Editorial Abq. Journal Today, Someone Gets it. Proximity is the problem. When you have no proximity you have no problem with the way these wolves are behaving.
Dec 5th, 2007 by admin
from today’s editorial page of the Albuquerque Journal! They get it!!!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Big Bad Wolf Scarier When It’s Right Outside By
Two schoolchildren in Reserve say they were followed by a wolf while walking from their bus stop to their home about a half-mile away. Because of that and incidents of attacks on pets and killing of livestock by the reintroduced wolves, Reserve Independent Schools Superintendent Loren Cushman decided to wolf-proof school bus stops. Some proponents of the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction deride the shelters as a public relations ploy. Others merely dismiss it as overreaction or hysteria. There’s little evidence that the wolves pose any real threat, they argue, and there has been only one recorded case of a human being killed by wolves in North America in the last 100 years. A century of experience with wild wolves, however, may not be the most accurate predictor of the behavior of these wolves. Raised in captivity in closer contact with humans than their ancestors would ever choose to be, they were fed instead of having to hunt down lunch, then set loose to figure out how to live in a different kind of world. These wolves come with no guarantees. Following children could be a behavior rooted in curiosity, not hunger. But it is easy to predict that most human mothers aren’t going to ponder the behavior of wolves if it involves their own pups. Superintendent Cushman said building the wolf-proof shelters, regardless of “whether a person is pro or con wolf,” is the right thing to do. Reserve parents and school officials say they feel better having a safe place for kids. It’s their decision to make, and it’s not costing taxpayers anywhere else in the state anything. It’s easy for city dwellers to mock or discount rural residents anxieties— too easy
From the CCWII Jess Carey -
Here are some facts on the wolf in Gleenwood N.M. approx. 11-25-07 a wolf is seen near the Gleenwood Forest Service building, no local people were notified by the USFS or the USFWS. 11-24-07 a retired State Police Officer and family see a wolf in front of the Gleenwood Community Center on Mangus street, I investigated, photographed and measured the tracks also making plaster castings, consistent with a wolf. Approx.
11-25-07 a Forest service Employee hears a wolf howling near his home just east of the center of Gleenwood.11-29-07 a wolf is seen by a resident above his home , just over the hill from here is the elementary school. At the school the children are kept inside and the teacher is frantic (K1 and K2 children at school). wolf tracks are documented 17 yards from the playground swing set and slide. Another track is 97 yards from the front door of the school. US Fish and Wildlife service John Oakleaf is present. 11-30-07 I assist FWS Oakleaf set traps for the wolf, as of tonight the wolf has not been caught. Sheriff Menges will provide armed protection at the school during school hours until the wolf is caught. We have no protection for our children in Catron County, the wolf has to be attacking your child before you can shoot the wolf without going to jail for one year and pay a $100,000.00 fine. If a parent takes action to soon or acts before the wolf attacks their child their in trouble, so wolves can come into your yard and look at your children all they want to and according to some this is normal wolf behavior, this type of wolf is habituated to humans and human use areas and are dangerous to our children. Two families had the Durango pack (Highly habituated) at their homes 28 times and no one seems to think this is a problem. This type of wolf lacks “Wild Wolf Characteristics”
and when documented to be habituated they need to be immediately removed from the wolf program as flawed, dangerous wolves to protect our children……Thank you, if I can help you in any way please feel free to call on me….Jess Carey, CWII (we have this number if needed please email admin@wolfcrossing.org)
OK someone explain to me why it isn’t appropriate for taxpayers to pay for these wolf proof shelters? Isn’t this wolf reintroduction ment to be a benefit to the taxpayer? Isn’t this a tax funded program? Why on earth should a public school have to raise the money to fence a school yard and bus stops against a publically funded program.
OK someone explain to me why it isn’t appropriate for taxpayers to pay for these wolf proof shelters? Isn’t this wolf reintroduction meant to benefit the public and hence the taxpayer? Isn’t this a tax funded program? Why on earth should a public school have to raise the money to fence a school yard and bus stops against a publically funded program. That would constitute double taxation on one small segment of society for this program. Why isn’t the public responsible for these extra expences?