The conflict over the reintroduction of wolves in Colorado 

for not having a dog in the fight you are very opiniated and very wrong. Everywhere the US F&ws has forced these super predators it has been an utter failure. Wyoming, Idaho and Montana big game herds and are decimated everywhere they have been placed. Live stock are continually killed in winter and no the ranchers are not being Compensated ( Gittleson Walden) fairly or as promised. The introed wolves have so far a total failure and still they have been introduced. And the ballot may have passed but by less than 30 k voters out of 5.9 million and thats not real story either.

Show me the management.

the Grizzlies lasted longer than the wolves last time, Colorado's last Grizzly was killed in the San Juan Mountains in 1979

I don't think we should bring back anything

@@BroncosCountry58 Why do you not like having balanced ecosystems?

@Redstoneprime316 If we brought back Wolves and Grizzlies it would DECIMATE the Ecosystem, all the Moose would die and our deer and elk populations would dwindle

@@BroncosCountry58They're NATIVE. Not sure why you claim wolves and grizzlies are invasive species.

they still have the same mentality as the people who wiped out the wolves here in the east in the 1900's

​@@Pisto_Autoborbothey were not Canadian Grey that got wiped out they were timber wolves . Bucket biology of Canadian Grey's does not fix that .

People only care that it affects them directly . It doesn’t allow them to realize that this is nature and that’s how shyt works . They rather the wolves be extinct than messed with their farm life. Now that’s laughable.

The predators will come into your yard and snatch muffy right in front of you trying to pee. I am first nations and still don't agree with this. Bears are bad enough.

comes with living on the land. you don't like it? move to the city

@Hunter the problem is you as we are in the city. Stop telling us Indians to move we've already did that enough. Mind your own business child.

This sentiment is odd since the lack of wolves caused a huge increase in the coyote population across the country and coyotes love killing cats and dogs and calves. Also odd since I assume if the wolves had never been wiped out we wouldn't be saying we need to eradicate them to protect mr fluffles just like we aren't trying to eradicate coyotes, cougars, and bears.

​@@potatogrower7897keeping predators in check does not constitute eradicating them but keep up your false narratives and screaming from the roof top hysterically .

That's what happen when a state is infested by liberals.

They get to vote them back but it effects people away from them, so so stupid

I don’t know where you are getting your numbers but The statewide elk objective is 92,138 animals. The Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks estimates there were 170,000 elk in Montana in 2020. Montana law requires that FWP manage elk populations in a way that reaches sustainable population objectives. For over a decade they’ve failed to meet that statutory requirement.

​@@djc9727yep and thise illegally introduced wolves do nothing to change that because the elk just moved to the valley floor around populated areas and now we have elk living in town. Nice try at deflecting from reality.

@@RLD454C I didn’t reflect anything. The person said that Montana didn’t have any deer and elk left because of wolves. Which is absolutely wrong. Montana before hunting season has more then double the legal limit of elk allowed by the state. In Colorado we always have the problem when the snow gets deep or really cold of elk coming into town especially in Rifle. Do you feed them or not become a big issue. Trying to keep mule deer out of your yard in winter is impossible. Oh by the way Montana could support more elk but the ranchers and farmers don’t like the grazing competition from elk.

Theirs huge ranches and feedyards in states where wolves are already at. They still hunt wildlife just fine

I would love to add to the conversation that for cattle ranchers; employing Texas longhorn cattle with their supposed circle herding defense should be used as a naturally formidable defense against wolves. The story goes that Texas Longhorns developed like that as a defense against predators when they were feral until after the Civil War and the legend of the Chisholm Trail. A natural example of this pray and predator dynamic is muskoxen versus arctic wolves where muskoxen do the same type of circle herding defense with a natural hard hat and sharp horns that can injure and kill the wolves. It may be illegal to harm protected species, yet it is the natural dynamic that the wolves would have developed in conjunction with. In the revolutionary arms races. The other natural ecological defense is to use giant condensed herds that graze over large territories like the Buffalo herds of once upon a time, and the African savanna. I intend to bring this up at the California Woolf center close to my San Diego home that is helping out the endangered Mexican wolves. This same dynamic of protected wolves versus ranchers is also playing out in Arizona and New Mexico.

NOT TRUE

You are correct , I live in Montana and have personally seen the damage these Canadian wolves do . If it such a good idea how come the feds had to deceive the citizens of Montana when they snuck them into t state in the late 80s and the lied about it .

@@RLD454C They aren’t causing any damage to the ecosystem. Only invasive species do that.

S.S.S

Welcome to Democrat policies

@@davidmore190 ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY correct

@@555125kevin But the Endangered Species Act, the act preventing you from killing those animals, was created by a republican president. So not sure what you mean? Get your feet on the ground before running your mouth

​@@davidmore190 Poaching you mean. Too few hunters with sense behind their gun anymore. The wolf argument has brought out the worst in you, and the worst is all people will ever see until you prove them otherwise... but I doubt it

Stop the cap

Always use a snare when dealing with a non native wolf species

Hey freakshow! Wolves ARE native but they haven't been seen 80 years ago

@@lawabidingcitizen6377 Guns are more humane when dealing with invasive species. And these wolves don’t need any killing.

@@Redstoneprime316 guns leave traces.

Fact

Are you a rancher? Do you know how ranches work?

Annie I have a wild guess that you have never really been on or worked on a ranch. It may be a big area than the box you live in.

@Pisto_Autoborbo not a fact

😂 keep telling yourself that , you really are clueless about wolves and large predators . Educate yourself princess

Thats extremely expensive and not plausible for most farmers

Are you oblivious to where you're food comes from! And if you want more wildlife, you do know that the wolves are going to destroy the moose population completely

lmfao wow youre really uneducated af@@BroncosCountry58

@@BroncosCountry58 Don't you know food comes from the supermarket duh (sarcasm) This is where ideology and reality meets. Dumb twits sitting miles away until affects them the they want to cry. We have a development here in South Africa that is built inside a wildlife area. The rules are very strict as to not disturb the wildlife as far as possible i.e. no street lights etc. This is very high end and people pay millions to buy and build there. Now comes the catch. These people moved into this wildlife area, build their multi million house and then nature (Carakal) eats their precious pet cat and they are upset about it and something needs to be done. The voting should have been done, by the people who would have been affected by it.

⁠​⁠@@BroncosCountry58they arent gonna destroy the moose population they will manage it

@@cloudwolf4 they are gonna kill them all what do you mean?

They are allowed to hunt them

​@@aj3198not to extinction