Just came across this footage of Gray Wolves being released into the Colorado Rocky Mountains* this week.
There is no sound, but just the look in their eyes and the spring in their step is enough! The darker grey/black ones are stunning. Beautiful animals! #Colorado#Wildfire#Wolves
*They were relocated from Oregon in an effort to reestablish a sustainable population in Colorado.
Here's a re-colored version of my wolf art, this time in more neutral tones. I sometimes saw wolves where I used to live and let me tell you, it was always a huge thrill!
Great news! The reintroduction of #wolves to #Colorado will continue as planned after Friends of Animals, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and other animal advocacy groups thwarted the meat industry’s desperate last-ditch lawsuit to block the underway plan. friendsofanimals.org/foa-intervenes…
Wolves, with their widespread distribution from North America to Eurasia, are ecologically vital as keystone species, playing a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems by regulating prey populations. Their influence extends to increasing biodiversity and reshaping landscapes, thus fostering more robust and diverse natural environments.
The newest edition of @augurmag is officially out. My story “Wolf Mother” is in it. Here are the opening sentences. You’ll have to get a copy to read the rest! “Long lean legs, a tongue dripping with hot saliva, tail held arrow straight. The timber wolf stands at the edge of the trees almost, but not quite, hidden from me by the penumbral pines. She is grey, white, and black, the colours of snow in shadows, her legs planted as firmly as the trees behind her. She pants, but not from the heat.” https://www.augurmag.com#SpeculativeFiction#Fairytale#wolf@indigenousauthors#Wolves#LittleRedRidingHood#AuthorsOfMastodon#CanLit
"Maintaining healthy populations of just nine key wild species (or groups of species) – including elephants and wolves, but also wildebeest, musk ox and bison, as well as marine fish, whales, sharks and sea otters – can play a vital role in controlling the carbon cycle on land and sea."
The State of Idaho has recently approved an outrageous plan to pay private contractors to kill unlimited numbers of wolves through some of the most offensive methods.
Please join me in telling US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to protect Idaho's wolves from aerial slaughter.
Absolutely not hating on Ange-ball, but there's something not quite right about our execution. We absolutely dominated possession, made more passes than I've had hot dinners, but managed two shots on goal the whole game. And whenever we lose the ball there's this lunatic rush to win it back, which inevitably yields fouls and yellow cards. There are times when it's OK to let the oppo have the ball for a bit. Maybe #Wolves aren't the sort you want to have it, but still...
>>> In a statement, Rogers explained that more fencing probably isn’t the solution, and says that managers must instead try to control the population of grazing animals... "Although the fencing strategy is well-intentioned, we'll ultimately need to address the underlying problems of too many browsing deer and cattle on this landscape."
Reading about #rewilding in the U.K. Take it from a Swede: you don't want to reintroduce #wolves. You really don't. I don't think there's a greater divide between city folks and those who have to live with the constant fear of having to mercy kill dozens of sheep etc because a wolf has gone berserk. A wolf does not kill just what it needs to eat that day. City folks have such strong opinions on something they don't have to live with. (Ps. I used to be one of those city folks, and I'm sorry for my ignorance back then.)