MEEKER | Proposed 2020 ballot measures touted by wolf activists are an attempt to force the release of gray wolves in Colorado. The carefully constructed nature of the initiative leads the uninformed reader to believe that wolves are extinct in Colorado (they are not, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed sightings of wolves that have migrated into the state); and that wolves can’t get here on their own (as wolf packs continue to increase in…
The wolves at our door—2020 ballot initiative
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Bonnie, you are an idiot if you believe what you wrote
The Colorado Wool Growers’ sheep carry pathogens that decimate bighorn sheep herds, and the Wool Growers fight the expansion of bighorn herds into historic habitat they once occupied. Killing off bighorns with domestic sheep pneumonia certainly limits hunting opportunities, and moreso that wolves ever could. Colorado sheep ranchers have also caused a lot of sportsman’s dollars to be expended, with CPW needing to monitor bighorn sheep herd health due to pathogen exposure, restore bighorn herds that were reduced by domestic sheep disease, and search for lost domestic sheep – sometimes with helicopters – that have wandered off from the massive bands grazed in bighorn sheep habitat.
This isn’t about big game: Wolves don’t decimate big game herds. This is about a few livestock producers trying to protect their bottom line at the expense of wildlife. Again.