Wolf Crossing

Now this is a wolf diary that is worth linking to. 
This is the first hand account of two wolves fishing for toddlers and thwarted by a very big, very determined dog.  Photo’s of the wolves who were later shot are included.  One wolf canabalized the other.  In the comments section one can find photo’s of the heroic dog. 
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On Monday night November 5th at 10:00 PM our deer hunting camp on the West Fork of the Gila River, was terrorized by a pack of wolves estimated to be 4 to 6 in number. They came right into our camp howling right between our hunters tent and the cook tent and then just on […]

After seeing the wolf my son, who is 13 years old took my daughter, who is 11 and mildly retarded, across the short cut straight to the house. The wolf turned and finished walking across the road and headed in the same direction as our house and more importantly the same direction as my children needed to go. As many time as we have talked to them about how to react, they still not only ran (or as my son put it walked very fast), but also left the main road and cut across 150 yards of brush and wooded area. They got to the house and immediately called me. They were scared and in a panic. I made sure that they were both safely in the house and then calmed them down.

I was only about ten to fifteen feet away from the dangerous pack, and I realized that they all looked full as if they had just come from a kill. I began shouting and waving my arms, and slowly four of the wolves ran away. The fifth wolf lurked behind the others; though, and he confidently stared right at me. I stood my ground and continued creating a ruckus, which caused the animal to trot in the same direction as the others. The five wolves climbed to the top of a hill and sprawled under a tree.

During the months of May and June 2005 the Y Canyon Ranch was under siege by wolves from both the Francisco and Ring pack of “managed” Mexican Gray Wolves. Their experiences document not only how their baby calves and cattle were brutally killed by wolves but how their livestock continued to be harassed by wolves and wolf personnel disorganization and lack of effective action to preventing the destruction the wolves were dishing out on this family.

Their story documents the inability and lack of desire of the Wolf Program mangers to efficiently execute orders to remove problem wolves in order to protect local business, children, pets and livestock. The wolves are also mistreated by the behaviors permitted and thus habitually training them to target cattle for their dinner or killing pleasure.