Feds Want Rockies Wolves Back on Endangered List

Poor wolves, always getting a bad rap.  This is good news Amy.

The wolf is without doubt one of the finest of this worlds creatures. Of all the wolf images i have each one captures its grace, elegance & beuty. Allthough each wolf is unique they each have one thing in common, thats the endurance to survive this worlds creulty towards it.

bernard.spratt has contributed a photo to this story.

My photo is from the Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle).

I was lucky enough to see a wolf in the wild, in June, while driving on the AlCan Highway.  I could not get my camera ready in time to take the shot, however.

Great story and photos!  Wolves are my personal favourite animals!  I agree that they should be put back on the endangered species list!  I am also horrified with the legal hunting of Grizzly Bears in B.C. and all the poaching of bears that has been going on for many years!  The grizzly bear has a slow reproductive rate, often producing only 1 to 2 cubs every couple of years!  I am concerned and hope that with a new government after the election (provided that another party leader is elected) I think we will have a greater chance to bring this issue higher up in the priority of the Federal Government because I think that stronger laws have to be enacted to protect our wild animals!

I totally agree - thanks so much for the comment!

This wolf is actually a Mexican Grey wolf but it was being kept at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center while their enclosure was being upgraded at a zoo. They are also an endangered wolf.

kimg2069 has contributed a photo to this story.

Wolves should definitely be placed back on the endangered species list.  They are amazing & beautiful creatures, and my husband and I thoroughly enjoy having the opportunity to observe them in the wild whenever possible.  The photos I have contributed to this story include a grey wolf which is a member of the Druid Peak pack in Yellowstone.  Wolves were reintroduced in this region between 1995-1996 and have flourished since. 

My photo is from Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, MI. Binder Park released a Mexican grey wolf into the wild a few years back and she has had at least one litter of cubs since that I know of, she may have had more.

Writr52 has contributed a photo to this story.

I was for wolf reintroduction but now that the lying environmentalists are moving the goal post now that the agreed upon, recovery has been achieved I now must become an opponent of the wolves and their reintroduction.


I am a wildlife photographer, and nothing I like more than when I get the opportunity to photograph them because wolves are beautiful animals  and I believed until now that Yellowstone was a good place for them but since environmentalists are not people of their word I am going to start shooting for wolf pelts instead of photographic images. Wolves make warm coats and fine wall decorations for the log cabin.


 I love wolves but I love my farming neighbors more.

I wonder how many folks like myself are going to flip from acceptance of wolf reintroduction to opponents because the environmentalists are a bunch of lying SOB’s that don’t keep their word.


Where I live in Idaho a handshake means something but to Earth Justice, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, The Humane Society, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands Project, Western Watersheds Project, and Wildlands Project a handshake don’t mean crap, these ethically challenged, goal post moving, organizations have the integrity equivalent of the lying bastards that signed treaties with the Native American Indians that they never intended to honor.



 Honor now there is a concept.

The beauty of this wolf was very captivating, it was easy to let time pass while watching and following it's every move. Truely beautiful!

seasidedreamer has contributed a photo to this story.

There is nothing immoral about killing animals.

Not being from a nation that has wolves as a natural occurance I would consider their protection to be as awkward as fox preservation is in my own country. They, I assume, cause problems to livestock which alienates one section of the community but balanced against the preservation of one of the national symbols I would fall in favour of preservation...as I would foxes in my own country.
It's too late when you only see them behind cages.

irishwonkafan - www.theshowrooms.net has contributed a photo to this story.

I photographed this  Grey Wolf in KUWAIT ZOO 2008

t_alroumi has contributed a photo to this story.

This European gray wolf Canis lupus lupus was photographed around February 10, 2007 at an animal enclosure in Haifa Israel by Richard Francis from Reno, Nevada. The North American gray wolf is a descendant. Likewise, both gray wolf species are decedents from the American red wolf.

greatbasintours has contributed a photo to this story.

The Vortessence has contributed a photo to this story.

A group of gray wolves, Canis lupus, rally together.

Photograph by Jim Dutcher.

Feel free to stop by NGC's website for this and many other breath-taking photos.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/

This photo of a Gray Wolf and Pup was taken at Yellowstone National Park in July 2007. It was quite a sight to watch them come down the hill and walk along the river.

Thatcher has contributed a photo to this story.

Yes the wolves in the wild need protection !!! 

This grey wolf, the essence of wildness, is protected within Yellowstone National Park. Yet when she steps one foot over the boundary she can be hunted and shot. My understanding was that under previous protection, the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife was willing to pay ranchers for stock lost to wolves.

jeffrybarnes has contributed a photo to this story.

I have been photographing wildlife passionately for around 15 years now. I have around 5,000 slides still waiting to be organized and filed prior to getting into the digital field. I was shooting with a Nikon F5 prior to purchasing my Nikon D2X.

kenbeard60 has contributed a photo to this story.

I had always been a proponent of their cause, but once I saw the wolves in the wild I realized that we need to do everything we can to protect them and assure their survival. They are a natural treasure, andone that Americans should be proud to protect!

Laura Travels has contributed a photo to this story.