It is saddening that people do not come together for the preservation of our Wildlife the same way that Wolves have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt they are capable of working together as 1. Dogs have evolved to be friendly and tolerant of humans and one another, which might suggest they would be good at cooperative tasks. Wolves …
Wolf specialist Diane Boyd: ‘You have to make it work in the middle’
Our National Parks Need Our Sacred Resource Protection Zone! A lot of people talk about the important role federal and state lands play in protecting wolves. But Diane Boyd, a wolf and carnivore specialist, said those public landscapes often are at high elevation and don’t harbor wintering populations of deer and elk. In fact, the scientist said Wednesday that wolves …
Wildlife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problems
Bringing an Older Article back to the front again. Wildlife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problems By Tom Knudson – tknudson@sacbee.com APRIL 30, 2012 12:00 AM UPDATED OCTOBER 08, 2014 10:35 AM Second of three parts Like the prow of a ship, the Granite Mountains rise sharply from the creamy-white playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. …
PFOP: Settlers waged war of extinction against wolves
In the spring of 1830, Ephraim Scudder Myers settled near the large timbered tract in eastern McLean County known as Cheney’s Grove. Like most of his pioneer neighbors, he waged a pitiless war of extermination against the wolf. “Mr. Myers formerly kept seven hounds to hunt wolves and gave them plenty of business,” reads his biographical sketch in a history …