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G_j

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Wed Dec 12, 2012, 01:16 PM Dec 2012

Mourning an Alpha Female [View all]

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/mourning-an-alpha-female/

December 10, 2012,

Mourning an Alpha Female

By NATE SCHWEBER

As I reported on Sunday in The Times, Yellowstone National Park’s best-known wolf was shot and killed last week outside the park’s borders. A large gray alpha female known as 832F, she had been fitted by researchers with a GPS collar that allowed them to track her movements.

The wolf wowed scientists and tourists alike with her size and a strength so great that she could “take down animals on her own,” said Daniel Stahler, a park wildlife biologist.

She also led the pack in Yellowstone’s northeastern Lamar Valley, an area rich in bison and elk that has a road offering vantage points for wildlife watchers equipped with cameras and spotting scopes. The Lamar Canyon pack could be counted on to roam the valley near dawn and dusk, allowing scientists and tourists to observe wolf behavior at a level of detail rarely seen outside National Geographic specials.

(Wolf 832F, named thus by the park biologists who collared her, has also been known to wolf watchers as 06 — oh-six — because 2006 was her birth year.)

Marc Cooke, a member of the advocacy group Wolves of the Rockies, said he was moved by the way that 832F had cared for her pups, bringing them food and snarling ferociously at any animals that posed a threat to them.


“She was an amazing mother,” Mr. Cooke said. “When I heard she died, I felt like I lost a family member.”

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021946313


Another collared, and very famous Yellowstone wolf killed in Wyoming’s hunt





http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2012/12/07/yet-another-collared-and-very-famous-yellowstone-wolf-killed-in-wyomings-hunt/



Briefly noted wildlife news stories. Dec. 5, 2012..

Yet another collared, and very famous Yellowstone wolf killed in Wyoming’s hunt.

By Ken Cole On December 7, 2012 ·

Wolf “06?, the alpha female of the Yellowstone’s Lamar Canyon Pack has been shot in Wyoming by a hunter.

Wolf “06? was probably the most famous wolf in Yellowstone and had been viewed by thousands of Park visitors. She was also part of the ongoing study of wolves that has been conducted in Yellowstone since the time they were reintroduced in 1995. So far there have been 8 collared Yellowstone wolves killed this year and an unknown number of uncollared Yellowstone wolves have likely been killed as well.

The ongoing study of wolves and their interactions with other species is responsible for the huge amount of information gained since the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone and Central Idaho. The number of collared wolves lost to the hunt in the surrounding parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming could only be described as crippling to understanding the role that wolves play in the ecosystem. The wolves in Yellowstone also draw millions of tourist dollars to the area each year.

Several conservation groups have petitioned to ask that a buffer zone be created around Yellowstone National Park so that wolves that primarily use Yellowstone National Park have some level of protection when they move out of its boundaries.



A Conservation Icon in the Crosshairs
http://www.defendersblog.org/2012/12/conservation-icon-in-the-crosshairs/

It's just unfair. Hunters and outfitters are picking off the wolves of Yellowstone National Park. Call upon officials to create a buffer zone to protect them: http://wg.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=10181.0

Reform the Federal Wildlife-Killing Program

Urge Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reform Wildlife Services from the federal government's top wildlife killers to a program that can truly resolve wildlife conflicts.

http://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2443&fb_action_ids=4602717198872&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
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http://www.wolfcenter.org/pdf/Benerfits-Wolves.pdf
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It's heart breaking. The cruelty of the human species. sinkingfeeling Dec 2012 #1
Senseless slaughter of a beautiful animal. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #2
Let's call it what it is ~ senseless murder. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #3
This notion of "hunting" is cruel Beringia Dec 2012 #4
Senseless seasons on animals doesn’t justify hunting G_j Dec 2012 #5
A tale about this wolf and 2naSalit Dec 2012 #6
Thank YOU!!! G_j Dec 2012 #19
Headed for a wall? Mash the accelerator! n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #7
The heaven05 Dec 2012 #8
Can't read these stories. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #9
I hunt Deer, and would be willing to hunt Elk. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #10
What those silly old commercials said was, in reality, very true: maddiemom Dec 2012 #11
Exactly. Usually, we can only tell the unintended consequences AFTER whatever the thing AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #12
Maybe. 2naSalit Dec 2012 #13
ALL of them?! AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #14
Yup. 2naSalit Dec 2012 #17
Son of a bitch... Hayabusa Dec 2012 #20
Yes and no. 2naSalit Dec 2012 #22
Thanks for the info Hayabusa Dec 2012 #23
YVW 2naSalit Dec 2012 #24
I mourn the loss Hydra Dec 2012 #15
:( Solly Mack Dec 2012 #16
Fvcking bastards. Doremus Dec 2012 #18
Our own double standards are astounding .... we love srican69 Dec 2012 #21
I respect wolves tabasco Dec 2012 #25
Back in the mid to late eighties, there was a popular documentary. maddiemom Dec 2012 #26
Cry Wolf? maddiemom Dec 2012 #27
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