‘Flake’ is a fitting name, considering he doesnt think Federal Law applies to them.
Protect The Wolves™ is working towards getting these elected officials into court that seem to think that federal laws do not apply to them.
We need to hold these Officials Accountable!
The media made it appear it was the Tribe that demanded the first Mexican Gray female be shot. That is not true. We spoke with White Mountain Apache Fish and Game, they only suggested something be done about her. Which rather than running on an old NEPA, she should have been returned to a captive breeding program to help the gene pool. The Government is not managing our Resources for the best Interest of the Public. They continue to give into the AG dollars that seem to influence elected officials.
States somehow seem to think that it is acceptable to make decisions without consulting Tribes much the same as Wisconsin. Our Wolves are Sacred to Traditional Indigenous beliefs and as such need to be respected the same as the Bible is to the White Settlers that have arrived on Turtle Island.
Patricia Herman
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Stop Killing OUR Wolves, Bison, Wild Horses and Burros, Grizzlies and Black Bears and All Wildlife!
Your Greed is Sickening!
Jeffy there has been rehabilitated by national media for Flaking on his party’s Trump.
Yet, his active pursuit of extinction for the beautiful race of Wolf that is inaccurately mislabeled Mexican Wolf or perhaps worse, Canis lupus baileyi, named after a severely misguided “biologist” who hated wolves, Vern Bailey.
Claiming that 100 wolves is enough, is speaking contrary to all known genetic and population sciences. A population thhat small , especially after the desperate tiny bottleneck of only 7, means that they have lost and cannot recover enough diversity to be able to combat sickness/disease. They already show genetic similarity of siblings. Practically any odd source of mortality to one or two, will continue to diminish their heterozygosity – their differences.
They DESPERATELY NEED to have mating connections to the Northern wolves, as they had until about only 100 years ago.
They also desperately need to have continued releases of the captive populations in
Julian CA’s California Wolf Center,
Eureka MO’s Endangered Wolf Center, and
South Salem, NY’s Wolf Conservation Center.
While other captive facilities are part of the Species Survival Plan, holding other wolves to preserve their genes, there are only 3 Pre-release facilities:
Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch Wolf Management Facility in Caballo, NM
Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in Socorro, NM
Wolf Haven International up in Tenino, WA
It breaks my heart that the wolves must be captive, for I was privileged to be chosen and taught by a Wolf, bout himself, his kind, and myself. I cannot tell you how deep is my sorrow for EACH wolf harmed, captive, or killed by man or woman
(You will find the first nonscientific books about wolves, written back in the 1950s-60s by a woman, which I just read. It is a document of Euroamerican human dissociation from other animals, and from life itself. She poisoned /her husband shot the wolves and mixed offspring they enabled, rather than giving their own full commitment to the wolves, as wolves live and need. Their limited attempt to understand wolves is also an indictment of our kind, and I cannot recommend their reprinted books, unless you are gathering information against this human culture’s failings (as I so often must))
Thank you Patricia, for referring to the Ojibwe, whose traditional people recognize their sister/brother-hood with Ma’iingan, the Wolf, including each and every individual alive, gone, and to come. There are other peoples, but it is to EACH wolf, that we owe our complete love, loyalty, and respect, as to
We, each, will never be here again, and each, have something to give, that can never be given by another.
This is what you feel, what you know most deeply, whether you meet, share, see for a moment eyes, or only a flash of fur. This is what you know and why you have come here to this PtW place.
I wish to share a letter I received today from my Senator, in order to contrast her with Senator Flake.
PtW is also fortunate, based in the same state as Senator Feinstein:
“Thank you for writing to express your thoughts regarding federal protection for the gray wolf. I appreciate the time you took to write, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.
Please know that I understand your concerns and believe strong efforts should be made to protect healthy populations of wild species like the gray wolf, particularly in special places like our National Parks and Forests.
As you may know, in January 2012, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service removed gray wolves from the list of federal endangered species, which permitted states and tribes to issue hunting permits to landowners who were experiencing difficulties with gray wolves in their communities. However, on December 19, 2014, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell overturned the Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision as it relates specifically to the western Great Lakes region (which includes the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin). On February 20, 2015, the Service issued a new regulation reinstating federal protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (Public Law 93-205) in order to comply with the court’s decision.
There are several bills currently awaiting consideration in Congress that would remove federal protections for gray wolves. On June 29, 2017, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the “HELP for Wildlife Act” (S. 1514), which would remove the gray wolf population in the Great Lakes region from the endangered species list. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) introduced a similar bill (S. 164) on January 17, 2017. S. 1514 and S. 164 are currently awaiting consideration by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, of which I am not a member.
Be assured that, as someone who is vigilant about the protection of our wildlife, I will keep your thoughts in mind should related legislation addressing the issue of Endangered Species Act-related protections for gray wolves come before the full Senate for a vote. . .”
Readers, please contact your Federal Senators and Representatives to demand they vote to reject S. 1514 and S. 164 and the companion House of Representative legislation, whenever these come under their purview.
My Brother’s Spirit, and his People (and I) Thank You.
Sadly CWC do not support Us, because they think Grazing Allotments are ok and WE DO NOT 😉