A quote from this article:  https://exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/ranchers-mourn-wildlife-employees-killed-in-plane-crash/,  clearly indicates just how wide spread the massive slaughter of native carnivores is all over NM:

“Ranchers across New Mexico are mourning the two men, who were working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services branch at the time of the crash. Ranchers say they would often turn to Hobbs and Tunnell for help in protecting their cattle and sheep from predators.”

As a dedicated wildlife activist, I will never back down from my belief (from years of witnessing  the decline of native wildlife due to ranching and hunting activities), that if we truly wish to save native wildlife, here is what we must work for:

1. Dedicate our efforts to Abolishing NM Game & Fish.  Sorry, reform or restructuring will not be sufficient, due to the intrinsic corruption in this agency.

2. Work tirelessly to End Livestock Grazing on Public Lands. If the Mexican Wolf “recovery program” is anything, it is a failed project.Why? Any wildlife reintroduction or protection plan that includes the infamous “Wildlife Services” as a lead player in such programs, is bound to failure, and the wolves will continue to die, under the this barbaric approach, which works for the livestock industry.

3. Wolves, and other so-called “predators” must be given priority for protection,, over any livestock grazing, with clear emphasis on Preservation of these species, along with their habitats. Ranchers will just have to get along with grazing on private lands.

I plan to be at the Saturday Taos, NM Game Meeting and Rally. But, I do not plan to appease these game biostitutes, ranchers or hunters.

Those who would like to get serious about this issue, let’s plan to get together. I have been before these agencies for many years. Things are only getting worse for the wildlife. Isn’t time we do something different?

For The Wild Ones,

Rosemary Lowe   www.foranimals.org