Looks like there may be upcoming meetings People need to attend in Arizona! Perhaps we should contact the Fort Apache Indians and see if they will allow release?? There are animals that stir up strong emotions among nature lovers everywhere. And then there are wolves, which push those passions off the charts. To some, they are the scourge of the …
Wolf releases prepare to expand
Earlier this month, ranchers, federal forest and wildlife officials and local government representatives crowded into a Forest Service conference room in Heber. They were there to discuss a topic many locals have long opposed: the expansion of Mexican gray wolf releases into a much larger area of Arizona and New Mexico. The meeting was an effort to get feedback from …
Valdez: Wolves are down, GOP wants ’em out
Arizona should not be allowed to outweigh the ESA! Get these republicans out of office!! In a popularity contest, wolves will outrank cattle. Except at the Arizona Legislature. The number of endangered Mexican gray wolves is down. Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature could make things worse – despite their lawyer’s warning not to. First the numbers: The annual count population count released …
Mexican gray wolf counts suspended after two darted animals die
Accidentals deaths during capture-and-count operation add to significant losses from poaching to the endangered species. Accidents like this are not necessary! Federal and state wolf biologists in Arizona and New Mexico have temporarily halted an annual capture-and-count operation after the deaths of two endangered Mexican gray wolves that they shot with darts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that …