How Can We Stop The Proposal To Reclassify and Remove the Gray Wolf From The Endangered List?

Question

I want to help save the gray wolves from being killed in Alaska and other states. I would like to know how to do this. (Ie. websites, emails, etc.) Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I think the best way to keep them from being delisted would be to go out a kill as many as you can from its now stalwart and healthy population

Answer 2

If you could stop them from reproducing so prolifically and expanding their territory every year, and, oh yeah, stop them from killing livestock. The wolves are doing just fine thanks. They will keep spreading even after delisting.

There are other animals which need the help a lot more, like say, the lynx or wolverine. If wolves are delisted , they will be around forever. They need to be killed where they are causing harm, usually it's one small pack, the others which stick to wild game will proliferate.

Where do you live, that you feel this is so important to you? Where do you get your propaganda?

I live in Montana. I know that there are wolves spreading far beyond what's reported or what was expected. I want wolves to do well in the continental US. I know that if they are too protected and they do too much damage, the policy will go back to eradication.

Answer 3

Seems to me that the general public ends up hating animals more when the ESA is involved. When feasible, I think animals with sufficient population size should be delisted and protected in other ways. When animals are listed, you get all kinds of crazy stuff going on like people completely logging out their land just so an endangered species won't come on it. As far as I know, wolves are doing pretty well, and protection for them will continue even after they're delisted. I'd rather see the effort spent on other species.

Answer 4

I can only speak from firsthand. In Idaho, some time back the scientists and animal behavioralists decided to reinsert some wolves into the backcountry. They decided to insert the Canadian gray wolf. This fella is about 2.5 times the size of the little timberwolves that once inhabited the wilds of Idaho. Since this guy has been protected, his population has increased. There have been increased reports of wolf aggression near the town of Grangeville. A pack of wolves dessimated a group of bearhounds being trained by a professional dog trainer, not 15 miles from town. 5 miles from town, a woman out feeding her horses reported being stalked, w/in 50 feet, by a small pack of wolves. A trail bike enthusiast reported wolves crossing the main road up to the ski resort, not 10 feet away. People in this area are farmers and outdoor enthusiasts, and a vast majority of them have begun carrying guns. These wolves were not native to this area to begin with, and the human inhabitants have no tolerance for aggressive wildlife. There is plenty of wilderness available to wildlife, the tiny pockets of humans are expected to be of no consequence to any native wildlife. The key word being "native." In Idaho at least, the gray wolf will be killed in any situation where it's determined to be dangerous to humans, or to livestock. Give Idaho back the timber wolf, and take the gray wolves back to their own native habitat. Guaranteed... I love wildlife, being a photographer... but I go into the woods armed, and gawd help the creature that I find to be stalking me while I'm out in the woods.