#wolve

Highclere Castle, Highclere, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 

You get two takes on this. The first is a press release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The second is a video from the Defenders of Wildlife, severely (and in my humble opinion correctly) blasting this action. Using better language......a "fucking stupid action." So you have a group of ranchers who lost some livestock, but who will be paid by the state for their losses, prevailing over the action of a majority of Colorado voters who approved the relocation of wolves to Colorado. McDonalds wins, again. Everytime I want to be sympathetic to ranchers, shit like this happens.

Now, the press release:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, with technical support from federal partners, and as provided for in the 10(j) experimental population rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), have begun an operation to capture and relocate wolves from the depredating Copper Creek wolf pack. 

“The decision to capture and relocate the Copper Creek pack was made with the careful consideration of multiple factors and feedback from many different stakeholders,” said CPW Director Jeff Davis. ”Our options in this unique case were very limited, and this action is by no means a precedent for how CPW will resolve wolf-livestock conflict moving forward. The ultimate goal of the operation is to relocate the pack to another location while we assess our best options for them to continue to contribute to the successful restoration of wolves in Colorado.”

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is committed to fulfilling the will of Colorado voters to successfully restore the gray wolf population while meeting the needs of Colorado communities. As we have throughout the implementation of the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, CPW is working with wildlife biologists, federal partners, and producers to develop solutions that will reduce the risk of additional wolf depredations.