CONTROVERSIAL - Arizona Wolf Hero?

[luvmystang67]

You could argue that this hunter saved the entire state for the next couple of years...



Hundred of miles from its Wyoming home, "914F" wandered to the rocky North Rim of the Grand Canyon last fall—the first gray wolf spotted there in 70 years, the Arizona Republic notes—before heading into Utah, likely searching for food or a mate.

But in December, the wolf's journey came to an end after a hunter there mistook her for a coyote and shot her dead, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Using DNA testing, the US Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed the 3-year-old collared animal was the same one seen at the Grand Canyon, the Republic notes.

"It is nothing short of a tragedy that this wolf's journey across the west was cut short," Eva Sargent, a director for Defenders of Wildlife, tells the Chronicle.





"This brave and ambitious female gray wolf … had already become a symbol of what gray wolf recovery should look like: animals naturally dispersing to find suitable habitat." Gray wolves weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country: All of North America used to be their home, Defenders of Wildlife notes, but they were killed off throughout much the US in the 1930s.

What's worrying some animal advocates is that the federal government is considering removing endangered-species status from gray wolves in all regions: When they were delisted from the Northern Rockies, mass killings of the creatures took place in multiple states, including Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

"Sadly, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service preparing to remove all protections for gray wolves, except for Mexican gray wolves, in the near future, it will become harder and harder for wolves to travel safely, and less … likely that we will hear their howls echo through places like the Grand Canyon," Sargent tells the Chronicle.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/02/13/tragedy-hunter-accidentally-killed-famed-grand-canyon-gray-wolf/

[Naches Sportsman]

I am in the middle on the wolf issues, but reading some of the comments of treehuggers make me feel very smart . Some of them cant even tell the difference between a wolf and a coyote or between a deer and elk. Tree huggin city tards.

[bobcat]

"This brave and ambitious female gray wolf … had already become a symbol of what gray wolf recovery should look like: animals naturally dispersing to find suitable habitat." Gray wolves weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country: All of North America used to be their home, Defenders of Wildlife notes, but they were killed off throughout much the US in the 1930s.

What about bison? They weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country either. Why doesn't the Defenders of Wildlife work to get bison re-established in all the remaining "suitable habitat?" Oh yeah, they probably don't care about bison because we could hunt them, and eat them.

[Bob33]

"This brave and ambitious female gray wolf … had already become a symbol of what gray wolf recovery should look like: animals naturally dispersing to find suitable habitat." Gray wolves weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country: All of North America used to be their home, Defenders of Wildlife notes, but they were killed off throughout much the US in the 1930s.

What about bison? They weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country either. Why doesn't the Defenders of Wildlife work to get bison re-established in all the remaining "suitable habitat?" Oh yeah, they probably don't care about bison because we could hunt them, and eat them.

Go big or stay home. Bring back Tyrannosaurus rex. Let's make Seattle a veritable Jurassic Park.

[luvmystang67]

I wish people were more excited about bringing back wooly mammoths... OH and irish elk...

They of course wont bring those back because they've been gone too long and their reintroduction could damage the delicate ecosystem.  Hold the fact that an animal extinct in a given area also causes the same problem when reintroduced back to that area...

http://extinctspeciesbiology.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/6/1/15618924/868906_orig.jpg

[headshot5]

Go big or stay home. Bring back Tyrannosaurus rex. Let's make Seattle a veritable Jurassic Park.

Yeah and a recovered population of grizzly's in California, you know... the bear on their State Flag. 

[h20hunter]

Well thanks jackwagon....now my Friday is ruined. I was reading the story, picturing the majestic wolf striding acroos prairies, meadows, and fields of flowers. The sun catching the sheen of its fur, a sense of purpose in its stride. That majestic beast was branching out, much as those that came before us did, into uncharted land. A land of oppurtunity and untold adventures. Then, as suddenly as it came into this world its life was cut short. Not by mother nature, but by savage men with no agenda but their own.

 

[luvmystang67]

What about bison? They weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country either. Why doesn't the Defenders of Wildlife work to get bison re-established in all the remaining "suitable habitat?" Oh yeah, they probably don't care about bison because we could hunt them, and eat them.

Hey, you stole my argument. I've been saying for a long time that if they are going to use the endangered species act as a hammer, they need to pound all the nails, not just their favorite ones. We need to get bison numbers back up into the tens of millions, from Texas to the Canadian border. When it starts affecting the food supply in the big sterile cities maybe a light will come on.

But wouldn't you love to do an archery horseback hunt for bison? Indian style? Up close and personal.

Or from a train... 

Still too soon?

[idaho guy]

"This brave and ambitious female gray wolf … had already become a symbol of what gray wolf recovery should look like: animals naturally dispersing to find suitable habitat." Gray wolves weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country: All of North America used to be their home, Defenders of Wildlife notes, but they were killed off throughout much the US in the 1930s.

What about bison? They weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country either. Why doesn't the Defenders of Wildlife work to get bison re-established in all the remaining "suitable habitat?" Oh yeah, they probably don't care about bison because we could hunt them, and eat them.

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they are trying to bring back the bison in eastern montana and its been creating fits with ranchers-they want them to roam from up around Havre clear to Yellowstone. I dont think they have gotten much traction with that idea yet.  Funny I havent noticed the "mass killings of the creatures" in Idaho since they were delisted! I have tried to be part of at least some killing but them wolves is smart 

[Bean Counter]

Tangentally related: Seems as though if we build a border fence we can keep out illegal aliens as well as the Mexican grey wolf http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/opinion/dont-fence-the-jaguar-out.html?ref=opinion&_r=1

[pianoman9701]

I am in the middle on the wolf issues, but reading some of the comments of treehuggers make me feel very smart . Some of them cant even tell the difference between a wolf and a coyote or between a deer and elk. Tree huggin city tards.

Apparently, there's at least one Utah hunter who falls in the same category. 

[WAcoyotehunter]

Lol.  Yeah right.  Cause people can't get through an unguarded fence in the middle of the desert.

[Bean Counter]

The double walled, barbed wire, high fence in San Diego cut crossings more than 90% in that area. Yes, the line still needs to be patrolled, but it's a lot harder to cross and with more I infrastructure (sandy roads in between, electronic and motion sensors, etc)  it will make illegal entries easier to detect.

Until then , this is what a lot of the southwest "border"will look like...

[WAcoyotehunter]

I would resist any fence construction due to serious  impacts on wildlife movement.....

[goosegetter79]

"This brave and ambitious female gray wolf … had already become a symbol of what gray wolf recovery should look like: animals naturally dispersing to find suitable habitat." Gray wolves weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country: All of North America used to be their home, Defenders of Wildlife notes, but they were killed off throughout much the US in the 1930s.

What about bison? They weren't always isolated to certain parts of the country either. Why doesn't the Defenders of Wildlife work to get bison re-established in all the remaining "suitable habitat?" Oh yeah, they probably don't care about bison because we could hunt them, and eat them.

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they are trying to bring back the bison in eastern montana and its been creating fits with ranchers-they want them to roam from up around Havre clear to Yellowstone. I dont think they have gotten much traction with that idea yet.  Funny I havent noticed the "mass killings of the creatures" in Idaho since they were delisted! I have tried to be part of at least some killing but them wolves is smart

They released 90 bison back in November on the Fort Peck Reservation (east of Havre around Wolf Point, MT) with more to come.