Monday, August 30, 2010

Does anyone else get angry when you hear folks say that while a State like Florida or New Jersey has several million people, a thousand or so black bears have to be killed off because "there are too many"................

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Fla. black bears may have rebounded too much FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It wasn't too long ago that Florida was desperate to save the blac...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Historical records of abundant Buffalo in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem--where there was Buffalo, there were Wolves aplenty!!!!

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ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS BLOG IS DOING THE RESEARCH AND DELVING BACK INTO THE HISTORICAL RECORD TO GET AS VIVID A...

Foxes adapting to Coyotes new to their "neighborhoods"

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Up until the last 40 years, East of the Mississippi Fox populations were the "top dog" in the Eastern woodlands and farm fields. W...

Animal feelings,,,,,,,,,,,Animals thinking

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Time Magazine recently did a cover story on whether animals feel, think, problem solve and use tools to accomplish tasks. Mammals weigh in s...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

I want Ranchers in the Rocky Mountain States to stay in business................i believe tax incentives should be provided the Ranchers in return for allowing wolves, cougars and bears access to their lands without harrassment in combination with husbandry practices that optimizes the health of the land

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Public Lands Ranching: Taxpayer Subsidized Habitat Destruction by Mike Hudak , author of Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ra...

www.wolfwatcher.com..........our new friend Dave Hornoff has a very informative and visually beautiful Wolf site that all of you should spend time on.............

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  -----Original Message----- From: Dave Hornoff [mailto: wolf101@ymail.com ] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:55 AM To: Meril, Rick Su...

We know that coyotes and bobcats are sympatric predators and that coyotes can displace bobcats...........but is that the real reason for declines of bobcats in Southern California? --The real answer lies with people using rat poison to kill mice,

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Where Have All The Bobcats Gone? New research points to rat poison as a culprit in the animals' decline 2010-08-26 By RENNIE CHAMBERL...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Like us humans, Wolves cannot "take the extra base" as frequently as they age................younger members of the pack compensate for their older brothers and sisters slowdown.....................

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Washed-up wolves Surprising discoveries about aging wolves and their effects on elk By Deane Morrison Contrary to their fearsome, folk tal...

New Jersey Fish and Wildlife recommending how to co-exist with Bears in Suburban settings--all food sources must be removed from the yard

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Want to avoid bears? Health officer has advice By MIKE CONDON, Editor Published: Aug 27th, 7:09 AM ROXBURY TWP. – Pardon the pun, but h...

Another look into the Red Wolf(C.rufus) captive breeding program and initial placement in the Wild in North Carolina

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Red wolf makes comeback in North Carolina Institutions across the state have joined to keep the North Carolina red wolf population alive. By...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Fwd: Yesteday I posted a wonderfully written and insightful George Wuerthner penned ode to the injustice of Ranchers getting Government assistance to destroy wildlife......................I posted a commentary in New West regarding George's essay and another New West reader endorsed my recommendations on keeping Ranchers in business and simultaneously enabling them to protect wildlife on their properties

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By rick meril, 8-26-10 George, as always, insightful, logical and requesting all of us to open up our minds and regard wild creatures as pa...

Plum Creek lands south of Glacier Park (SWAN VALLEY) now a saved critical corridor for cats, bears and wolves

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Special Report Land Legacy: The Swan Valley, Making Room for People and Bears First in a three-part series exploring the future of newly pub...

Wisconsin Cougars............yes they are back, no they aren't???????

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Cat fights: Cougar sightings spark debate on whether they belong here   MARY ELLEN GABRIEL | Special to The Capital Times    Cougars are ...