{"id":86,"date":"2005-10-25T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2005-10-26T00:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=86"},"modified":"2005-10-25T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2005-10-25T19:51:15","slug":"the-week-after-wolf-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/the-week-after-wolf-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The \r\n\r\nWeek After Wolf Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compare <\/p>\n

the following stories and note that wolves were re-introduced in Yellowstone 10 years ago. In that whole region, they number around 900. <\/p>\n

Wolves were released in New Mexico about 5 years ago. We’re supposed to believe that 6 pairs will sustain the population. Nonsense. <\/p>\n

mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Feds study gray wolf delisting – billingsgazette.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

By <\/p>\n

MIKE STARK Of The Gazette Staff<\/p>\n

Federal officials on Monday said it may be time to remove gray wolves in the northern Rocky <\/p>\n

Mountains from the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will begin an in-depth look at the wolf <\/p>\n

population and decide whether to propose delisting the wolf. …<\/p>\n

In order for wolves to be delisted, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming <\/p>\n

need approved plans to manage wolves once responsibility is passed to the states from the federal government. …<\/p>\n

Wolves <\/p>\n

were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and portions of Idaho in 1995 and 1996.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Today, the population is <\/p>\n

estimated to be around 900. Numbers have declined recently in Yellowstone, Wyoming and portions of Montana, according to some of the <\/p>\n

latest numbers.<\/strong> The population appears to be still growing in Idaho, Bangs said. <\/p>\n

ABQjournal: Mexican Gray Wolf Treated for Injuries After Being Hurt by <\/p>\n

Trap<\/a> By Tania Soussan Journal Staff Writer <\/p>\n

An endangered Mexican gray wolf was being treated by a veterinarian <\/p>\n

Tuesday after she was spotted running around in the wild with a steel leg-hold trap stuck on a front leg<\/strong>. A researcher <\/p>\n

working with the wolf reintroduction program saw the alpha female of the Luna Pack with her mate and two 6-month-old pups feeding on an <\/p>\n

elk carcass in a large meadow southeast of Reserve on Saturday. He tried unsuccessfully to shoot her with a tranquilizer dart. <\/p>\n

On <\/p>\n

Monday, a helicopter with a professional gunner aboard was able to catch her in a net gun, said wolf recovery coordinator John Morgart of <\/p>\n

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Albuquerque. <\/p>\n

"She was very mobile," he said. "She was running around and <\/p>\n

dragging this trap." The wolf was tranquilized and the trap removed, but there was extensive damage just above her <\/p>\n

paw<\/strong>. She is being evaluated by a vet in Arizona and likely will be returned to the wild soon. Even if her paw or leg has to be <\/p>\n

amputated, she could go back to her pack, Morgart said. <\/p>\n

"Canines in general do adapt very quickly to life on three <\/p>\n

legs," he said. The trap could have been set legally to capture a coyote or other animal, but Fish and Wildlife Service law <\/p>\n

enforcement officers are conducting a routine investigation to make sure there was no foul play involved, Morgart said.<\/p>\n

ABQjournal: Wolf Releases May Be Restricted Next Year<\/a>
By Tania <\/p>\n

Soussan Journal Staff Writer <\/p>\n

Releases of endangered Mexican gray wolves likely will be severely <\/p>\n

restricted<\/em> next year under a policy approved recently by the multiagency group overseeing wolf reintroduction in the <\/p>\n

Southwest.<\/strong> The Adaptive Management Oversight Committee adopted a moratorium on releases<\/strong> and several program <\/p>\n

rules during a meeting Thursday in Arizona, said wolf recovery coordinator John Morgart of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in <\/p>\n

Albuquerque. <\/p>\n

If there are at least six pairs<\/em><\/u> of successfully breeding wolves in the wild at the end of <\/p>\n

this year, no new wolf packs without experience in the wild will be released in 2006<\/strong> In addition, a controversial<\/em> new <\/p>\n

rule says wolves that have killed livestock three times must be permanently removed from the wild, either by trapping or shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compare the following stories and note that wolves were re-introduced in Yellowstone 10 years ago. In that whole region, they number around 900. Wolves were released in New Mexico about 5 years ago. We’re supposed to believe that 6 pairs will sustain the population. Nonsense. mjh Feds study gray wolf delisting – billingsgazette.com By MIKE … Continue reading The <\/p>\n

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