As a hunter, I'm glad the wolves are doing good, it brings the whole ecosystem back into balance, I know alot of idiots are gonna cry thinking they won't get to hunt as many deer, but with the deer population in balance naturally, we won't be seeing so many hit and killed all over the sides of the highway or decimated crops, but for all the people mad and crying about the wolves being back where they belong, go cry us a river, we need the moisture
Otherwise, as I saw on a video regarding deer over population in the mid west and northeast, and from seeing a US history series about the frontiersman; ecological solutions to deer overpopulation is either a well regulated and organized deer hunting industry where we humans be the Apex predators hunting deer meat and using their pelts, or of course re-introducing naturally committed, carnivorous Apex predators like mountain lions and wolf packs.
This is great news. We aren't hearing about issues with ranchers or famers either, so the wolves must be sticking to non domestic animals for their survival. Very recently there was a documented new male Jaguar sighting in AZ and he looked large and healthy. Since the reintroduction of Mexican Wolves has gone pretty well, maybe the AZGFD can help bring moreJaguars back into AZ?
Could you explain the cross-fostering? Do you take puppies from a mother in captivity and put them in a den in the wild where you know there's a wild mother wolf with puppies? How come the puppies will not be killed by the alpha pair? Great job anyway! 👏
Biggest waste of resources and money. Arizona and federal government have spent about 1 1/2 million dollars per wolf. Hunters and ranchers don’t want these wolves around. Just a waste.
A great video with a great story! Really delighted to know that the numbers have grown and that the wolves are flourishing 🥰 Great job to the entire team and those ranchers who are decent minded people.
Deer populations have suffered greatly since the Babbitt wolves were pushed into Units 1 and 27. At least the spotted owl lie was resolved after a couple decades but the deer population in East Central Arizona will never recover to the numbers previously enjoyed by hunters from Arizona and all over the country.
