Skipwith, echoing the Fish and Wildlife Service's long-held policy, told the AP the wolf has "biologically recovered" and that its removal from the list would demonstrate the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act. Greenwire The Trump administration plans to lift…
Three separate times — 1982, 1989, and 2016 — the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission studied wolf reintroduction and each time adopted formal positions in opposition. That doesn’t stop the radical activists who will likely never see nor hear the…
Wolves for example are a vector of rabies, hydatid disease and other diseases that can cause "bodily harm" - even death. The whole measure of the law is your "good faith belief". If you're building fence and see a wolf…
Mike Phillips, director of billionaire land magnate Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund...admitted, “As wolves move into human dominated landscapes, conflicts are going to increase.” Thus, he supported reintroduction – not near his own home, but in “isolated” areas like Western…
The wolf experiment has been a catastrophe everywhere it has been tried. Most recently the Washington State game managers had to kill off the remainder of a pack gone rogue. Idaho ranchers have had huge losses, including 176 sheep killed…
"...When Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is killing wolves, that’s when we see a rise in cows being shot..." By Sue-Lani Madsen Originally published by Spokesman-Review Reward offer shows ranchers’ frustration with wolf issue Someone has been shooting cows…
The ranch delayed putting calves on the summer range until they weighed at least 200 pounds and were presumably less vulnerable. But wolves also take down 1,200-pound cows. “Wolves eat whatever they want,” McIrvin said. Don Jenkins Capital Press Rancher:…
In addition, elk populations in southwest Colorado are already struggling. Researchers are working to find the cause of poor calf recruitment and low elk numbers. A forced reintroduction of wolves would be catastrophic to this work and the established elk and…
They end up as the last cow in the herd, bringing up the rear when you are driving, or better yet following. They will fall back to assist another cow or calf if it is lagging. They are the cows…
In rural Grand County, it’s not just llama ranchers opposing the wolf reintroduction, cattle ranchers also believe the apex predators are a danger to people, livestock, pets and other wildlife. Matt Kroschel 4 CBS Denver Ranchers form coalition to keep…