Colorado releases its first 5 gray wolves as part of reintroduction plan

[@Gryphind0r]

Release in Denver, you people voted for it.

[@mitchellmiller1727]

I give it 1.5 years the old broken light bulb in a sack of meat trick or the 3S’s (shoot, shovel, shut up) good luck 😉

[@Gryphind0r]

Catch and release them in Denver

[@nickyPayne88]

Beautiful majestic animals. I love wolves. I don’t love what they have done to our deer population here in Wisconsin and neighboring Minnesota since they were reintroduced. This was a terrible decision.

[@razaabbas7212]

I hate to tell you this, but wolves restored the deer population to their natural level, that's what top predators really do, they keep the herbivores in their natural levels.

[@UnderHisWing7]

Thats a picture of utter insanity They are speaking total nonsense.

[@coloradomountainman8659]

There is now a hunting season in Wy, MT, and ID due to the over population of wolves. Appears Colorado Div of Wildlife forgot to due their homework again. Another great idea by the folks that brought you Chronic Wasting Disease, Whirling Disease, and gill lice to Colorado.

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Wolves will literally help lower chronic wasting disease, chronic wasting disease is only as bad as it is due to an overpopulation of deer and not enough apex predators thinning the heard.

[@laurasplicer712]

Amen brother preach it also the wolves carry inside their intestine a parasite that once it gets into the ecosystem it can't get out. hopefully some good old boys will do a little spotlight at night take care of this problem. 🐾🐾🔦🔦🐺🐺:🚫🚫

[@TheJungle3333]

Thank you very much. We now hunt and trap wolves in three states. Looks like the Colorado wolf hunt is coming soon thank you so much. For bringing imbalance to the ecosystem.

[@zaigee2955]

Hikers be even more careful

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Nah, be just as careful as you always should have been otherwise

[@blushihtzu]

F the hikers...

[@njstrans]

I wonder why Colorado didn’t learn from Michigan, Wisconsin or Minnesota?? When are we going to quit paying for these people to play god?

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

We already played God by removing wolves in the first place, we're simply undoing what we already did.

[@jim2498]

@@zachvanarsdale7065 and was a good reason for removing wolves.

[@kylekrafka6463]

There goes the Elk population

[@JD-ku6vd]

Very obviously you do not live around elk. They are abundant, and five wolves will hardly make any dent in their population particularly in Colorado where, other than mountain lions and the occasional bear, they have no natural predators.

[@jim2498]

@@JD-ku6vd if there are so many elk in Colorado. Why don't the state give out more elk tags? Because elk hunting brings in a lot of money to the state. Second you do know that wolves increase in numbers really fast

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Actually, this will only help the elk population, apex predators are the best healthiest thing for any deer/prey population.

[@jim2498]

@@zachvanarsdale7065 tell me how will they help so much when they are killing baby elk?

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Oh I'd love to; Because they don't just kill baby elk, they also reduce disease in deer/elk population by targeting sick individuals, limiting spread of disease, this is actually their main target when hunting, not baby elk. Why would a pack of wolves that needs to feed a whole pack intentionally target babies with less meat rather than an adult that is disadvantaged. They also help regulate deer/elk populations by thinning out unfit individuals, which makes the heard more robust and actually long term strengthens heard health and numbers. Also, by regulating deer/elk populations, the entire ecosystem benefits, allowing the proper density of trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. It's been proven they literally help remap rivers and improve wetland habitats, increasing fish populations and biodiversity as a whole. @@jim2498

[@dustyrhodes3662]

What could go wrong?

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Much less than what could go right

[@markpiersall9815]

A thousand year history of killing and eating people. Wolves kill and eat people. They are not Domestic dogs. Wolves kill and eat dogs. Wolves eat pregnant Deer and nursing calves.

[@razaabbas7212]

I hope these wolves make their way to Rocky Mountain National Park, that would be a good home and a safe place where they cannot attack rancher's livestock, and hopefully they could fix their ecosystem's just like they did in Yellowstone.

[@jim2498]

They won't. These wolves have been known to kill cattle. So that is what they are going to be looking for.

[@razaabbas7212]

@@jim2498 I know that but wolves only do that because human's are pushing further and further into the natural world and get rid of the wild animals that wolves and cougars feed on, and replace the land with their farms and ranches. What I'm saying is for the wolves to find their way into the Rocky Mountain National Park, and prey on the animals over there. If ranchers shoot in the air then it will scare wolves into running away from their cattle.

[@Truthseeker1841]

It’s already been declared by Oregon that they were killing livestock in Oregon. Releasing them near the ranchers with livestock was their intent to destroy ranchers livelihood. All politics nothing else.

[@Truthseeker1841]

@@razaabbas7212you have missed a major point here. These wolves were transplanted from Oregon. They didn’t naturally make it here on their own. We already have wolves that have migrated from Wyoming. Please comment when you have something reality driven to share.

[@razaabbas7212]

@@Truthseeker1841 I was speaking some reality, please don't tell me not to comment.

[@williamprice1497]

If wolves went extinct, the food chain would crumble. The elk and deer population would increase and eat the cow and other livestock's food. Then we, the Humans, would have a food shortage in beef and dairy and possibly shortages in other food products too.

[@jim2498]

Wrong. Now food prices are going up. Because wolves eat cattle too. Besides that Colorado is going to lose a lot of money. Because people travel out west to go elk hunting. Which brings in a lot of money to the state.

[@jim2498]

And here is a old saying for you. If a chicken hawk eats your chickens you are going to rise less chickens. But if humans kill your chickens you are going to rise more chickens

[@williamprice1497]

@@jim2498 I don’t think elk hunting or food prices are going to be impacted at all from this honestly. I think all you have is a weird hoarding addiction to “wild game” with a delusion of intense scarcity

[@jim2498]

@@williamprice1497 one wolf will kill 22 elk . So you are talking about about 100 elk. If the wolf population doesn't grow. The problem with people like you are you don't see the consequences of your actions. And you do not care about others.

[@an-cx1ho]

bullshit

[@kjnoah]

Horrible, those poor wolves will suffer finding a home and food in a new area. They will likely get into fights, eat from dumpsters and never form a real pack. This is akin to dumping migrants into cities they are not acclimated to.

[@MYZZ56]

Animals are survivalists

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

Probably not, Grand county is extremely low population with near endless untouched wilderness.

[@juanzambrano9738]

Bad 😂

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

...Ass, I know right?! Badass!!

[@jim2498]

@@zachvanarsdale7065 no like a bad idea. There is a reason why why we got rid of them. It because they do more harm than good

[@nah7140]

Invasive species 😮

[@nstark1066]

Wolves are indigenous species; livestock and human pets are the interlopers into the wolves' habitat.

[@mral6809]

You are the actual invasive species. Wolves were hunted to extinction during the time Republicans governed Colorado. Maybe the wolves should give the Republicans the same treatment.

[@jim2498]

​@@mral6809so you must like paying more for food. There is a reason why they were wiped out. By the way thank for buying all the cattle that the wolves are going to kill

[@williamprice1497]

@@jim2498good riddance to the apostles of the Dust Bowl. Who cares about cattle? Eat something else it ain’t that hard

[@mral6809]

@@jim2498 you did enjoy paying $100.00 for toilet paper or $200.00 for hand sanitizer when inflation started under tRump. If a recession or inflation starts under one president and continues under another president then the president owns what they caused. Since every recession and inflation due to the major drop caused by the recession has been caused by every single Republican president for the last 43 years. That's also why Republicans own 83% of the national debt of $33.1 trillion. I agree with those that believe accountability for having the responsible parties pay back that debt even if they are sent to prison for fraud.

[@shoulderhurt9292]

I like to have one

[@nah7140]

Oh god!

[@zachvanarsdale7065]

I know! Its amazing!

[@nstark1066]

Target practice for Lauren Boebert? Please do not tell her the location!

[@tman8939]

public land Grand county Colorado

[@J.D.Ruybal]

This is not simply about reintroducing wolves. Key word ‘reintroducing! Most folks have some understanding of nature in balance. Take some time to review the below. Then come to one's own conclusion: . “mononatures”: the reproduction of life with the aim of relentlessly generating surplus value where entire bureaucratic infrastructures buttress the genomics of cattle breeding. See: Introduction: Plantationocene. From the Series: Plantationocene