Posted on 07/22/2018 7:35:02 AM PDT by george76
Recordings and summaries of emergency calls show Washington wildlife officials at first objected to an air rescue of a woman treed by wolves, or help from the Okanogan County sheriff.
Washington wildlife managers initially opposed sending a helicopter or a search-and-rescue team to save a woman treed by wolves in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, according to recordings and summaries of emergency calls.
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Notes from a call between DNR dispatcher Jill Jones and a wildlife officer summarized WDFW’s position, and her position, shortly before the helicopter launched.
“No helicopter. Federally listed species. 3 WDFW personnel saying so,” according to DNR’s call log.
“We are more concerned for her life than the listed animal,” Jones told the officer. “He indicated that she is safe up in the tree. ... I told him that we do not know how safe she is. I don’t know how stout the tree is, and if the limbs will continue to hold her or how long she can hold on.”
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. Within a half hour, the woman was safe in the DNR helicopter piloted by Devin Gooch. The wolves had scattered as Gooch flew overhead before landing in a meadow.
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according to DNR call logs, the agency was prepared to “launch the rotor and will deal with aftermath of WDFW later.”
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Jones, the DNR dispatcher,...
“When I talked to Fish and Wildlife, they said, ‘Nope. That’s not search and rescue. That’s just us. And no helicopter,” Jones said.
“For goodness sakes, somebody needs to figure it out,” the county dispatcher said.
“I don’t know how long this girl can hang in the tree,” Jones said. “... so we’re finally just launching a helicopter.”
The flight from Omak to the woman took 14 minutes,
(Excerpt) Read more at capitalpress.com ...
Beaurocrazies and other lefties hate Americans.
In Oregon, we’ve got State troopers(our wildlife law enforcers) in ghillie suits, hiding in trees, to catch people picking mushrooms without a permit.
“Fun” for a wolf is teaching it’s young ones to hunt. Even dog/wolf mixes will hunt people for fun. I know it for certain because I was in that position once. If it wasn’t for a watchful husband and a 22 long, magnum hollowpoint bullet, I would have been that lunch. She leaped off the ground toward me, and the rifle Barrell over my shoulder dropped her to the ground at my feet.
She and her pup we’re well fed. I’m just glad she hadn’t spotted my 6 year old child hiding in the hay stack a few feet away.
Clearly, based on the facts and quotes in this story the Sheriff got it 100% correct and acted as he should have.
The problem with wolves in general have been spun to death in the media and public debate and leave us with many questions -
Did they introduce the same species in these areas or did they introduce a super-predator that may not have been the one in these areas? I have read that the “wolves” in northwest Washington were closer in size to coyotes than those they introduced (these things are BIG).
Did the wolves in this region live on available game or did they mostly follow the buffalo herds around the northwest? In other words, were they native or were they just as nomadic as the prey they lived on that no longer exist?
How much is this program costing the taxpayers? It seems terribly expensive to me. How many government workers are there for each wolf and how often are they employing helicopters to shoot them after livestock incidents? How much are we the taxpayers paying for killed livestock?
If someone found a few T-Rex’s would the same people want to introduce those because they were here once? It seems like an absurd question, but follow the logic used to justify the reintroduction.
What has been the impact on local numbers of elk, moose, and deer. If those numbers have gone down as much as some suggest what is the impact on the local economy?
If there are more incidents such as this in areas frequented by tourists on public lands such as hikers, campers, and backpackers what would the economic impact be to those areas?
Do the people within the regions where there are now wolves support this or is this something being pushed by people who do not live in the rural affected communities. I bet I know the answer to this one....
Reporter Sam Donaldson was the third-largest recipient of wool and mohair payments in Lincoln County, N.M.
Over two years, $97,000 in subsidy checks have gone to Donaldson’s address in the Virginia suburbs of Washington... Donaldson also got $3,500 to defray livestock-watering costs.
“Now there are plenty of other examples of absentee landlords receiving these farm subsidies, but it is particularly glaring that millionaire Sam Donaldson is getting this taxpayers’ money,” said D’Amato. “Sam Donaldson, give that money back.”
If it were a Federal employee treed by wolves, they would have sent an A-10 Warthog to strafe the wolves.
Just like Bengazi-Americans are now disposable according to government apparatchiks.
Did they ( Ed Bangs ) introduce a super-predator ...
Yes.
Not native, exotic Huge Canadian ... wolves
A pack of wolves recently slaughtered a herd of elk in one night... Nineteen elk, mostly calves dead near Jackson, Wyoming.
But there’s nothing the state agency can do. Wolves are federally protected.
In 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planned to take wolves off the endangered list and turn over management of the animals to Wyoming. That would have allowed state-regulated hunting of wolves.
But a federal judge ( Donald Molloy ) ruled that wolves remain under federal control and be relisted as an endangered species.
Yes.
They certainly play.
Old Marlin .30-30 picked up somewhere for $50 years ago.
Good bore and will do the job.
NOT “shoot and shovel”, but shoot and “GOOD (get out of dodge)”.
Wolves must be made to fear man.
Again.
You work for the govt?
The victim should have said,’ I’m going to start shooting the damn things if they come any closer.
Gotta hang up now to get a better grip...
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She might have gotten arrested for her threat — even with a wolf hanging on her leg.
While they are one of Gods creations you are right. There was a reason our ancestors feared them. They are extremely intelligent, sophisticated , organized and ruthless hunters. Kind of like a four legged shark.
Exactly. I respect wolves, even admire them. But if it is me or some other human and them, and one of us has to be destroyed, I am choosing them.
Hmmm
I wonder if the helicopter pilot actually saw the wolf pack? The story says the wolves “scattered” when the helicopter arrived. According to the pilot, or just the woman? This story fails journalistically because it doesn’t give solid confirmation that the central element, wolves, were actually present.
Maybe the woman just wanted a helicopter ride out of the woods.
A 9 or a 38 special is plenty against a wolf. A 380 or even a 22 is plenty. 120 lbs is a huge wolf.
A 10mm is just hedonistic fun, but way big overkill. Cool with me though. I liked Motorhead.
Correct
Fed guv has been planting them for years
Now there’s large packs of 200+ pound grays all over the NW
Good luck there hikers and do gooders
Bears are far less dangerous
“This is absolutely false. First of all, do you think the emotional state of “fun” is actually something wolves can achieve?
Yea,no.”
Wolves kill indiscriminately. Call it whatever you want but they do not always eat what they kill. They are a danger to humans and domesticated animals and should be treated as such.
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