tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post100402711031378029..comments2024-03-12T05:38:57.339-07:00Comments on Wolves, Wolf Facts, Cougars, Cougar Facts, Coyotes, Coyote Facts - Wolves, Cougars, Coyotes Forever: Normally I tend to agree with the outdoors writer Ted Williams as he opines on wildlife issues across the spectrum............I am disappointed that he seems to "throw up his hands", worn out by the tirades pro and con back and forth between "haters and lovers" of wolves..........................Ted is usually a man guided by best science and by simply implying that we should wildly celebrate that there are now 1600 wolves in the Rocky' Mountains today versus a handful in 1995 ignores their ecosystems functions, their social fabric and the need for these "top dogs" in many other sectors of the USA where there is peer reviewed viable habitat to house them..................To throw up your hands because "you are tired of the fight"(think boxer Roberto Duran and his "No Mas" declaration when fighting Roberto Duran) feels and sounds like a serious cop out, not what we have come to expect from a "LEOPOLD-TYPE" environmental crusaderCoyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-78540954637772653892013-07-23T22:16:11.758-07:002013-07-23T22:16:11.758-07:00Kathy..............exactly as this article struck ...Kathy..............exactly as this article struck me...............I am with you!Coyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-19290765052883978532013-07-23T14:03:42.937-07:002013-07-23T14:03:42.937-07:00I was very disappointed and taken aback by this ar...I was very disappointed and taken aback by this article. Its attacks on conservation groups for using all the available tools to conserve wolves at risk were way out of line. And seriously, the Fish and Wildlife Service has shown itself to be good at listening? Well, to the rabid extremists fighting wolves, I guess, but not to scientists and certainly not to the majority of the public that supports wolf recovery.Kathy Sandersnoreply@blogger.com