Sublette County Sheriff K.C. Lehr has received more than 7,000 emails about a Wyoming man who reportedly captured and tormented a wolf before killing it, he told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
Some of those are threats.
Lehr said people in his office, as well as Sublette County and Wyoming Game and Fish Department personnel, have been receiving threats — including death threats — stemming from Daniel, Wyoming, man Cody Roberts’ reported capture, torment and killing of a wild wolf in late February.
I believe wolves are endangered in the wild though, aren’t they?
They’re not in danger of extinction.
Not that it makes it right but their populations are stable enough that hunting doesn’t threaten them. Especially with protected reserves to serve as sanctuaries - like Yellowstone.
I’m going to need a source for such a bold claim. And details of where you are talking about (as wolves are extinct in my area)
Details of where I’m talking about we’re already included in the context of the original comment and my reply mentioning Yellowstone. We’re talking the American West.
Here’s proof - https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolf-restoration.htm
Interesting article but it doesn’t provide any proof that wolves are not in danger of going extinct again. In fact it suggests the opposite where several states have had to list them again. From what I see, it was lobbying from those who stand to gain from not protecting them that got them delisted in a number of circumstances. I can’t prove that but the fact that in areas where they relaxed protections the numbers got low enough to list them again goes in the face of your argument.
At some point there is a line drawn in the sand that “xyz” means they are no longer in danger of going extinct. It may just be a text book definition but thats what the person is showing you. You can disagree and say “it suggests the opposite” or it doesn’t provide proof, but that take can be applied to anything.
We can say humans are going to be going extinct because of the climate crisis. While a valid concern it may not meet the text book definition of going extinct so we are not on the list.
Dis this man they can’t be added back later? No of course not. But at this point in time whoever makes up the rules think they meet the criteria for being labeled a recovering population.
Yellowstone is a federal park that has federal rules protecting them.
States can bitch and moan all they want but there is a massive reserve dedicated to keeping them alive and their population in that reserve is not at any risk of going extinct.
By your logic (IE they could be killed off) - everything is always in danger of going extinct because not immortal and omnipotent creatures outside of the realm of human influence.
that’s great news, actually. but even if they weren’t endangered, still no excuse for torturing the animal before killing it.
This wouldn’t even be news if that piece of shit had just killed her cleanly like a normal functioning human that’s capable of even a drop of empathy. The fact that he hurt and tortured a wolf pup like this is what’s most revolting to me. I also hate that there are really no consequences for torturing wildlife apparently? That’s weird. There definitely should be. Civilized society should penalize any form of torture because nobody worth anything wants to do that.
They’ve had to be reintroduced in some areas because they were killed off.
I think there’s a term for that but I’m not sure what exactly it is.
An animal’s population is counted as distinct between the wild groups and the groups in reserves and captivity. So I think it’s correct to say that they are endangered in the wild.
Extirpated.
Depends on the area.