Monday, July 23, 2007

Wolves

Sunday I finally made it to Wolf Haven (I've got an adopted wolf there). The wolves were mostly resting (aparently early afternoon is one of their lazy times), but it was still really cool to see them.

Wolf Haven is mostly a sanctuary for rescued captive wolves, but they are helping repopulate mexican wolves.

Cricket ("my" wolf) was mostly a white blob hidden in the grass, but she was looking at us at one point.
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2 comments:

Raising Them Jewish said...

I have to admit to NOT being a fan of wolf repopulation. They repopulated the wolves in Yellowstone (reintroduced), and it's been pretty terrible. They've killed some children, and made hiking much more dangerous....

July 24, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Gridley said...

It is a contentious issue, and the people on both sides tend to get rather hysterical and make up facts.

The wolf-lovers will repeatedly insist that healthy wolf packs don't attack humans (true, so far as I know, but small consolation to someone attacked by an injured wolf), and that the wolves are part of the natural balancing act, as if such a thing exists.

The wolf-haters talk about every wolf, wild dog, coyote, and half-breed attack as if it were done by a reintroduced wolf, and insist that wolves kill valuable livestock, which often bears a great resemblance to diseased and sick livestock which was eaten by scavengers (including wolves) after it died.

Overall, I think that this is one of the very few cases where the environmental movement actually has the balance of factual evidence on its side.

Also, have there been any wolf attacks in Yellowstone? I thought the Canadians were still reponsible for the North American wolf stats.

July 24, 2007 at 1:13 PM

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