The red wolf has caused more harm than good in its reintroduction.
It’s a love-hate relationship between the red wolf and the feds, as the later have enforced federal law against a number of Mexican wolves that have been brought to Eastern North Carolina. The critics say that the program made possible a “nonessential experimental population” of wolves which are dangerous and unlikely to survive.
Through the introduction of the Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act, Paul A. Gosar, U.S. Congressman, has put a halt to the release of red wolves in the eastern part of NC, giving a number of reasons why the program was flawed from the very beginning.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was the main orchestrator of the reintroduction of the wolves. Gosar has severely criticized this agency for attempting to “play God” with the red wolves, to the detriment of the locals’ children, livestock, ranches, and ultimately that of the wolves.
Gosar says that even the service has confessed by phone on January 15, this year, that no more than half of the Mexican wolves bred while in captivity actually survive. Those who do make it and are released, are subsequently confused and are therefore often cause incidents with children, or other residents.
The congressman then went on to introduce his bill by saying that several factors should’ve been considered when the program was initially drafted. The regulations of the program seem to have been implemented without any form of approval from Congress, something which overtly defies the Anti-Deficiency Act, Gosar stated. It was also illogical to release new Mexican wolves in North Carolina, the politician said, as the original habitat for the formerly-endangered species was in a totally different area, along the Mexican border.
Steve Pearce, another Representative joined the voice of his colleague by criticizing Washington for openly dictating policies for the recovery of certain species in areas that are too remote for the problems to be correctly assessed. Pearce said that these strategies should be left for the specific states to establish themselves. He then continued to condemn the actions of the Fish and Wildlife Service for not assuring funds for the security of the area were available.
The main effects of the bill, Gosar and Pearce concluded, were the delisting of the red wolf, the eliminating of the program for the reintroduction of the species, and providing protection for the local communities.
Studies have shown the Mexican wolf being the cause for the loss of $5M and 1,172 calves.
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Continues to be a sad state of affairs when such morons are elected to be leaders of this great country. This guy obviously has never even read a NGO magazine and does not have any interest in doing so. Nature? We don’t need no stinking nature!
“Gosar has severely criticized this agency for attempting to “play God” with the red wolves, to the detriment of the locals’ children, livestock, ranches, and ultimately that of the wolves.”
Playing god? Humans almost obliterated a key predator species that was here for thousands of years. God forsaken is the wolf. The USFWS has a duty to protect endangered species, and the red and Mexican wolves are some of the rarest animals on earth. These Congressmen would leave a scorched earth for future generations without a second thought. They are so closely allied with special interest money they can’t be trusted and they are showing how ignorant and short sighted they are. Moron is spot on.
Wha? Um, the Red Wolf and the Mexican Wolf are really different. See any 10th grade biology book that talks about animal species for some helpful information. Holy smokes, Kevin Kopas, you might want to do just the tiniest bit of research before publishing something. Yikes.
What a waste of tax dollars…… 18 trillion in debt & this is what some at the Fed want to spend money on,…. Simply disgusting! People that pimp wolves for controversy need to be held accountable. We all know that controversy gets the gullible to press the “donate now” buttons and provides cover for abuse of the Endangered Species Act. Somepne please tell me how wolves in habitat that statistically see them depredating and habituating at alarming rates helps “climate change” …. NOT ONE Penny should be spent on “reintroductions” …. only habitat! These groups should be spending more going after habitat….BUT THAT WOULDN”T get the ” donate now” button pressed would it. These people are nauseating!
God create wolves to keep game herds in check in the absence of MAN …..NOT on both sides of the pasture fence.
With all the unlimited trapping, shooting,
poisoning, gassing, bounties, den digging and direct persecution of the 19th and 20th century this animal (wolves) COULD NOT even be eliminated from the lower 48 states. They EVEN tried aerial hunting in the 1940/1950’s combined with bounties and guess what …. when we (our ancestors) were trying our hardest couldn’t even come close to eliminating them. Wolves, considered to be the most adaptable animal on the planet, along with the Grizzly bear are considered a species of “least concern” by the renowned international environmental organization IUCN. YET our fine Federal Government 18 trillion in debt is spending 75 to 80 percent of its resources on JUST wolves and grizzlies (outside of plants and aquadic species). Again, both animals listed as a species of “least concern”. Disgusting!
This is what lobolover and Tommy Kane advocate……
https://washingtonwolf.info/livestock_attacks.html
https://www.odihpn.org/humanitarian-exchange-magazine/issue-52/corruption-in-the-ngo-world-what-it-is-and-how-to-tackle-it