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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 588512" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>If I'm wrong on this species of wolf then my apologies. The PBS show I watched on the introduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park led me to believe wolves had historically been present in Yellowstone. I heard no mention of these introduced wolves being non-native, analogous to an invasive species. That practice is universally resisted by USFW Service in Alaska and everywhere else I've read about. </p><p></p><p>So what became of the western wolves? I have always read and believed they were exterminated. Is there a reason those original western plains wolves were not re-introduced? Are they extinct? Is the timber wolf the closest viable genetic relative to the wolves that used to inhabit the west? I expect the answer to my questions are that the timber wolf or grey wolf is the closest available match to the specific sub-species of wolf that originally lived out west, and that's why the USF&W Service chose to re-establish the area with this species of wolf. If a viable population of the exact sub-species of wolf that used to inhabit the western states was available, USF&W Service would surely have transplanted that same sub-species of wolf back into the same geographical areas they used to inhabit. Bacause that has always been their policy, to my understanding. Which leads me back to, the wolves that originally inhabited the area were virtually exterminated such that transplanting them back into their homeland wasn't a viable option. So if there's an expert on the sub-species of wolves posting here, I'm all ears to be educated on the finer points of the sub-species of wolves, those exterminated and extinct, and those surviving.</p><p></p><p>If other members think this Post constitutes fighting, then that's by their own definition and choice.</p><p></p><p>My opinion is that if the organized hunting community unites behind the stated policy that wolves should be exterminated from the country that they historically inhabited because the big game species in those areas should be prioritized for the exclusive use of hunters, that hunters will damage their cause more than they'll help it. Alaska is about as pro-hunting as it gets, yet such a policy would never prevail - not even up here. You've got the ranchers that might join the cause to rid the land of wolves, but you've also got a lot of non-hunters that use public lands. And on any Federal Lands, you've got the input of citizens from every other State in the country that sound in with fully equal affect as those residents within the States that the Federal Lands are located within.</p><p></p><p>Anybody ever heard of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge located north of Alaska's Brooks Range? Alaska has no control over whether or not oil is ever developed in ANWR. All Federally owned land.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 588512, member: 4191"] If I'm wrong on this species of wolf then my apologies. The PBS show I watched on the introduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park led me to believe wolves had historically been present in Yellowstone. I heard no mention of these introduced wolves being non-native, analogous to an invasive species. That practice is universally resisted by USFW Service in Alaska and everywhere else I've read about. So what became of the western wolves? I have always read and believed they were exterminated. Is there a reason those original western plains wolves were not re-introduced? Are they extinct? Is the timber wolf the closest viable genetic relative to the wolves that used to inhabit the west? I expect the answer to my questions are that the timber wolf or grey wolf is the closest available match to the specific sub-species of wolf that originally lived out west, and that's why the USF&W Service chose to re-establish the area with this species of wolf. If a viable population of the exact sub-species of wolf that used to inhabit the western states was available, USF&W Service would surely have transplanted that same sub-species of wolf back into the same geographical areas they used to inhabit. Bacause that has always been their policy, to my understanding. Which leads me back to, the wolves that originally inhabited the area were virtually exterminated such that transplanting them back into their homeland wasn't a viable option. So if there's an expert on the sub-species of wolves posting here, I'm all ears to be educated on the finer points of the sub-species of wolves, those exterminated and extinct, and those surviving. If other members think this Post constitutes fighting, then that's by their own definition and choice. My opinion is that if the organized hunting community unites behind the stated policy that wolves should be exterminated from the country that they historically inhabited because the big game species in those areas should be prioritized for the exclusive use of hunters, that hunters will damage their cause more than they'll help it. Alaska is about as pro-hunting as it gets, yet such a policy would never prevail - not even up here. You've got the ranchers that might join the cause to rid the land of wolves, but you've also got a lot of non-hunters that use public lands. And on any Federal Lands, you've got the input of citizens from every other State in the country that sound in with fully equal affect as those residents within the States that the Federal Lands are located within. Anybody ever heard of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge located north of Alaska's Brooks Range? Alaska has no control over whether or not oil is ever developed in ANWR. All Federally owned land. [/QUOTE]
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