LETTER FROM JESS CAREY CONCERN ABOUT WHO CONTROLS WOLF COLLAR RADIO CHANNELS

April 5, 2008

Hi all, I am writing to you and every County so you all will know what is currently being applied to you and in the future. As always, you, your children, your pets, and your livestock are at risk from the total attitude of most of the IFT members and most of the AMOC members. The attitude is "you, your children, your pets and your livestock are a threat to the Mexican Wolf Re-introduction Program and wolves in general". All this is based on the assumption that you might go out and harm a wolf. But the greater threat is you are going to scream real loud to the public, call your elected congressional representatives that wolves have killed your pets, caused psychological trauma to your children, and killed your livestock causing economic loss. This has to be watered down as if it never happened. As you know the new papers are the best venue they use with an authoritative voice to discredit documented damage by wolves. The problem with their type of thinking, it is based on none factual innuendos, it is not based on documented evidence. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE A RANCHER HAS EVER HARMED A HAIR ON A WOLF! But to confirm a wolf killing a pet, livestock, or causing psychological trauma to our children the standard of evidence is higher then the standard of evidence to convict a murderer in court. How did this come about? Why was the program structured this way? With all the top level people in this program, who is the sole person responsible for this? Does the top level know what the ground level is doing? Are the bad facts painted into a rose as it goes up the ladder? All the documented problems in the wolf recovery area in both New Mexico and Arizona; Psychological trauma to children and families, pets killed and maimed, livestock killed and maimed, loss of economic viability are all ignored or made to appear inconsequential in the news papers. One thing you have to understand is where all the signatories stand on Mexican Wolf Re-introduction program, which is, the majority are in favor of the program with the aim it will succeed even at the expense of our children, our pets and livestock. Next there is the Environmental Pro-wolf Organizations pressing for maximum control of the Mexican Wolf Program. They are the driving force without concern of the harm that has been documented. So here we have two driving forces that are going to do anything to make the program advance across the state of New Mexico and Arizona with untold numbers of wolves that will never be kept ed at a low impact level. The wolf program agencies need the pro-wolf organizations to keep driving their directives to steer the program, why because the agencies have to explain why they do some of the things they do. "Why, it it not the agencies fault, its the pro-wolf organizations, they made us do that"....bottom line is they both have the same agenda and they both need each other to further their agenda. When it come to the rural folks who have to change their live to accommodate the wolves, all the harm that has been documented is explained away as if it never happened, with no concern. For 10 year now, no one in the wolf agencies has stood up and tried to provide protective measures to right the wrong they have brought onto the people of the BRWRA. This is not only sham full, but it is immoral for them to ignore the continuing damage. When the boundaries of Mexican Wolf Re-introduction Program is expanded to include the entire State of New Mexico and Arizona, will protective measure be put in place based on all the documented harm in the BRWRA?? Or will the rural folks in the rest of the state have to endure 10 years of harm without protection measures like we have?? Protective measures need to be implemented before any expansion of the BRWRA boundaries. This needs to be demanded without exception. I was told the meeting in Reserve has been canceled and moved to Safford Arizona for the 23,24, and 25. The excuse is there was no meeting place available in Reserve. So, again we see the officiousness of the same government agency time and time again. With the cost of gasoline and the meeting during the work week this will make sure no one from Catron County can get off work and attend the meeting. We have seen this same tactic used before to exclude the impacted people from voicing their concerns. As stated, there is a direct link to the pro-wolf organization to keep the wolf collar channels out of the hands of the impacted people. This is based on assumptions and not documented evidence. The facts are "No wolf have ever been harmed by the release of wolf collar channels". So why the denial to release the channels to homeowners with children, ranchers or the Catron County Wolf Interaction Investigator???? After being denied access to wolf collar channels, I was told I had to ask NMDGF Matt Wonder for his permission to get a wolf collar channel. I can tell you this is based on protecting the wolves identity only, not its life. If you cannot identify the offending wolf it gets a free pass. You cannot document three strikes for killing livestock and you cannot document a habituated wolf at peoples homes or confronting humans. There is also talk to have wolf collar receivers scramble capable. This way you cannot give your neighbor the channel to an offending wolf, your neighbor has to suffer 3 or 4 incidents before he can receive that channel. No wolf channel will be released until the wolf has been documented a problem wolf on three or four occasions. A few of the members of the IFT and AMOC agree with this position. This again, is based on false accusations that you will harm a wolf. In reality, knowing where wolves are gives the rancher, or home owner a chance to make adjustments to prevent a wolf- animal, or wolf-human interaction. This is why you receive the ground telemetry receiver in the first place, to avoid wolf interactions. One option to consider is a Congressional Investigation and let the agencies personnel explain why all their decisions are based on assumptions, false accusations and not documented facts with evidence. I find it funny that the wolf agencies can run the wolf program based on documented findings when it furthers the program, butt when it come to the documented harm that the wolves do, this information is ignored. I still shake my head in disbelief that our own government can harm its own citizens, but worse that our government is allowing it to continue. Rural folks across America are not third world citizens, but are treated that way by government agencies. If you have any suggestions, please let me know

Thank you

Jess Carey