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Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, coyotes, cougars/ mountain lions,bobcats, wolverines, lynx, foxes, fishers and martens are the suite of carnivores that originally inhabited North America after the Pleistocene extinctions. This site invites research, commentary, point/counterpoint on that suite of native animals (predator and prey) that inhabited The Americas circa 1500-at the initial point of European exploration and subsequent colonization. Landscape ecology, journal accounts of explorers and frontiersmen, genetic evaluations of museum animals, peer reviewed 20th and 21st century research on various aspects of our "Wild America" as well as subjective commentary from expert and layman alike. All of the above being revealed and discussed with the underlying goal of one day seeing our Continent rewilded.....Where big enough swaths of open space exist with connective corridors to other large forest, meadow, mountain, valley, prairie, desert and chaparral wildlands.....Thereby enabling all of our historic fauna, including man, to live in a sustainable and healthy environment. - Blogger Rick

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

sub species designation a way to multiply Mexican Wolf population?

Mexican gray wolves due more protection

  • To the editor: The Daily Sun article, "Feds to review status of Mexican gray wolf (Aug. 4) offers another glimmer of hope for the endangered lobo here in the Southwest. This past week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to review the status of the Mexican gray wolf, acknowledging that it may need greater protection than its northern cousins if it is to survive. If the lobo receives classification as a separate subspecies, the government would be required to create a specific recovery plan for the Mexican wolf and it would receive greater legal protection than it has under its current "nonessential experimental population" status.

The lobo, native to Arizona and New Mexico, was shot, trapped and poisoned to near extinction by the 1940s. A reintroduction effort stated in 1998 has suffered tremendous losses of these endangered wolves by anti-wolf fanatics who have illegally shot more than 30 wolves since the program began. Classifying the lobo as a separate subspecies will give it a better shot at survival, and add teeth to the legal penalties for those criminals who believe they can decide the fate of the Mexican gray wolf for all of us.

STEVE ROBINSON

Flagstaff

Posted by Coyotes, Wolves and Cougars forever at 7:37 PM

2 comments:

Nicole Lampe said...

Thanks for helping to draw attention to the plight of the Mexican wolf, Rick. It's shocking to realize how few of these animals are left in the wild. And even more worrying that some members of the public--who are less than supportive of wolf recovery efforts--have access to tracking equipment. Have you read about this controversy? Check out this article in the El Paso Times: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_15789472?

August 19, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Coyotes, Wolves and Cougars forever said...

many thanks for using my site Ms. Nicole

October 16, 2010 at 11:24 AM

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