Gray wolf peering from the forest
How can a state hold their heads up and be proud of what they have done…. or have allowed to continue.. is beyond my understanding! The end of an Era with the demise of an entire pack is sadly inevitable! Only the female of the Denali pack and possibly her pups are left but without the help of her pack that are all dead now she will more than likely parish!! She is Now ALL ALONE!! She doesnt know what has happened, everything she has known id gone! How can we as an Advocate page feel good about what they are doing? We can not… that is why we are working fast to purchase our first Sanctuary Location in Northern California,,, It is 320 Acres…..
We as humans have taken everything from these beautiful animals!! I for One can not help but look at this as a tremendous failure which is beyond my understanding! It is Time for US as a Race to give back to the Wolves!
We are suppose to be the their guardians, we were supposed to protect them, we were suppose to save them, and now it’s more than likely too late for her !! We failed Her and all of the beautiful wolves that used to be her Pack!! Her death when it comes, and her babies if there are any left, are on us!! We must learn from this we must get a hell of a lot stronger, and a hell of a lot louder, or the Denali pack will not be the last pack we fail!!
Speak up, use your voices, write your local representatives let them know you want this to stop here and now! You put them in office and you sure as hell can vote them out!! Help Our Cause… It is a worthy cause with an Edge that no others have!!
~ Patricia ?
In 2012, to learn about carnivore ecology in Alaska and celebrate completing my doctorate, my family and I visited Tom Meier, who led Denali National Park’s biological program from 2003 until his unexpected death in 2012. I first met this key mentor in the early 2000s, when I tracked wolves for him in Montana, to document a dispersing wolf population. Back then he worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service on the Northern Rockies wolf reintroduction and strongly encouraged me to attend graduate school.
In Alaska I joined him in his office, where a large Denali map hung on the wall. On it he pointed out a 7 by 20-mile notch in the northeast park boundary. Congress didn’t include this chunk of private land, a popular hunting and trapping area called the Stampede Corridor and Wolf Townships, when they expanded the park in 1980. Tom used a recent incident to illustrate conservation challenges where wolves are subject to legal killing beyond park boundaries.
In May 2012, a trapper hauled a dead horse to a riverbank in the Wolf Townships near the park boundary. He set snares all around it, hoping to catch wolves attracted by the carcass. The snares lay in an area formerly managed as a buffer zone, where for one decade the state had prohibited wolf trapping to protect wolves that spend a good portion of their lives inside park boundaries. The state had lifted this buffer in 2010, with no plans to reinstate it. The trapper caught two wolves. One was a breeding female of a pack often seen by park visitors—the Grant Creek pack. To make matters worse, in June the other breeding female in this pack had died of natural causes. Thus it appeared there’d be no pups in this pack. While the trapper had done nothing illegal, this wolf’s death raised public ire and an emergency petition to reinstate the buffer, which the state denied.
At the heart of such transboundary issues lies the fact that the US National Park Service has a mission to preserve and protectnatural resources, which means no consumptive or destructive use. Meanwhile, states have a mandate to conserve natural resources, which means wise use and can include hunting. In places like Denali and surrounding lands, these two different mandates collide, with animals such as wolves suffering the consequences.
The next day, we joined Tom and park wildlife biologist Bridget Borg to survey the East Fork wolf den. Discovered by Adolph Murie in1940, this den site had been used periodically by wolves throughout the decades. We crossed a stream and then bushwhacked through the willows along the East Fork River, stopping periodically to listen for signals from radio-collared wolves.
Reas the rest of the story here: Source: End of an Era for Iconic Denali Wolf Pack?
Comments
I cannot fathom why the fish and game people, who are supposed to protect our wildlife are murdering our precious wolves!….The wolf has proven to be a very vital part of our delicate Eco System. Wolves only hunt to eat, feed their young, and take care of their pack. They have a Devine right to live their lives to the fullest!
Hi Arlene,
We agree 100%… but sadly when wolves get tagged as a predator problem, sadly they wipe them out at the request of Ranchers… Whats worse in Denali Park, they allow baiting, and trapping…
I am so sickened by these acts of violence towards this earth’s natural wildlife. Every animal plays a critical role in our ecosystem. The ranchers always cry to kill them to save their cattle. Well what about the abuse so many ranchers do to those cattle before they die to feed people. They break their legs, beat them and more. When a wolf or other wild animal takes a cows life it is a tax right off and in most cases they graze their cattle off their property and on the tax payers property. How many have actually tried to work with the wildlife? I offered a farmer a 10 thousand dollar sound system to to show that a recording of a strong wolf pack will keep other packs away and possibly detour other wildlife away. Apparently I was being foolish. The earth is being destroyed by cruel and murderous people who also take pride in their bragging rights. I wonder how many abuse their own family. Sad to say but the majority of people I know that are abusive to animals are abusive in family life. I believe in true hunting. To hike your butt up a mountain, make a kill that provides food for your family , and everything from that kill used and you give back to the earth. God is watching and I believe in Karma. These people will be dealt with in the end. My constant prayers to save the earth’s wildlife and the ecosystem.
Wildlife Deserves Our Help and all we can do for them! Which is why we have begun to put together a Native American Religious nonprofit. We have hopes of being able to help the Wolves that are being called problem wolves…
I sent an email to President Obama to strengthen the endangered soecies act, to protect the wolves and all endangered species. Asked that the president not allow local agencies ir ranchers
I sent an email to President Obama to strengthen the endangered species act, to protect the wolves and all endangered species. Asked that the president not allow local agencies or ranchers to act on their own to kill any wildlife, to keep livestock off public lands and to put the burden of protecting their livestock by non lethal means, put ranchers on horseback riding watch over their herds to deter wolves. If our public lands were properly managed the abudance of wildlife would be able to sustain wolves without the need to kill livestock. The endangered species act needs preserved and strengthened to ensure all wildlife is here for all future generations. The American people want our wildlife protected and preserved.