Colorado wolf dies during capture-and-collar

[taskswap]

Adult wolf dies in northwest Colorado during capture-and-collaring operation

CPW officials decided Tuesday to pause wolf capture operations while the agency evaluates the death.

www.themorningsun.com

We've all been back and forth on the topic and I'm not trying to restart that, although I do suspect some of y'all are actually keeping count.

But I had another thought. Kind of a dark one, but still... Has it occurred to anybody that attempting to enact this misguided policy to reintroduce wolves to CO has actually resulted in a non-trivial number of wolf deaths? I think they're over 50% now.

 

[sndmn11]

Yes. Things got kidnapped, dropped off in a poor environment, and keep getting yeeted.

There's a lot of irony in that.

 

[taskswap]

Honestly? To the extent one can feel bad for a wolf, I kind of do. I mean, they do what they've evolved to do, and even thought we don't appreciate it, they're really good at it. But suddenly instead of chasing fawns across a range that was their home, a batch are kidnapped and dropped off in the middle of a place they don't know and where they aren't wanted. If I was a wolf I'd be pissed.

"You're f-ing up my life because you need to hit some arbitrary quota that wait... wait... you decided this HOW...?"

 

[spike camp]

Bye Felicia