Seriously? Feds to shoot one of 58 endangered Mexican wolves left in wild

The new scorecard for the FWS recovery effort: 58 Mexican wolves in wild. Agents killed 13 on purpose, 18 by accident and let another 43 get killed illegally. Oh, and zero new wolves released since 2007.

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Ted Turner's NM ranch helps prairie dogs, bison & endangered ferrets

You can stay with the chatty prairie dogs studied on Wild Kingdom at Ted Turner’s Vermejo Park Ranch in NM. Bonus species: elk, pronghorn, black bear and black-footed ferret.

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GOP tries to make lizard the new spotted owl

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Oil companies and their republicans claim protecting the 5,000 aces whee the dunes sagebrush survives will wipe out the NM economy.

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Mexican wolves get good news, but is it enough to turn the species around?

Mexican Wolf Release

Mexican wolf numbers are up slightly, the FWS actually released two and a new management is in the works. But is it enough to save this stalled species rescue?

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Nova Scotia still paying $20 coyote bounty; Wild bald eagle courts one at zoo

Nova Scotia is going back to barbaric bounties, offering trappers $20 per coyote pelt. They hope to kill 4,000 that way. Finland wolves and ND coyotes also under attack from poachers and snowmobiles.

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Wild Mexican wolf count up to 50; GA to cut hunting lands

50 Mexican wolves survive in NM and AZ, up from 42 last year, despite an effort by ranchers to sue and shoot them off public lands.

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Idiotic exotic pets in the news: attacking chimp, drugdealer serval, wandering monitor lizard & turtles

News today is full of the bad consequences of idiotic exotic pets, from the face-eating chimp to 10 soft-shelled warm weather turtles dumped in NJ. A drug dealer’s serval find a home at a CT museum. Monitor lizard stalks LA.

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6th Mexican wolf dead this year (of 42 wild); Arizona proposes finally releasing one

A 6th Mexican gray wolf found dead this year, the 5th that died suspiciously. That’s 14% of the tiny population. Arizona Fish and Game says they’ll release a lone wolf soon, but don’t hold your breath.

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Abert’s Squirrel: Cartoonish and Likes Western Mountains

Across the southwest is a cartoonish squirrel that wears a gray tuxedo and tassles on his ears. You can call them either Abert or Abert’s Squirrel.

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Most Recent Missing Mexican Wolf Found–And He’s Not Dead

I don’t think it would be asking too much to offer a preliminary finding in the copious and tedious weekly and monthly reports the wolf reintroduction project puts out. Was there a gaping bullet hole? A tire tread?  We’re not talking CSI Wolf here.

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