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Article: Howling at the moon No reason to rush re-introduction of wolves
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- September 15, 2005
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Most people know the difference between cats and dogs. But not the
wildlife advocates at Boulder-based Sinapu, who are pushing for a
proactive effort to reintroduce wolves into Colorado, modeled on the
state's so-far successful efforts with lynx.
Maybe Sinapu didn't get the memo, but wolves aren't lynx. Lynx
don't weigh 100 pounds. Lynx don't run in packs. Lynx don't have the
reputation for livestock predation wolves do. This isn't necessarily
a reason for hysteria. But it might help explain why the public would
have a few more qualms about wolves than about lynx.
Wolves will be migrating into the state over time anyway, as the
death of a wolf on Interstate 70 not long ago demonstrated. ...