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Title: ‘Famous’ Wolf Is Killed Outside Yellowstone; “She is the most famous wolf in the world,”
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NYTIMES
URL Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/s ... illed-outside-yellowstone.html
Published: Dec 8, 2012
Author: NATE SCHWEBER
Post Date: 2012-12-08 22:21:29 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 7139
Comments: 19
Yellowstone National Park’s best-known wolf, beloved by many tourists and valued by scientists who tracked its movements, was shot and killed on Thursday outside the park’s boundaries, Wyoming wildlife officials reported. Enlarge This Image Doug McLaughlin The wolf that researchers called 832F, left, was shot on Thursday. The alpha female of the Lamar Canyon pack, she wore a tracking collar. The wolf with her, known as 754, was killed last month. A blog about energy and the environment. Go to Blog » Follow Green on Twitter » The wolf, known as 832F to researchers, was the alpha female of the park’s highly visible Lamar Canyon pack and had become so well known that some wildlife watchers referred to her as a “rock star.” The animal had been a tourist favorite for most of the past six years. The wolf was fitted with a $4,000 collar with GPS tracking technology, which is being returned, said Daniel Stahler, a project director for Yellowstone’s wolf program. Based on data from the wolf’s collar, researchers knew that her pack rarely ventured outside the park, and then only for brief periods, Dr. Stahler said. This year’s hunting season in the northern Rockies has been especially controversial because of the high numbers of popular wolves and wolves fitted with research collars that have been killed just outside Yellowstone in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Wolf hunts, sanctioned by recent federal and state rules applying to the northern Rockies, have been fiercely debated in the region. The wolf population has rebounded since they were reintroduced in the mid-1990s to counter their extirpation a few years earlier. Many ranchers and hunters say the wolf hunts are a reasonable way to reduce attacks on livestock and protect big game populations. This fall, the first wolf hunts in decades were authorized in Wyoming. The wolf killed last week was the eighth collared by researchers that was shot this year after leaving the park’s boundary. The deaths have dismayed scientists who track wolves to study their habits, population spread and threats to their survival. Still, some found 832F’s death to be particularly disheartening. “She is the most famous wolf in the world,” said Jimmy Jones, a wildlife photographer who lives in Los Angeles and whose portrait of 832F appears in the current issue of the magazine American Scientist. Wildlife advocates say that the wolf populations are not large enough to withstand state- sanctioned harvests and that the animals attract tourist money. Yellowstone’s scenic Lamar Valley has been one of the most reliable places to view wolves in the northern Rockies, and it attracts scores of visitors every year.
Poster Comment: We haven't wolfs in these parts but I will shoot a coyote on sight, which I've done 6 times iirc. Hate to as they look so close to dogs I own and have had but...shit happens and they 'take from me' and mine.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Fuck Humans.
I had a 145 lb Mckenzie Valley timber wolf as my pet for years. Still miss him...yeah...people that think killing something so magnificent is cool, make me sick...and I hunt. The rule in my house is...if you kill it, you eat it.
I used to have a wolf Sheppard mix when I lived in Texas. We had to get rid of it as it bit some kid riding his bike. My parents told us they took it to the Junk Yard to be a Junk Yard Dog. I now think they probably had it put to sleep. Maybe I will ask.
Good morning Stone... Scout, my buddy, was actually a high content hybrid... 87% wolf, 13% shephard. They are not for everyone because of the liability and the amount of time it takes to train them. Very friendly with people but I was ALWAYS aware of him around other people, especially children. He was death on anything with 4 legs however... I sure loved that guy. I also had several Fila Brisilaro's, 175lbs mastiffs, and I could never put them together. Fila's are tough as nails also...it made for bad mojo.
Good morning to you too. I'm not sure of the ratio of the mix of my "wolf". But I remember it was mostly wolf they told us. I think they said 90 percent wolf. I could be mistaken though. We lived at Ft Bliss Texas. There was a fence that separated the base from the civilians. The Mexicans used to dig holes under the fence and come steal our bikes. We used to go under the hole and build forts in the desert. There were some people on the civilian side. They had several puppies. My parents let us keep one of them. Her name was lady. I didn't name the dog. It was very friendly towards us and friends.
I believe we would have found those guys in the morning...having paid the price or their mischief...if not by the wolf, the Fila's...they love their family, but DO NOT like strangers.
oops...of = for.
Wolves have been used by the elites for centuries as a way to keep poorer human populations penned down and docile. One of the main reasons why they were shot on sight by newly arrived immigrants.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Fuck you too, asshole.
Save the planet, kill yourself!
fuck your religion and political economy. you kill the messenger and think you win. ;} So just exactly how long will it take to fill up the Planet with humans.....;}
Fuck you too, asshole. You first. The only question is what will survive humans.
Needing the source. Wolves were shot as predators. Everything that sits at the top of the food chain is a target for humans.
Wolves were shot as predators. Everything that sits at the top of the food chain is a target for humans. European human history is my source. I have no doubt what you said, but if that were totally true, coyotes which are much easier to kill would be extinct.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
No. coyotes aren't as bold as wolves. Wolves don't bend their necks.
Wolves don't bend their necks. Wolves had a bad rep, whether it was deserved ot not. They were used to keep the illiterate european serfs in line, much like the Tea baggers are being used today. Keeping 'em dumb, scared and stuffed full of mythology.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
I must've been one of the wolf whisperers then. Wolves will outlast humans is my point.
Will they outlast cockroaches?
8D The only thing outlasting cockroaches will be the ticks, chiggers, and skeeters of Arkansas.....;}
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: freedomsnotfree (#2)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#5. To: freedomsnotfree (#4)
Good morning Stone
#6. To: A K A Stone (#5)
The Mexicans used to dig holes under the fence and come steal our bikes.
#7. To: All (#6)
#8. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Fuck Humans.
#9. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Fuck Humans
#10. To: mcgowanjm, *Extended Clip Progressives* (#1)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#11. To: hondo68 (#10)
Save the planet, kill yourself!
#12. To: Abcdefg (#9)
Fuck Humans
#13. To: mininggold (#8)
Wolves have been used by the elites for centuries as a way to keep poorer human populations penned down and docile. One of the main reasons why they were shot on sight by newly arrived immigrants.
#14. To: mcgowanjm (#13)
Needing the source.
#15. To: mininggold (#14)
coyotes which are much easier to kill would be extinct.
#16. To: mcgowanjm (#15)
No. coyotes aren't as bold as wolves.
#17. To: mininggold (#16)
#18. To: mcgowanjm (#17)
#19. To: Fred Mertz (#18)
Will they outlast cockroaches?
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