GET CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A WOLF IN IDAHO

Click on post title to read article in Idaho Mountain Express.

By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

"How many people have really looked at or interacted in a peaceful way with a wolf? Before deciding what is reality and what is mythology, perhaps getting up close and personal is a good idea."

Crime is Contagious. There is a Vaccine.

“Decency, security and liberty alike, demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the Citizen. In a government of laws, existence of government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole by it’s example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of law that the end justifies the means…would bring terrible retribution. Against that pernicious doctrine this court should resolutely set its face,” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Olmstead v. U.S. 277 U.S., 438,465 (1928).

New Mexico Association of Counties Supports Rural Inhabitants Facing Wolf Problems

Click on title of this post to be taken to article on WOLF CROSSING.

"Passed by the New Mexico Association of Counties April 4 2008 in Elephant Butte New Mexico, Resolution 2008-02 Mexican Wolf Reintroduction, Supports Counties affected by wolves that have been forced to pass ordinances allowing them emergency management to protect their citizens."

WOLF KILL IN CATRON COUNTY 04-07-08 REPORTED BY JESS CAREY

Hi all, Today, 04-07-08 there was another calf killed by wolves (confirmed). I attached three photographs of the calf remains so you could see what was left after wolves killed and fed on it. This two week old calf had numerous bite sites on the neck, head, right and left shoulders and front legs. As you can see the calf is missing from just behind the shoulder area. When found the calf had been dead approximately 10 hours or less. Also when found, it was reported that six wolves were feeding on the calf carcass. The male of the pack did not want to leave and scared one of the people present. If this calf had not been found when it was, it would have been a "Missing Calf" within a twenty four hour period. A missing calf is a total loss for the rancher. Why? Because there is no evidence to meet the standard of confirmation by AMOC. Are there any protective measures to protect the rancher form missing calves...NO. Small calves can be consumed by wolves in a very short time with no remains left. There were numerous bit sites with corresponding hemorrhage on the calf. Canine spreads ranged; 47.02mm, 44.16mm, 40.54mm, 39.31mm, and 38.05mm. These canine spreads indicate there were several wolves in on the killing of the calf. With this evidence of multiple wolves, will a strike be assessed to all the wolves involve? I find the evidence indicates at least three wolves committed the depredation. IFT members Ground Telemetry confirmed the "Middle Fork" wolf pack, AM871 and AF861. I used my ground telemetry receiver and the wolf collar channels for AM871 and AF 861 that I had received prior to the ban on releasing channels by the NMDGF. I could not receive either wolf signal. I did receive one strong signal, but that channel was not assigned to any wolf I have knowledge of.Later, I was told that one of the collars of Middle Fork wolf pack had been changed. What has the rancher provided to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program? The answer is simple, hundreds of cows and calves with no compensation due to totally missing cows and calves, canine spreads with corresponding hemorrhage destroyed by feeding wolves, and advanced decomposition where the evidence is lost to confirm a wolf depredation. There were three categories of wolf-animal depredations; Confirmed, Probable, and Possible. Now there is only confirmed and Probable. Possible was removed by AMOC. I feel this was based on having to many wolf-animal related incidences. Lower the wolf related incident numbers by removing one of categories. This will change the statistics, but will not change the depredations on the ground. Photo #1.overview of calf remainsPhoto #2. bite sites on calf, one being measuredPhoto #3. skin of neck and shoulder area held up th the sun, bites sites, rake marks and hemorrhage If you have any comments or questions feel free to call or email me....Thank you Jess Carey

***** If you would like to contact Jess, send me an email at bjwoodhull@msn.com.
I will contact Jess with your contact information. Bruce *****

CALIFORNIA SOLAR SHADE ACT: GREENIE ORDERED TO CUT TREES

From the CBS NEWS webpage. Click on post title to read article.

A greenie in California installed solar panels on his house. His neighbor, also a self-confessed greenie had planted Redwoods years earlier. Greenie one complains the trees are obstructing the sun from his solar panels. Greenie two objects, and the state gets involved.

ONE WOLF PACK IN YELLOWSTONE 22 WOLVES

From the Jackson Hole, Wyo. news. A wolf pack reaches 22 members in Yellowstone National Park. Click on post title to read article.

ON THE BORDER WITH KATIE COURIC

Peter Boyles mentioned this on his morning talk show (Peter Boyles Show 630AM, Denver). CBS News will be running a feature about pregnant women crossing the border from Mexico to have their babies in the United States. From the CBS Evening News site: "And here's a look at one of the stories we’re working on for Monday’s broadcast: Pregnant women illegally crossing the border.....from Mexico to the United States and giving BIRTH. It's happening all the time and YOU'RE paying for it. We'll have that story....as we begin a special series, Immigration Nation....NEXT WEEK, ONLY on THE CBS EVENING NEWS."

I don't have cable or satellite and don't watch TV, so some one will have to clue me in on this story...

What Your County Commissioners are Doing this Month

NEW BUSINESS:

CONSENT AGENDA

All items marked “CA” will be approved by a single motion, these items on the “Consent Agenda” are considered routine and should not require further discussion. Items can be removed at the request of a Commissioner, County staff, or a member of the public, removed items will be heard in the order of the numbered sequence.



A. Approval of Bills Lists:

CA (1) #43, #44, #45, #46, #47



B. Approval of Minutes:

CA (2) Work Session, March 12, 2008

Budget Work Session, March 12, 2008

Regular Meeting, March 20, 2008



C. Health Care Services:

CA (3) Consider approving or denying claims for the following providers:

Ø Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center

· 92 claims recommended for approval totaling $160,257.41

· 18 claims recommended for denial totaling $49,872.97

Ø Memorial Medical Center

· 5 claims recommended for approval totaling $9,275.54

· 1 claim recommended for denial totaling $5,238.7

Ø American Medical Response

· 2 claims recommended for approval totaling $856.56

Ø Alamogordo Home Care Services

· 1 claim recommended for approval totaling $270.15

Ø Presbyterian Medical Services/Tularosa

· 17 claims recommended for approval totaling $2,477.16

Ø Presbyterian Medical Services/Sacramento Mountains

· 9 claims recommended for approval totaling $5,791.25

Submitted by: Gloria Sainz



D. Purchasing:

CA (4) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-018 for 6000 feet of pipe and 6 fire hydrants

installed for the 16 Springs VFD, to General Hydronics, Inc., Alamogordo for the

amount of $92,000 plus all applicable taxes. Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (5) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-021, 50’ x 80’ metal building, for the Burro

Flats VFD, to Mueller, Inc., Anthony, TX for the amount of $28,530.95.

Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (6) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-022 for the re-roof of the Flickinger Theater

in the amount of $38,000 plus all applicable taxes, to Cling Hicks Roofing,

Alamogordo, contingent upon all approved required bonding.

Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (7) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-023 for a used fire apparatus, for the Alamo

West VFD, to The Phoenix Group, San Jon, NM, in the amount of $25,000 for a

2004 McCoy Miller on a Ford F-450 chassis. Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (8) Request approval of Sealed Bid #08-026 for the new Oro Vista fire station

addition, base bid and alternate 1 is $406,200 plus all applicable taxes to National

Construction, Alamogordo. Total cost of the building will be finance through the

NM Finance Authority. Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (9) Request approval for the yearly renewal of Contract #TS-06-012 with State Wide

Drilling, Inc. for the Water Table Well Monitoring for Otero County in the amount

of $2,714.36/yr. Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (10) Request approval for the yearly renewal of Contract #PS-05-010 with Randall

Auction Services for the Administration Office, in the amount of $1,200 or 9% of

the gross receipts of items sold for each auction held.

Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (11) Request approval for the yearly renewal of Contract #TS-04-009, software

maintenance for the Assessor’s Office (GIS) in the amount of$10,100/yr to ESRI,

Redlands, CA. Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



CA (12) Request approval for the renewal of the Legal Services contract between Otero

County and the firm of Daniel A. Bryant. This is the 2nd year of a 4 year contract.

The amount requested for approval is $12,633/month plus all applicable taxes.

Submitted by: Ginger Herndon



E. Resolutions, Contracts & Agreements:

CA (13) Request approval of Resolution #04-17-08/96-52, authorizing and approving

submission of a completed application for financial assistance and project

approval to the NM Finance Authority for the purchase of an addition to apparatus

bays for the Sixteen Springs Canyon Fire Department. Estimated cost of the new

addition will not exceed $160,000 with necessary equipment.

Submitted by: Paul Quairoli







CA (14) Request approval of Resolution #04-17-08/96-53, authorizing the execution

and delivery of a loan and intercept agreement by and between the James

Canyon Fire Department/Otero County and the NM Finance authority for the

purpose of acquiring a fire-rescue apparatus. Estimated cost of the new

apparatus will not exceed $110,000. Submitted by: Paul Quairoli



CA (15) Request approval of Resolution #04-17-08/96-54, reaffirming the dedication of

the proceeds of each imposed increment of Gross Receipts Tax in response to

House Bill 615. Submitted by: Ray Backstrom



CA (16) Request approval of Resolution #04-17-08/96-55, for the State & Federal Grant

Fund to reflect the receipt of a supplemental grant award from the New Mexico

Department of Homeland Security in the amount of $114,000.

Submitted by: Donna Brandon



CA (17) Request approval of Resolution #04-17-08/96-56, banning burning in Otero

County, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Otero

County from increased fire danger. Submitted by: Paul Quairoli



CA (19) Request approval of rate per day/per animal for housing of Otero County animals

in the City of Alamogordo Animal Control Facility. The current rate per day/per

animal is $24.50. The proposed new rate, to be effective July 1, 2008 is $17.60

per day/per animal. Submitted by: Ray Backstrom



F. Elected Officials, Department Heads, Committee Reports:

CA (20) Ray Backstrom - Consider appropriations in the amount of $35,000 from General

Fund to offset anticipated shortfalls with the ongoing operations of Presbyterian

Medical Services/Sacramento Mountains Medical Clinic.



CA (21) Bill Lee Parker – Request from Mike Nelson to have Pueblo Del Sol and Pueblo

De Luna added to the Otero County road maintenance list.



CA (22) Bill Lee Parker – Request from Tom Braziel to have Old Mill Road added to the

Otero County road maintenance list and enter into a CO-OP Agreement to chip-

seal said road.



CA (23) Ray Backstrom – Consider the easement vacation for Dusty Lane Road.



CA (24) Donna Brandon – Verbal presentations by County Departments for the

2008/2009 Budget. (Worksession Only)



CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS:

(25) Everett Putney – Request for Otero County to take over the liability insurance for

the Timberon Airport





COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS/CORRESPONDENCE:

A. Doug Moore - (District 1)

B. Clarissa McGinn - (District 2)

C. Michael Nivison - (District 3)



UNSCHEDULED CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Limited to 3 minutes)

The issues raised during "Unscheduled Citizen Communications” are not

action items and shall not be entitled to decision making by the

Otero County Commission at the meeting where they are first raised.







EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A. Collective Bargaining

B. Pending/Threatened Litigation

C. Personnel

D. Land

E. Roads

F. Detention Center

G. Contracts

Here is a Sheriff with Huevos Rancheros Grandes

County Sheriff Can Bust Big Bro

Friday, 16 February 2007
The duly elected sheriff of a county is the highest law enforcement official within a county. He has law enforcement powers that exceed that of any other state or federal official.

This is settled law that most people are not aware of.

County sheriffs in Wyoming have scored a big one for the 10th Amendment and states rights. The sheriffs slapped a federal intrusion upside the head and are insisting that all federal law enforcement officers and personnel from federal regulatory agencies must clear all their activity in a Wyoming County with the Sheriff’s Office. Deja vu for those who remember big Richard Mack in Arizona.

Bighorn County Sheriff Dave Mattis spoke at a press conference following a recent U.S. District Court decision (Case No. 2:96-cv-099-J (2006)) and announced that all federal officials are forbidden to enter his county without his prior approval ......

"If a sheriff doesn’t want the Feds in his county he has the constitutional right and power to keep them out, or ask them to leave, or retain them in custody."

Click on post title for all of the story.

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

BILLINGS GAZETTE: RANCHER URGES RESTRAINT TO 'WOLF HUNTERS'

Click on title of post to read artilce in this morning's Billling's Gazette.

CHARLTON HESTON DIES AT AGE 84

Click on post title to read article on this morning's ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS.

GREENPEACE SUES FISH AND WILDLIFE

Congress this week and is busy fending off lawsuits from Greenpeace, the Center for Biological Diversity and others about delays in listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act."

*Every since we ran the POLAR BEARS ON A PLANE parody, I've been concerned about the release of polar bears in New Mexico.


"The embattled U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was catching flak from

ANGRY WOLF LOVER SAYS BOYCOTT WYOMING

"I support putting pressure on the #2 industry in Wyoming ... tourism," Frangos wrote in an e-mail to The Gazette. "I suggest people write letters, call the local WY agencies and let your voices be heard, choose the option of not spending money in Yellowstone or WY while still being able to see the park - it can be done - you simply stay in Montana, get gas in Montana and buy Yellowstone trinkets in the Montana gateway towns."

WOLF LOVERS VERY, VERY, MAD IN IDAHO

"Hunters, ranchers and the Idaho Legislature think there are too many wolves, and they would like them reduced or eradicated.

Wolf proponents want to see more wolves and to see wolf packs expand into other states. "

*...expand into other states. Sounds like non-voted on expansion of authority and jurisdiction; like a World Heritage Site.

40 YEARS AGO: MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATED

From this mornings Denver Post. Click on post title to read article.

'It's been 40 years exactly since "The Dream" was brutalized by the nightmare of racism. Starting that day, riots roiled American cities.'

ANTI-WOLF COALITION SEEKS 45000 SIGNATURES IN IDAHO

KVPI TV. Click on post title to read article.

"In Idaho, the Anti-Wolf Coalition has been traveling the state, seeking 45,000 signatures by the end of April in order to put an initiative on the November ballot."

WOLF TRAPPED IN UTAH 6 YEARS AGO KILLED IN WYO

From the Salt Lake Tribune. Click on post title to read article.

"Officials confirm wolf trapped in Utah one of 4 legally shot dead in Wyoming
By Patty Henetz
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/03/2008 09:41:33 AM MDT


Updated: 4:30 PM- Federal and state wildlife officials in Wyoming on Wednesday confirmed the shooting death of a wild gray wolf trapped six years ago in Utah and returned to Wyoming."

WOLF SANCTURARY FOR SALE IN OREGON

From the Mail Tribune in Oregon. Click on post title to read article.

The article describes a 'Mexican Timber Wolf', there are 500 wolf sanctuaries in the United States and six of them are closing.

Red or Green? An Explanation

In recent posts ORF has referred to "Red or Green". These terms have obvious political meaning but they also refer to our provencial culinary fare that would have no meaning, as examples, to our viewers in Mongolia, Europe and New York. For those visitors, we offer the following:

"...The official state (of New Mexico) question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where waiters will ask customers "red or green?" in reference to which kind of chili pepper or "chile sauce" the customers wants served with their meal...."

CATRON COUNTY RESIDENTS COMMENTS AT NEW MEXICO DEPT GAME AND FISH: MINUTES FROM NMDGF MEETING

Comments by Ron Short, Catron County resident, in NMDGF minutes of meeting/MARCH 03, 2007.

Mr. Shorts comments:

"Ron Shortes: I’m from Catron County and Lincoln County. The wolf situation has continued to deteriorate. We feel
that against the request of Congressman Pearce’s office that USFW deliberately released a dangerous wolf that was
inappropriate to be in the program. I understood Las Cruces threatened to sue the Department if you didn’t do what
they told you to are now indicating that in 18 days they’re going to sue us. Again, I want to point out that Catron
County for years has tried to work with everyone involved in these issues and avoid lawsuits and this lawsuit which
looks to me like it’s going to involve the Department eventually was not our idea and we didn’t bring it, but we will
fight it. I’m very concerned that as I understand it when Ron Moore is back from the Congressman’s office called the
Wolf Team to ask them to not release this wolf. They immediately and intentionally released it at that point and time.
It seems to me that we have a Wolf Team that is only concerned about the wolf at all cost and doesn’t give a damn
about the United States Congress or anyone else affected by these issues. We’re also concerned that Department
employees are involved with the Wolf Team and with AMOC and I understand there’s a debate about how much you
all can control the federal government and it’s employees but we’re concerned that some of your own employees
have the attitude that the wolf comes first no matter what happens to anyone else. There is also an issue of whether
AMOC members are telling USFW to refuse to talk to Congress and cooperate with Mr. Pearce’s office as well as to
cover up possible issues that wolves involved in this program but have been released have actually bitten and drawn
blood on people which as I understand their own rules require that that wolf be immediately euthanized rather than
released from the program. Again, all of this in stages of investigation now and I understand Mr. Pearce’s office is
involved in a Congressional inquiry. I’m not saying I have personal knowledge of these things but I’m concerned
where there’s too much smoke there’s fire and some or all of these problems are occurring."

UTAH DEBATING WOLF REGULATIONS

Click on post title to read article in the Desert Morning News.

Do wolves prefer Red or Green?

ORF extrapolated this information from the website of the woman that says she is a pack member. Can't help but wonder if she prefers red or green.

Main Prey of Wolves Around the World: This is a direct contradiction of National Park Service plans for Rocky Mountain National Park. See Post below.

Alaska: moose, caribou, sheep, deer, beaver.
British Columbia, Yukon: moose, caribou, sheep, deer, beaver, goat, elk.
Northwest Territories: moose caribou, sheep, deer, beaver, goat.
Alberta: moose, caribou, sheep, deer, beaver, goat, elk, bison.
Saskatchewan, Manitoba: moose, elk, deer, beaver, bison, caribou.
Ontario, Quebec: moose, deer, caribou, beaver.
Labrador: moose, caribou, beaver, musk ox, hares.
Minnesota: deer, moose, beaver.
Michigan and Wisconsin: deer, beaver, moose.
Northwestern United States: deer, elk, moose, sheep, goats, beaver.
Southwestern United States: deer, livestock.
Mexico: livestock.
Sweden/Norway: moose, reindeer, livestock.
Finland: moose, reindeer, white-tailed deer, livestock.
Greenland: musk-ox, caribou.
Turkey: livestock.
Syria: livestock, carrion, small wildlife.
Jordan: unknown.
Israel: hares, livestock, carrion.
Egypt (Sinai): hares, livestock.
Lebanon: garbage, carrion.
Arabian peninsula: garbage, carrion, livestock.
Iran: gazelle, mountain sheep, livestock, wild boar, deer, Capra.
Iraq: unknown.
Afghanistan: unknown.
Pakistan: unknown.
Bhutan: unknown.
Nepal: unknown.
India: livestock, hare, deer, antelope.
Mongolia: livestock, saiga.
China: saiga, other ungulates, livestock.
U.S.S.R. (Europe): ungulates, livestock.
U.S.S.R. (Asia): ungulates and livestock.
Poland: (moose), roe deer, red deer, wild boar, mufflon.
Czechoslovakia: roe deer, red deer, wild boar, mufflon.
Romania: roe deer, red deer, wild boar, mufflon.
Bulgaria: (moose) roe deer, red deer, wild boar, mufflon.
Greece: deer, wild boar, chamois, livestock.
Yugoslavia: deer, wild boar, chamois, livestock.
Albania: unknown.
Hungary: unknown.
Italy: garbage, livestock.
Spain: livestock, roe deer, wild boar.
Portugal: livestock, roe deer, wild boar.
Central Europe: Extinct. Main prey was: livestock, red deer, roe deer, chamois, wild boar.

TED TURNER: GLOBAL WARMING WILL LEAD TO CANNIBALISM

From Media Research Center.

"1. Turner: Iraqi Insurgents 'Patriots,' Warming Inaction: Cannibalism
Interviewed Tuesday for Charlie Rose's PBS show, CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming "will be catastrophic" and those who don't die "will be cannibals." He also applied moral equivalence in describing Iraqi insurgents as "patriots" who simply "don't like us because we've invaded their country" and so "if the Iraqis were in Washington, D.C., we'd be doing the same thing."

Look for Turner to come out with an new brand of steak sauce.

TED TURNER, LUTHERANS, METHODISTS UNITED TO FIGHT MALARIA IN AFRICA

Click on post title to read article in this morning's Rocky Mountain News.

"Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," launched a $200 million partnership Tuesday with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria in Africa."

"On Tuesday, Turner's United Nations Foundation, which he started in 1997 with a $1 billion donation, launched the anti-malaria project with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the United Methodist Church."

In 1962, Rachel Carson's book 'Silent Spring' hit the stores and essentially doomed millions of Africans to die from malaria in the future. How could one book seal the fate of so many? Silent Spring, probably the first environmental gospel of junk science, blamed the use of DDT as an insecticide as the reason wild bird eggshells were too thin, among other environmental atrocities. Carson's allegations have since been proven false.

Ted Turner and his United Nations Foundation will vaccinate Africans and probably not reinstitute the use of DDT. The United Nations has been accused of vaccinating women in Africa with vaccines heavily laiden with mercury. Mercury is an accepted preserving agent in most vaccines. We've all have a shot. In Africa the UN vaccines were loaded with dangerous doses of mercury and fertility sterilzation agents. Ted and the churches and the UN will inject their good will into a region where malaria has been ravaging native populations, thanks to one determined and misguided environmentalist; Rachel Carson.

WOLF DEBATE IN EDMUNDTON CANADA

Click on post title to read article.

"What do we stand to lose if Dr. Merrill proceeds? We have a right to know because wolf sterilization will be paid for by your tax dollars (implying your support) for the next five years."

Sharon Mogen, Cochrane

Boy this lady nails it on the head. Research projects supporting researchers and who pays the bill. Sound familiar?

WOMAN RAISES WOLVES IN CANADA: SHE'S ONE OF THE PACK

Click on post title to read this nonsense.

"I'm part of the pack. I can honestly say that. They respect me; there's loyalty there."

FILM: MYSTERY OF THE WOLF

Click on title of this post to read article:

FINNISH FILM: MYSTERY OF THE WOLF
Plot: Young girl rescues two wolf pups from poachers and the fairy tale begins.

HYBRID WOLF DOG RESCUED FROM HORRIBLE CONDITIONS

Click on the title of this post to view a video about a wolf sanctuary in Florida that 'rescued' a wolf hybrid from a home where the animal was neglected. The wolf/hybrid was eating its own feces and drinking sewer water to stay alive. The condition of this animal and the living conditions it was found in speak volumns of the mentality or skewed reality of unfortunate individuals who have some spiritual and self-indulgent conception of owning a 'wolf'. Its not unusal for these New Age dreamers to simply release the wolf/hybrid into the wild...usually near established communities in rural areas. View the video.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK ELK MANAGEMENT PLAN INCLUDES POSSIBLE USE OF WOLVES

Click on post title to read National Park Service pdf document.

Scroll down to page 47. Wolves will migrate from Wyoming...Colorado get ready.
Continue to scroll down, you'll find gems like ranchers will be compensated for livestock losses to wolves by the Defenders of Wildlife.
Wolves will not be allowed to leave the park. Wolves should not eat Bighorn Sheep and Beavers.

Check out Alternative 5 on page 79. Alternative 5 discusses birth control for wolves, vasectomies, and working with the Fish and Wildlife Service to learn how to deal with wolves.

Nature Conservancy Mogul Ted Turner Likes Red Meat as Long as it is Green and Produced by his Minions

BLM website lauds The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming:

Land Ownership: The Nature Conservancy owns and operates the Red Canyon Ranch in the center of the canyon. The ranch produces native hay from the meadows on the canyon floor and grazes cattle on both the floor and surrounding slopes. The goal of The Nature Conservancy is to maintain the land in agricultural use and prevent fragmentation of wildlife habitat through subdivision development.

WOLF SANCTUARY SUES COLORADO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Wolf sanctuary sues after Larimer blocks expansion
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 03/05/2008 02:26:59 AM MST


"A sanctuary for discarded wolves and wolf hybrids is suing Larimer County commissioners, claiming they abused their authority when they decided last month to block the facility's expansion.

The suit, which names the commissioners as defendants, was filed Tuesday in Larimer County District Court by W.O.L.F. (Wolves Offered Life and Friendship), which operates the sanctuary in the rugged Rist Canyon area."

WYOMING RESIDENTS KILL WOLVES AFTER DELISTING

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By CHRIS MERRILL
Star-Tribune environment reporter
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 2:06 AM MDT

"LANDER -- At least three wolves were killed by Wyoming residents over the weekend, after the animal was removed from the federal endangered species list."

AMERICAN STUDENT KILLED IN MEXICO: KILLER ESCAPES JAIL, JUDGE SOUGHT

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"Two jail employees are behind bars in Puerto Vallarta in connection with the escape of a man accused of murdering a University of Colorado student, according to a Mexican newspaper.

Siempre Libres reported that 11 public officials, including police and administrative staff, had been detained initially in the investigation into how Alfonso Ramirez Sastre was able to walk out of the jail by swapping clothes with another inmate.

Nine of the officials were released after authorities determined they had nothing to do with the escape, the paper reported.

The Daily Camera in Boulder also reported Monday that a Mexican judge and his secretary were under investigation and that officials were looking for them, according to a prosecutor in Puerto Vallarta."

DURANGO HERALD: CLASSES FOR 'IMMIGRANTS' ON HOW TO DEAL WITH POLICE

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"When stopped on the street, for example, he said they should ask "Why am I being stopped?" and "Am I free to go?" to establish whether police have a "reasonable suspicion" - the legal standard for detaining a person.

If police try to interrogate them, he said they should respectfully decline to answer and, if arrested, ask for a lawyer. If police try to search their house, car or person without a warrant, they should clearly state, "I do not give my permission for a search."