…Mexican Wolves, that is. Some people are never satisfied. Although there are only around 75 individuals remaining on Earth, the “Cattleman’s Beef Association” wants the government to remove the Mexican wolf from the federal list of endangered species and turn their “management” over to hostile states…
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/210839191.html
NCBA, PLC call for full delisting of wolves nationwide
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association | Updated: 06/10/2013
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) expressed support for the proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species. The livestock associations added, however, that Mexican wolves in the Southwest should also be delisted. In their announcement, FWS stated the Mexican wolf will remain on the list of endangered species.
The wolf, placed on the list of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over three decades ago, has far surpassed FWS recovery goals across the country, according to NCBA President and Wyoming rancher, Scott George. He added that, unlike most other species listed under the ESA, wolves pose a serious threat to wildlife, humans and private property, especially livestock.
“It’s time to turn management over to the states,” said George. “Wolf depredation of livestock is increasing to untenable levels in areas where wolves are still protected. We were given relief in Wyoming when it was finally delisted here. It’s only fair to allow all producers across the country that same relief.”
According to FWS, the proposal to delist the gray wolf comes after a “comprehensive review confirmed its successful recovery following management actions undertaken by federal, state and local partners.” However, FWS added that it intends to maintain protection status and expand recovery efforts for the Mexican wolf in the Southwest.
PLC President Brice Lee, a rancher from Colorado, said that wolves in the Southwest have also recovered and do not warrant federal protection.
“The wolf population in Arizona and New Mexico has almost doubled in the last three years, thanks to the work of the state fish and game departments,” Lee said. “We feel that at a certain point, it’s possible to over-study and over-capture these animals. It’s time to stop with these government studies and allow them be truly wild, while the state departments continue their successful management.”
Lee stated that the FWS does not have the resources to continue managing the wolf as endangered, let alone compensate ranchers for their losses. Studies have shown, he said, that for every confirmed kill of livestock there are seven to eight that go unconfirmed.
“We appreciate FWS’ recognition that the gray wolf is recovered,” George stated. “But it’s also time to end the unwarranted listing of Mexican wolf. Wolf depredation threatens ranchers’ livelihoods and rural communities, as well as the economies relying on a profitable agricultural industry.”
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Exposing the Big Game 
Eff the Cattlemen!
Go Vegan! The positive impact is boundless.
I agree completely. No “beef” wanted anywhere equals no wiping out of wildlife and destruction of the natural order for the convenience of cattlemen. Meat eaters who decry the destruction of wolves need to face facts, step up, and go vegan.
Exactly
Thanks, Geoff for your always insightful comments!!
While I am a plant-based eater, when I see/hear people saying “Go Vegan” it is important to point out that “Veganism” is not the end all to every problem on this planet.
It has, in many cases, become a Religion for some, a “Purist, Moral High Ground Attitude,” often arrogant, that turns many people off. That is why, as an animal activist, and plant-based person, I never use this term anymore.
No human is pure, even if “Vegan.” Many other problems & atrocities that animals face are outside “Veganism.” Most “isms” are detrimental to Critical Thinking–which means “seeing the bigger picture and making the connections between the issues.”
If one reads this Cattleman’s Assoc. article, it is clear to those of us who are involved with fighting the Livestock Enterprises (for many years here in the Southwest), that we are dealing with lawless, ignorant moochers (who graze on our National Forests, wilderness lands, BLM, wildlife refuges, etc., at taxpayers expense, while they demand the killing of millions of native wild animals. This issue is much deeper than just “becoming vegan.” We are dealing with very dangerous, ignorant, prejudiced folk, who see any wild animal as a threat, and as “vermin,” It has been this way since the late 1800’s, my Vegan friends. I have personally experienced the violent, volatile, “good ol’ boy” activities of these ranchers. Please, do not make excuses for this terrible industry–they are big boys/girls and have plenty of “ammunition” behind them, including the NRA, and right-wing, racists, including those who are working to privatize all public lands, including National Parks.
If naive Vegans want to help the million upon millions of native animals slaughtered, because of this environmentally-destructive industry, but injured and killed in Rodeos, in transport trucks, and hunted and trapped “just for fun” by ranchers, I would hope they will understand that just being a purist Vegan will not help. One must certainly not eat animals, but one must also have broader environmental concerns.
If we really want to help wolves, including the Mexican Wolf, we need to get active (sorry,face book is not real activism) and work to rid our Public Lands of these cruel, ignorant, greedy destroyers of the planet.
All of us abhor the terrible plight of domestic animals in animal factories. But In order for the Earth to survive in these coming Dark Times, the wild populations of flora and fauna must be preserved and protected to whatever extent possible. Most domesticates will not survive. And the Earth will be much better off without Homo sapiens continually destroying it, with its Humanist concepts.
It really is all about Biodiversity, which is in the wild animal populations. It is time for Purist Vegans to educate themselves, if they haven’t, and start caring about the Biodiversity of Earth, and the non-human, non-domesticated animals, like wolves, mountains lions, prairie dogs, skunks, birds of prey, bobcat, and millions of other wildlife. Get involved, learn about Human Overpopulation, about what the Superhighways we humans drive due to animals, what human development and sprawl do to animals, what continual human wars due to animals.
What can “Vegans” do?
Don’t breed. Fight Endless Development and sprawl in your area. Fight against hunting and trapping. Find out where livestock grazing is going on in your area, and if it is on public lands, make noise about it, write editorials, op-eds, challenge grazing permits. Livestock grazing destroys natural habitat and wild animals, who need that land for refuge. Livestock grazing is also a Major contributor to Climate Change.
for more info: http://www.foranimals.org & http://www.e.a.r.t.h.foranimals.org
Selfish bastards! hope they all enjoy their touch of “mad-cow”.
There ya go.
They mention that wolves pose a threat to private property, especially livestock. Animals are NOT your private property! End of story. Leave the wolves alone! That being said, I wouldn’t wish mad cow disease on anyone. These people are just ignorant and in denial of the facts. We should show them compassion and try to get them to realize the damage that they do. Very few of us Vegans have been Vegan for life. Most of us had to unlearn what we were taught and work to bring out our natural compassion. That is why I think it is unfair to call names and wish harm upon these people. It does frustrate me as well but we should be the beacon of light to draw others to our way of life and not repel them with vicious attacks and wishes of harm.
With all due respect, Chris, “being ignorant and in denial of the facts” seems a pretty lame excuse for those promoting and engaging in reprehensible behavior towards wolves and other wild animals. How much traction would that same excuse get in the human political sphere if employed to excuse practices like racial discrimination, genital mutilation, and ethnic cleansing? And why after half-a-century of non-stop “environmental education” in this country do we still have ignorant yokels in denial of ecological facts? Could it just be that stupidity, selfishness, and a pathological intolerance for other sentient beings has more to do with the problem than a simple lack of access to scientific facts? It seems that many good-hearted people like yourself that do all the right things in their own personal lives still fail to acknowledge how late is the hour, how desperate is the situation for much of the world’s non-human “citizens.” Hoping that western ranchers who have already extirpated bison, wolves, prairie dogs, badgers, black-footed ferrets, coyotes, mountain lions, et al. from their native habitat will finally come around after just a few more generations of “educatin” is a fool’s paradise. There is nothing wrong about calling a spade a spade, or murderously intolerant selfish ignorant bastards just that. And a good fatal case of mad cow disease seems to me like poetic justice for those who brought this very pathogen into being by feeding discarded parts of slaughtered sheep as a source of cheap protein to cattle themselves being raised for slaughter and then managed to spread it around North America into wild ungulate populations courtesy of game ranches.
Indeed, mad cow is too good for anyone who would force a strict herbivore to cannibalize on the remains of other ungulates for the sake of profit.
I agree with your comment here: “Animals are NOT your private property! End of story. Leave the wolves alone!”
Reblogged this on Carinas space.
THEY ARE’NT IGNORANT HILLYBILLYS!!! WHAT THEY REALLY ARE …ARE A BUNCH OF MONEY GRUBBING BASTARDS WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE. IT’S ALL JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SUPPOSEDLY LOST!!!
HMMM…NOW LET ME PONDER THIS FOR A MOMENT…
WOLVES SUPPOSEDLY HAVE KILLED CATTLEMAN’S LIVESTOCK FOR FOOD!!!
CATTLEMEN WANT TO KILL WOLVES TO PREVENT THEM FROM KILLING LIVESTOCK!!!
CATTLEMEN KILL LIVESTOCK FOR FOOD!!!
EITHER WAY THE LIVESTOCK LOSE….THEY ARE STILL KILLED FOR FOOD!!!
Or for money to buy another SUV, flat screen TV or trip to Hawaii, in the case of the cattlemen.
Why do we have our wildlife policies dictated by a bunch of greedy ranchers? There are only 6,100 gray wolves left in the lower 48 and 74 Mexican gray wolves in the wild but there are millions and millions of cattle. They want every last wolf dead so the can keep on practicing their hands-off ranching. Don’t listen to ranchers look at the statistics of the number of cattle killed by wolves. It is way less than 1% nationwide. Don’t put ranchers in charge of wolves!
Amen.