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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 588526" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>I did read the majority of the article in this link. It confirmed that USF&W policy is to introduce native species. In fact, it states that introduction of a non-native species is against existing law. Which leads me to believe this specific point can be argued back and forth until the air turns blue. If USF&W Service is legally prohibited from introducing non-native species into any area, then clearly they felt the wolves they introduced out west were a native species. No? </p><p></p><p>I'm aware that coyotes in different parts of the country look different. Different sizes, different colors. Same with brown bears versus grizzly bears in Alaska and coastal Canada. Animals do evolve over time to a genetic strain that best enables their survival in the geographical region they live in. I'm tending to believe we're talking the same thing here with wolves. Even within the geographical area of Alaska wolves occur with differing coloration in different areas of the State. They also hang in differing pack sizes in different areas of Alaska, dependent upon whether their primary prey species is the relatively small blacktail deer in Southeast Alaska, huge Alaskan moose in SouthCentral Alaska, or caribou in other areas of the State.</p><p></p><p>Wolves have throughout American history, generated a love-hate relationship. Mostly the hate relationship. Thus the emotionally charged responses coming forward in this Thread. I suspect the subspecies argument must have been assessed and made prior to transplant of these wolves into the western States. And it's apparently an ongoing source of discussion and disagreement. This is analogous to opposing attorneys. They each hire their expert witnesses, who to no one's surprise, interpret the facts in the manner their clients prefer. </p><p></p><p>The anti-wolf comments evoked here come as no surprise. The political fight over the wolf in the western States will continue for a while. And then eventually the politics will settle into a wildlife management policy that pleases neither extreme fully, but is tolerated by the majority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 588526, member: 4191"] I did read the majority of the article in this link. It confirmed that USF&W policy is to introduce native species. In fact, it states that introduction of a non-native species is against existing law. Which leads me to believe this specific point can be argued back and forth until the air turns blue. If USF&W Service is legally prohibited from introducing non-native species into any area, then clearly they felt the wolves they introduced out west were a native species. No? I'm aware that coyotes in different parts of the country look different. Different sizes, different colors. Same with brown bears versus grizzly bears in Alaska and coastal Canada. Animals do evolve over time to a genetic strain that best enables their survival in the geographical region they live in. I'm tending to believe we're talking the same thing here with wolves. Even within the geographical area of Alaska wolves occur with differing coloration in different areas of the State. They also hang in differing pack sizes in different areas of Alaska, dependent upon whether their primary prey species is the relatively small blacktail deer in Southeast Alaska, huge Alaskan moose in SouthCentral Alaska, or caribou in other areas of the State. Wolves have throughout American history, generated a love-hate relationship. Mostly the hate relationship. Thus the emotionally charged responses coming forward in this Thread. I suspect the subspecies argument must have been assessed and made prior to transplant of these wolves into the western States. And it's apparently an ongoing source of discussion and disagreement. This is analogous to opposing attorneys. They each hire their expert witnesses, who to no one's surprise, interpret the facts in the manner their clients prefer. The anti-wolf comments evoked here come as no surprise. The political fight over the wolf in the western States will continue for a while. And then eventually the politics will settle into a wildlife management policy that pleases neither extreme fully, but is tolerated by the majority. [/QUOTE]
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