Another reason to hate those demeaning radio-tracking collars: the game department used it to track down the alpha male and mow down as much of the pack as possible. They, and the ranchers who put them up to it, are as detestable as Michael Vick. http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/sep2712b/
This is a do-over of my previous post in which I got a few facts wrong. The alpha pair is dead, effectively ending the Wedge Pack. Yes, a few wolves got away, it was estimated there were either 8 or 11 wolves in the pack but killing off the alpha pair will cause those wolves to disband. And what about the pups? Were they killed?
This is a very dark week for Washington state, 6 wolves killed in three days. I have no doubt other wolves will fill the Wedge Pack’s territory and it will be rinse and repeat of this situation if cows are still grazing in the Wedge unprotected.
End grazing leases and kick these ranchers off our public land. That is the only solution to this, not pandering to them and using taxpayer dollars to kill native wolves. Badly done WDFW, badly done!!
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FUCK WDFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW RANCHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THE CATTLE OFF OF PUBLIC LANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I second all that!!!
Don’t know if you’ve posted this already but here’s a petition someone started for the Wedge Pack Wolves: http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-department-of-fish-and-wildlife-do-not-kill-the-wedge-pack-gray-wolves
Thanks Laura, Unfortunately the WDFW and governor weren’t considering our input on this…
Yes I just got the petition update, here it is:
“Thank you so much to everyone who signed and supported this petition in trying to save the lives of the wolves in the Wedge pack. Unfortunetly, there wasn’t enough time to really get it going to the point where we could make a difference in changing the mind of director Phil Anderson. As of today all members of the pack were bruitally gunned down by sharp shooters and killed.”
That part of the world is “safe” for the burger & steak gluttons once again, no nasty wolves will cut into their meat farming profits. No words suffice.
Thanks Laura, No words suffice, yet their line, “That part of the world is “safe” for the burger & steak gluttons once again, no nasty wolves will cut into their meat farming profits,” is worth quoting. So sad,
My heart weeps. 😦
I second that too.