ihookum- around hayward, there are MORE WOLF TRACKS THAN DEER TRACKS. go out in the first 24 hours after a fresh snow and see for yourself. crazy.
1st, I didn't realize you were all knowing on the subject and your opinions superceed Wisconsins reported data. If you have better stats and feel the numbers are way off produce them. Otherwise these are the stats.
baloney. these are the bogus stats the dnr puts out there. practically no one who lives in the area agrees with the findings.
2nd, lets try respect for each others individual opinions. you don't have to agree , just respect. I would have expected better etiquette from a board moderator.
respect you advocating the continued destruction of the natural resources, ecological balance, and public safety? highly unlikely. get off your high horse with you 'board moderator' jab, i am entitled to my opinion and to voice it.
3rd, I don't have to physically live in Wisconsin to read, absorb, digest, educate myself, and formulate my own opinion regarding subjects such as the reintroduction of wolves, polar bears or any other species regarding wildlife management, so I can share my opinion rather than just "yap" about it as you so put it..
the problem is, you are accepting bogus information as fact to formulate said opinion. which, puts you dead center in lalaland. which means, you are YAPPING about something without having the facts.
furthermore, your theories are dead wrong. no one in washington (national issue) has a clue as to what the real facts are nor do they care. coyotes and wolves do not breed. where you got that one i have no clue. so put down your book, and take yourself into the areas affected by the federal government sticking their noses where they dont belong. quit spewing theory and get the facts from people that live in affected areas. moreover, if you think they are so great, put them in YOUR backyard and not mine. people like you are short sighted and dont give a damn that other people have to deal with the results.
Hmm where should I begin ///
1. Here's one source .. THERE ARE MANY MANY MORE.
2. Still waiting for you to direct us to more scientific population stats.
3. Wolves are an Apex hunter - Reintroduction with controlled and moderated populations help strengthen and create
a more balanced wildlife ecology keeping lesser species prey numbers in check. (not destruction)
4. I own a farm and live in an area with an over abundant population of coyotes and and coy dogs now.
I consider them more trouble than any controlled population of wolves ever could be.
5. I have read numerous postings by you on many various subjects. For the most part are just rude.
you spout your opinions as
True fact and belittle anyone who challenges your thoughts.
yet when solicited to produce substantive evidence to back up your opinionated claims you never do.
6. So basically you are just white noise and the one yapping on subjects you don't have a clue about.
Overtime visiting this board I have managed to easily tune you out.
Interspecific hybridization
A Coyote-German Shepherd hybrid
Coyotes will sometimes mate with domestic dogs, usually in areas like Texas and Oklahoma where the coyotes are plentiful and the breeding season is extended because of the warm weather. The resulting hybrids, called coydogs, maintain the
coyote's predatory nature, along with the
dog's lack of timidity toward humans, making them a
more serious threat to livestock than pure-blooded animals. This cross-breeding has the added effect of confusing the breeding cycle. Coyotes usually breed only once a year, while coydogs will breed year-round, producing many more pups than a wild coyote. Differences in the ears and tail are generally what can be used to distinguish coydogs from domestic/feral dogs or pure coyotes. Breeding experiments in Germany with poodles, coyotes, and later on with the resulting dog-coyote hybrids showed that unlike wolfdogs,
coydogs show a decrease in fertility, significant communication problems as well as an increase of genetic diseases after three generations of interbreeding.
Coyotes have also been known on occasion to mate with wolves, though this is less common than with dogs due to the wolf's hostility to the coyote. The offspring, known as a coywolf, is generally intermediate in size to both parents, being larger than a pure coyote, but smaller than a pure wolf.
A study showed that of 100 coyotes collected in Maine, 22 had half or more wolf ancestry, and one was 89 percent wolf. The large eastern coyotes in Canada are actually hybrids of the smaller western coyotes and wolves that met and mated decades ago as the coyotes moved toward New England from their earlier western ranges.
The Red Wolf is thought by certain scientists to be in fact a wolf/coyote hybrid rather than a unique species.
Strong evidence for hybridization was found through genetic testing, which showed that red wolves have only 5% of their alleles unique from either Gray Wolves or coyotes. Genetic distance calculations have indicated that red wolves are intermediate between coyotes and Gray Wolves,
and that they bear great similarity to wolf/coyote hybrids in southern Quebec and Minnesota. ____________________________________
It is a fact that documented wolf populations exist in Quebec just sixty miles from New York and seventy five miles from Maine.
It is a fact that a 67 pound, black female wolf was shot and killed in northern Maine in August 1993.
It is a fact that an 81 pound male wolflike canid was trapped and killed in eastern Maine in November 1996. This animal is undergoing more modern and sophisticated DNA analyses in an attempt to determine its identity and origin.
It is a fact that an 85 pound male wolf was shot and killed in New York's Adirondack Mountains in December 2001. DNA analysis of this animal showed that the animal likely originated from the Great Lakes region.
It is a fact that an 85 pound wolf was killed by a trapper in Quebec's Eastern Townships some 20-30 miles from the U.S. border in January 2002. Its DNA was analyzed and it was confirmed to be a wolf by Quebec wildlife authorities.
It is a fact In January 2005, trapper Yves Jette of La Patrie, Quebec caught and killed a seventy two pound canid north of Parmachenee Twp. some ten miles from the Maine/New Hampshire border.
It is a fact Viable wolf populations occur in southern Quebec’s Papineau Labelle Reserve just sixty miles north of Massena, New York. Several years ago an ear tagged wolf from Papineau Labelle was killed on Mount Sainte Anne, several hundred miles to the east. Recent measures by the Province of Ontario to protect wolves in and around Algonquin park may promote dispersal of wolves farther and farther from the park in search of unoccupied
wolf territories and suitable habitat, both of which are in abundance in northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.It is a fact The coyote population in Maine is an estimated 12-16,000 animals. Studies in Yellowstone have indicated that within two years, with the presence of wolves,
coyote populations decreased by approximately 50% until a balance was reached.Wolves strengthen the biodiversity of a region by bringing into balance species with large populations and bolstering species under stress. Wolf kills provide food for scavengers like bears, ravens, and eagles. Fewer coyotes means more rodents for smaller predators. Plant species flourish with fewer large ungulates overgrazing plants and small trees.
