “The most recent one was three nights ago. I lost another one six days before that.” Three days prior to the first attack, Hanst said he shot and killed an old, emaciated wolf trying to dig its way into a puppy pen.... Fairbanks Daily News-Miner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974032/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:58:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1967791/posts <p>I have told hunters for 12 years that the goal of the wolf re introduction had nothing to do with saving the Eco-system and everything to do with closing hunting down. Here is proof right from the insane Eco -cult.</p> Wolf Crossing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1967791/posts#comment Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:27:53 GMT