Just off the phone with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor Steve Spangle. We asked him if a NEPA was completed prior to issuing the kill order. He directed us to Sherry Barnett head of the Wolf Program… before telling our Director he didnt have to be an ASSH*&^ prior to hanging up for saying that they “didnt want to speak with anyone but the Supervisor”! We also have 2 calls into White Mtn Apache Tribe but no response yet.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of cattle deaths near the Arizona-New Mexico border.
The death of the female wolf marks the first time in a decade that efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to curb livestock attacks by the predators has had lethal consequences for one of the predators.
The decision to remove the member of the Diamond Pack was first made in June after three calves were killed over several days, sparking concern among wildlife managers about what they described as an unacceptable pattern of predation.
An investigation determined the female wolf was likely the culprit based on GPS and radio telemetry tracking.
Another calf was killed in July, prompting the White Mountain Apache Tribe to call for the removal. That was followed by one confirmed kill and another probable kill by members of the pack on national forest land adjacent to the reservation.
Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Benjamin Tuggle issued another order in August calling for the wolf’s removal by the most expeditious means possible.
Source: Endangered Mexican wolf killed following livestock attacks | Local | azdailysun.com
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Haven’t been down that way in far too long. However, I believe it may be the White Mt. Apache who engage in guiding trophy elk hunting on their rez.
Since Protect the Wolves has just published the first part of their case for complete wolf (and perhaps other wildlife) from needless “sport” hunting like trophy hunting, today, I hope that someone has the capacity to look into this abandonment of responsibility to the other beings of Earth.
thanks for the news and issue research you do there.
Has PtW opened its place in Modoc County yet?