carnivore conservation

Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from winter starvation, primarily because populations are not inflatedbeyond the environment’s capability to provide [...]

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Here’s a neat site to check out: BigWildlife. What’s Big Wildlife? “Big Wildlife was formed in 2006 to provide a voice for carnivores such as cougars, bears, coyotes, and wolves in North America. Dynamic, gutsy, and visionary, Big Wildlife combines innovative media strategies with nuts and bolts grassroots organizing. We provide training to activists – [...]

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Dear Rewilding Supporter Where are the teeth? Harry Greene, a noted zoologist and conservationist at Cornell University, pointed out something to me last month.  Conservationists use a lot of images of big cats, wolves, bears, and other carnivores.  But in nearly every case, the mouths of the carnivores are closed.  In other words, where are the teeth?  Do we unconsciously use [...]

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You find yourself in a conservation fight where the other side’s stock in trade is irrational fear-mongering and a pickup load of hoop-snake myths and then it hits you— haven’t we been here before?  Haven’t we already fought this battle and won?  In the case of wolf recovery in the U.S. West, this is the third go ‘round in a [...]

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