Colorado releases wolves captured in Canada to create permanent population

[@Acatapoltergeist]

You’re not supposed to feel totally safe outside. It’s the country. There are cougars and coyotes out there too. What a dumb point….

[@leavingitblank9363]

This idea that we should "feel safe" outside in the wild is so ignorant and irritating. What makes this woman think she and her kids should be able to be free from harm from nature EVEN IN THE COUNTRY?! If she wanted to be safe from wild animals while outside, she needs to move back to the city and visit the park.

[@worldtimmy2354]

or own a gun OR own bear spray ?? especially in usa

[@NeilEvans-xq8ik]

I completely agree. The "country" is, by definition, the wilderness, at least to some degree. It's wild.

[@dennistwomey2367]

The wolf is not on your land. You're on his land!!

[@haven_lady675]

​​@@worldtimmy2354Even with those, they need to know how to use them and how to deal with the wolves properly and intelligently. Nature is not the Garden of Eden.

[@vNightSuNv]

Yep, no doubt a Christian.

[@bennoble2049]

Nellie, turn the TV off, stop watching movies, and stay off social media. You seem really on edge and I doubt the wolves are the problem.

[@chandleredwards]

If you don't like nature, don't live on a ranch or a farm.

[@JayAlba8]

What a one-dimensional take..

[@user-mj9yz3jl5t]

@@JayAlba8 one dimensional? I think that would be you. We all live here on this planet and have to share it, it’s not all about you. Thinking otherwise shows how little you are!

[@kingsleynwofe1244]

How about I release a wolf in your neighbourhood?

[@NotJakefromstatefarm]

Exactly what I was thinking.. she is scared of wildlife but lives in the wild make it make sense

[@fallenskybird]

You venture into the wild with livestock ---- you put them at risk !! There's no one to blame but yourself.

[@rubysilver3299]

That woman is in no danger from wolves. Researchers take wolf pups out of dens to weigh and tag them, and the adult wolves just hover anxiously around the perimeter. There are 17,000-20,000 black bears and 3,000-7,000 mountain lions in Colorado, and she’s only scared of wolves?

[@fallenskybird]

There are only 29 grey wolves in Colorado ---- she could welcome what was once far more numerous those indigenous neighbors back into neighborhood !! ---- The only foreigner to speak of is her and the rest of the Europeans who took up residence without permission, respect and a grateful mindset.

[@TMGold60]

Exactly! Bears are far more dangerous, and mountain lions can stalk if hungry or defensive enough!

[@kayleec4404]

I see coyotes in the suburbs too. If you’re so scared of everything around you, wrap yourself in bubble wrap

[@dustybottoms2780]

😂

[@Reed411]

"I don't feel safe outside anymore, and that's why we live in the country is to be outside" This is one of THE most ridiculous things I have ever heard. Nellie... you need a reality check.

[@Redstoneprime316]

Isn’t she literally contradicting herself, there?

[@SongDog9]

I love wolves and they belong here

[@elzaaltmann]

Absolutely. Gorgeous, mystical

[@jeannette.sgili.132]

I had the very best wolfdog. Very loyal, loving and clever. I miss him every single day ❤

[@kristinguelmine6565]

Thank you Canada!❤❤❤

[@dancalvano8702]

Your welcome, now please don’t impose 25% tariffs on us and send us into a Great Depression….please

[@jeycalc6877]

@@dancalvano8702 it's our fault, dumb trudeau liberals failed to secure our border

[@Canaduck9561]

Happy to share our wolves with our southern neighbours

[@kreiner1]

Still being entirely too good to us. When we are not reciprocating and in fact, making threats to you. love you guys, thank you for not holding all of us accountable

[@boombasett6038]

BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. To think man have made many animals go extinct. It is a crying shame.

[@hotlineoperator]

In Asia, farmers receive compensation for elephant damage, so they don't rush them out of the fields but record their destruction. Wild animals are allowed to live in peace in a country where people are everywhere.

[@lisabishop6266]

Now they use bee hives too!! Elephants are scared of bees 😂😂

[@anndavis1349]

Some ranchers were compensated for their loss other cases are pending

[@roncarroll4136]

Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem. By regulating prey populations, wolves enable many other species of plants and animals to flourish. So if you're a rancher move or give up your business wolves are more important than your life

[@Jayzillatime-nk5hg]

You live in a fantasy world.

[@dancalvano8702]

@@Jayzillatime-nk5hgSo do you given your brainwashed comment history

[@Rolandeld1999]

If the wolves are so beneficial then the farmers wouldn't have taken the time to hunt them to near extinction. Let's not pretend it just happened by accident

[@Redstoneprime316]

@Jayzillatime-nk5hg real life isn’t fantasy.

[@Redstoneprime316]

@@Rolandeld1999 Ever considered the fact that we (humans in general, I mean) didn’t have a clue on how ecosystems work and the roles different species play at that time?

[@leavingitblank9363]

When they're capturing the wolves to export, I wonder how they're going about it. I hope they're capturing whole packs and not grabbing random individuals.

[@Mycatdoesthetyping]

If your interested look up "The Wolves of Yellowstone" It was the first project of this kind and their story is Shakespearean in its scope. Canada also was instrumental in the reintroduction of The Bald Eagle back into America.

[@leavingitblank9363]

@ I found two Nat Geo documentaries on the Yellowstone wolves, one for purchase and one free on YT, but neither is exactly that same name. I'll check out the free one, just not sure if it will be as epic as you've described.

[@Mycatdoesthetyping]

@leavingitblank9363 Wolf #9, the most famous Wolf in history might help also. Good luck.

[@ellenmcintyre1247]

These wolves came from indigenous tribal lands in Canada. they were the only people that would give us wolves. So let's hope that they had a hand in capturing the wolves! 🐺🐺🐺 I do know it is a pack. I have been closely following this whole development since I voted for it. The last pack that we got from Washington state was made of troubled individuals (still a pack), and had negative human- wolf interactions. That might be why all but three of them died, Besides someone shot the alpha male very soon after they landed.

[@peterpan8724]

Why don't they release them in the city so everyone can enjoy them??

[@dominickamodio5029]

Sorry but the wolves have more rights to be there than the ranchers do honestly I went to go see the wolves in Colorado They were really cool.

[@bdell519]

Don't eat beef or meat (for 60 years) but love me some salmon & love the wolves

[@DavidTa2]

Are there tariffs on wolves?

[@wildbillsheiressusa]

Colorado has the best laws for wolves, Montana on the other hand.

[@bambooblue74]

Wolves are part of nature and a healthy ecosystem in these areas and ranchers need to accept that. There are tools available to ranchers-other than guns-to mitigate predators killing livestock. Ranchers know culling wildlife because they are an inconvenience is primitive and greedy.

[@gottalovegabe1176]

They are gorgeous ❤

[@AmosBunny]

They clean an area out of all living things. Than they move on and clean out another area. Wolves travel in packs and attack in packs. If i owned a ranch and those critters were killing my live stock i would deal with them one way or the other. They don't keep the balance of nature in check, they decimate it.

[@Redstoneprime316]

@@AmosBunny Yeah, no. Wolves play a vital role in the ecosystem by controlling populations of other species. Wolves are good for the ecosystem, they’re supposed to be there. And if they were decimating nature, why didn’t nature get decimated thousands of years ago?

[@johnosborne3452]

Someone should probably tell the rest of the state that because there gun happy and every single time they interview an American farmer or rancher they literally say they would shoot a wolf if they saw 1.

[@dominickamodio5029]

I wouldn't be surprised if some of those wolves that I met when I was in Colorado got my scent and followed me down here 😂😂😂. Animals do love me.

[@lorenafonseca5850]

I feel sorry for the wolves. They are taken from their safety in Canada to be released in a country where anything that moves is shot.

[@dancalvano8702]

We have rifles and ranches in Canada man lol. Pretty much everyone outside of Toronto and Vancouver has either a rifle, shotgun or both. We’re surrounded by bears, wolves, linx, wolverines, and cougars lol

[@McknightRameesh]

The Wolves are native the cows sheeps and ranches are not the Wolves need to stay and be released.

[@125csam]

Wonder what you would eat without the ranches and the cattle on them

[@skinimin6746]

​@125csam Wolves ofcourse

[@kreiner1]

Love it 💙💙💙

[@SongDog9]

Awesome!!!

[@JohnHowell-xg9uk]

If your property is threatened, protect it as you see fit.

[@JohnNagy-z3s]

They tried this in yellowstone park.....problem is wolves eventually left the park killing the easy prey on livestock ranches in nearby states. Population got so out of control the state game agencies instituted a regulated wolf hunting season to control the expanding population. They need to do the same thing for grizzly bears who have expanded out of the park into nearby states killing livestock .....with increased incidents of bear maulings and deaths of locals and tourist.

[@LenaMellow]

Bless!

[@wasatchm]

wolves and ranchers need to learn how to GET ALONG. you mean wolves know how to LEARN? what their really saying to the ranchers is "this is how it is, get used to it." this issue isn't now. it's 50 or 100 years down the road when they have thousands (if not tens of thousands) of wolves spread out across a 3 state area. this will come full circle when farmers then have to spend lots of money to protect their livestock from wolves AND THEN THEY PASS THAT COST ON TO THE CONSUMER. once that happens, it will be lights out for wolves in colorado. people don't mind this.....until they start paying for it. then everything changes.

[@shondra4663]

BEAUTIFUL

[@tonyl633]

Awoo!! 🐺

[@caninekathy7740]

💞🐺 welcome home we humans are just visitors to your natural environment 🐺

[@heatherjordan8038]

Get livestock guardian dogs... Wolves are very smart, they'll stay away from LGD's. Win win!

[@haven_lady675]

I heard donkeys are way more affective against canids

[@joblessskin]

concerning my kids safety 😂

[@nilsson58]

Aren't they going to be too nice and polite to really thrive in the US? I mean, them being Canadian wolves.

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

That rancher is not a rancher

[@Redstoneprime316]

Your proof?

[@greggreg2263]

Colorado was gonna learn very quickly when a super pack develops how wrong things go😮

[@OnTheWorldWideWeb1]

City slickers will be like. Why is beef so expensive all the sudden lol. The people that run Colorado want you to eat bugs so they don't care

[@Reed411]

@@OnTheWorldWideWeb1 You are acting like WY, MT, ID, OR, WA, and other states with wolves don't exist, over the past 20 years the cost of beef has only risen with inflation and no so much from exterior factors such as predation. Idaho's cattle industry has only risen and it has the highest wolf population in the lower 48. You sir, need to use more of that melon you got up there.

[@johnqualls5990]

I thought Trump was closing the border?

[@greggarramone5344]

Next we should add Buffalo and put them in aurora, arvada, Capitol Hill in denver, Highlands ranch,. The Buffalo were here first.

[@taterogers3770]

Support red wolves

[@Vietnam_Vet_67]

It is a lot stupid to release wolfs around farms and not expect to have problems. All the wolves were gone for a reason, anybody remember what that was? It was because ranchers were tired of them killing their livestock. And the same thing will happen again. Colorado wildlife officials don't seem to be too bright here. If I were a rancher and they didn't bother my animals I would have no problem with it. But when I started losing livestock and found that it was from wolves, the hunt would begin. Jail be damned.

[@Redstoneprime316]

I’m pretty sure the wolves were released into wilderness areas. Wolves are supposed to be there.

[@radvalve205]

Great! Hunting season is now on for farmers!

[@dominickamodio5029]

I don't want to write a letter to Trump and tell him to release one of the wolves to have politician there

[@browndog6854]

Stupid idea!! However, to be fair, for every head of livestock lost the government should compensate the rancher or farmer!! If not then the rancher or farmer should be free to protect his/her livestock as they see fit!

[@ellenmcintyre1247]

It's a great idea- I voted for it. I really wish CPW were not releasing them in the middle of freaking winter! I believe that if CPW released them later in the spring, that the wolves would not be predating on calves and lambs as vulnerable populations. In the wild they really like to go after voles, any kind of rodent, and maybe baby bunnies: they really do not like to go after larger animals. Watch "Never Cry Wolf" if you do not believe me; that's a really well-researched Disney movie. Unfortunately the wolves are hunted at the end. CPW is reimbursing the ranchers for ANY LIVESTOCK LOST. And that was agreed to by the voters when we voted for it. To have a healthy ecology you need predators! We still have bears in Colorado you know...

[@blakeandeson2879]

I would also like to be relocated please

[@TMGold60]

Beautiful! Wolves need a homeland too - long time coming Bravo! From UK. Indigenous animals belong to their indigenous land.

[@hankskorpio5857]

In the middle of winter?..

[@haven_lady675]

Its funny that she says she moved out of the city to feel safe. Since you mentioned winter, thats another new problem for her.

[@Jayzillatime-nk5hg]

I bet the cattle and sheep farmers are happy.

[@rmirandagrajales]

Why the rancher doesn’t build higher and better fences? 🤷‍♂️

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

Get over it ,they were here first. So where the natives.

[@bosco4000]

Can you release some more at the Southern border ? 😅

[@rogercollier-mb4im]

Lets talk about this, wolves eat animals , live stock and so on, how do we feel about their horrific deaths by a wolf ?

[@vcwloves9864]

Not so bad considering we do it to other animals, too. It's the circle of life.

[@nha3920]

Stop killing the wolves and build better fences.

[@Drewzker]

Ranchers own fault for not having decent fences.

[@outdoorsy01]

❤

[@johnhemryjson8673]

It Yellowstone real life

[@Redstoneprime316]

Yellowstone is Yellowstone in real life

[@allennaven4445]

They will move back to Canada in 8 months lol

[@rebeccawhite9395]

We will have wolves and grizzly bears and beavers and buffaloo and wild horses too, in America. We will protect a certain number of them in each state of America. We will share this land, successfully with them. It doesn't matter who is voted into office...this is non-negotiable. In addition, we will protect a certain amount of our various Salmon populations too, regardless of wildfires. Therfore before rebuilding any areas or new subdivisions, we need to completely overhaul how we build and fireproof those areas. We also need to remove from the streets all homeless persons as they not only pose a danger to themselves but also to everyone else. We need to determine what they need to not be homeless and provide those things to them. It is collective societies' responsibility to ensure no homeless exist anywhere in America. These are the right things to do.

[@Dretheking4001]

Cool

[@KvG-q1f]

Women in America just talk too much

[@Acatapoltergeist]

If a pack of wolves is what ends a state’s entire industry, another state should take it over. It’s like theyre complaining that it rains

[@duanelangerman5715]

This is nearsighted management of wild animals. Once these wolves have expanded their population and range, because of an abundance of baby deer, baby elk, baby moose and ranchers livestock, it will no longer be safe to hike, camp, fish a stream or lake. In the future wolves will be visiting our neighborhoods, like today, where bears, coyotes. mountain lions visit our neighborhoods looking for food to eat. Shame on you as your are creating a public safety mess.

[@anthonymichaels257]

I thought America didn't need Canada for anything 😂😂😂

[@heresalemonsukonit276]

Free my Dawgs 🐺

[@NHLblkgurl]

Will they be deported soon?

[@Michael-w8l8b]

So you get paid for wolf kills . How much. Is it comparable to what the cow is worth? Just wondering.

[@mickeyandres2651]

Haha seriously? You shouldn’t be a rancher lady…..

[@RobbieSmith-g9y]

Thanks Canada! Any of those wolves trained to attack a rogue president?

[@Christian43338]

Would they not just make their way back home to Canada?? 😂😂

[@devinjohnson3304]

These past 5 years Colorado has been extremely active all while being infiltrated. By Latino gangs…. Now they captured wolves from a different country……… what scene are they attempting to paint now?…. Colorado are you still US?

[@sachadenis1615]

This is literally the dumbest thing I have ever seen this state do. You people are uneducated and cruel.

[@Redstoneprime316]

This might be the dumbest thing, but the reintroduction of wolves isn’t dumb.

[@Jfa-letsgo]

This is total bs meanwhile i can't take minow from a town 1 hour away to go fishing yet government do this

[@mek80010]

Just why?!

[@kreiner1]

Because it makes the entire environment healthier. It brings down the wild Coyote population because they now have a natural predator and actually makes them smaller and healthier and less dangerous and wolves don't particularly want to hunt cattle, not their thing they like the chase. Cows aren't good at a chase. But selfish people who do not understand nature but want to live in the middle of it.Think that they get to control everything and everybody else around them. I hope this helps you understand why it is important to reintroduce wolves

[@Paulluicano]

Wolves are realsed? There are always wolf wolves are died? Wolf kiĺls

[@dustybottoms2780]

What??

[@davidjackson5969]

There are always people who like to push there ideas ,even though they have no idea what the long term ramifications will be ,kind if like voting !

[@CaptainWillard830]

Congratulations Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth! Signed, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Retired) Veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom-1 Afghanistan 2002, Operation Iraqi Freedom-1 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom-2 2004, HADR Operation in the Philippines 2009, HAST Sri Lanka 2009, HADR Operation Philippines 2010, Operation Tomodachi Japan 2011, and Operation Pacific Passage 2011

[@brianandrews7491]

Cuz californias mountain lions r working out great

[@SongDog9]

I love wolves and they belong here