tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644192108821752808.post7536978664631763291..comments2023-07-24T03:59:48.748-06:00Comments on Lif Strand: Mexican wolf - spinning the results for another yearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644192108821752808.post-84006581172668689412016-04-10T11:55:45.895-06:002016-04-10T11:55:45.895-06:00Lif,
This comments relates to governmental entiti...Lif,<br /><br />This comments relates to governmental entities as a whole. Governmental agencies are notorious for providing one sided information to suit their propaganda. The news media are also very good at continuing this propaganda, particularly if it is controversial, in order to increase their sales. I've had doubts on just about anything government tells me from such areas as climate change, crime, terrorism, etc. In your case, it is good to be skeptical.<br /><br />RAJ<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644192108821752808.post-16668026861547102862016-02-26T11:30:34.931-07:002016-02-26T11:30:34.931-07:00Thanks for your comments, Jess. This situation ju...Thanks for your comments, Jess. This situation just makes me so mad. Where is the real science with respect to Mexican wolf management?<br /><br />Where is the wolf population that was turned out and not ever screwed with to use as a control group? But wait - there never was one. They've been screwing with the wolves ever since day one, so there's no longer any way to actually know why pups fail to thrive or what number of wolves would represent the proper balance in a healthy natural environment.Lif Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675661219313062060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644192108821752808.post-47735047083381787362016-02-25T23:57:56.391-07:002016-02-25T23:57:56.391-07:00Lif, you are right on in this article..
"11 ...Lif, you are right on in this article..<br /><br />"11 wolves are considered missing according to USFWS Sherrie Barrett"...last year ground telemetry collars were changed out and re-installed, many failed due to manufacturers bad batteries. There is a high probability all 11 of these wolves are still alive.<br /><br />One example is a wolf with an orange collar was documented that had been missing for 5 years. It was running with an UN-collared male. The IFT never could capture these wolves.<br /><br />The end of the year count was canceled when the IFT killed 2 wolves during capture. The wolf count ended early so the actual end of the year number of wolves are lacking.<br /><br />Of 42 wolf pups born, 23 lived, 19 died. The lack of genetic vigor in Mexican wolves, their offspring tend to die. There are 21 packs, 10 packs had pups with at least 1 pup living at the end of the year. These counts do not reflect the number of wolves on the White Mountain Apache Reservation.<br /><br />Also, the location (UTM) of two separate sets of wolf tracks (un-collared) were given to the IFT and apparently they did not have time to document and add them to the wolf count.<br /><br />Each year the wolf count changes, but as stated, it is the "minimum". These results are based on the effort of the IFT, availability of a helicopter, and ground search. The IFT cannot say definitively there are only 97 wolves on the landscape...possibility; 97 + 11 + 2 = 110 plus numerous un-collared dispersed wolves on the landscape.Jess Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804520303476985888noreply@blogger.com