Month: July 2015

I'm sharing this article because it contains scientific evidence regarding wolf pack dynamics.  _________________________________________________________________________________ Date: May 18, 2015 Source:Penn State Summary: Gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park have given researchers the first scientific evidence from wild mammals that living in a group can lessen the impacts of a chronic disease. The research also is one …

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I'm sharring James Rowen's recent blog because I've been saying all along these government wildlife agencies have no interests in wildlife other than killing them.  FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 WI DNR barred staff wolf experts from in-state conference by James Rowen I'd posted notices on this blog about a non-partisan, broadly-based wolf and conservation conference …

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The author of a new book also says that animals can feel empathy, like the humpback whale that rescued a seal. By Simon Worrall PUBLISHED JULY 15, 2015 Source http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150714-animal-dog-thinking-feelings-brain-science/#    Do animals feel empathy? Does an elephant have consciousness? Can a dog plan ahead? These are some of the questions that award-winning environmental writer Carl …

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I spoke to an ex hound hunter who told me he witnessed bear hound hunters push their hounds to kill a fully grown black bear in the north woods of WI. Is this the new "American exceptionalism" for hunters to torture wildlife as government agencies have embraced?  Bear hunters are in the north woods of …

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   The following is what Maine International Film Festival is saying about this made in Minnesota film. "In this beautiful and important documentary, filmmaker Julia Huffman travels to Minnesota and into wolf country to pursue the deep intrinsic value of perhaps the most unjustly maligned animal on the face of the planet." "Medicine of the …

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   This Independence Day, July 4Th 2015 it's become a full time job to #KeepWolvesListed.... Why? Our founding fathers had much more in mind for this nation but unfortunately, in today's modern world of politics the principles of a free democracy have fallen by the wayside.  Did you know that citizens are underrepresented in congress?  …

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Take Action Now Wolves are under assault in the guise of an interior appropriations bill with a rider that calls for delisting wolves. There are also several anti wolf bills in congress to this date. "The judicial branch exists to provide oversight and review of our nation’s laws, and the idea that this Republican appropriations bill …

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