"Red Wolf" restoration scandal

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Wildlifepro51

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As long as we have biased people like David Cobb, or flip flop, say one thing and do another commissioners there is not much that will take place, The state wrc needs to have complete overhaul and put people with wildlife backgrounds in the commission not rich guys that talk nice to your face but negative behind our backs. Its sorry Jett cannot get any help from the state on this . Its his private property rights that are being destroyed by federal and state run programs.
 

odie408

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Anti hunting groups are now writing our hunting laws for the five county area of the "red wolf". It's just a matter of time they will be writing the laws for the other 95 counties, if we don't stop this now where will it stop. Do you now what six months of coyotes gone wild looks like? It's a scary sight to a hunter and it's coming your way.It's time for class action now!
 

odie408

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There must be one lawyer out there willing to work for hunts on 600 landowners and protect our rights. I think we could build a big war chest for this.
 

Jett

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NOTICE OF HEARING

NOVEMBER 12th


ELIZABETH CITY

================================================== ============================== UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN DIVISION


NOTICE OF HEARING
2:13-CV-60-BO2:13-CV-60-BO


Red Wolf Coalition, et al,
Plaintiffs,

v.

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, et al,
Defendants.



TYPE OF CASE:


X Civil Criminal




X TAKE NOTICE that a proceeding in this case has been set for the place, date and time set forth below:


DATE AND TIME:

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
3:00 p.m.

TYPE OF PROCEEDING:

Joint Motion for Modification of Preliminary Injunction and Stay of Proceedings

LOCATION OF HEARING:

United States Courthouse 306 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909 Courtroom: Second Floor


JULIE A. RICHARDS
Clerk of Court

11/3/2014 /s/ Macy Fisher
Date By: Deputy Clerk
 
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GSOHunter

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NOTICE OF HEARING

NOVEMBER 12th


ELIZABETH CITY

================================================== ============================== UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN DIVISION


NOTICE OF HEARING
2:13-CV-60-BO2:13-CV-60-BO


Red Wolf Coalition, et al,
Plaintiffs,

v.

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, et al,
Defendants.



TYPE OF CASE:


X Civil Criminal




X TAKE NOTICE that a proceeding in this case has been set for the place, date and time set forth below:


DATE AND TIME:

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
3:00 p.m.

TYPE OF PROCEEDING:

Joint Motion for Modification of Preliminary Injunction and Stay of Proceedings

LOCATION OF HEARING:

United States Courthouse 306 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909 Courtroom: Second Floor


JULIE A. RICHARDS
Clerk of Court

11/3/2014 /s/ Macy Fisher
Date By: Deputy Clerk

Has anyone even confirmed that the NCWRC has the power to settle a case that changes state law?
 

BR549

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Walter Jones showing 62% over Adams. Wonder if he can return some calls now that his campaign is completed and HSUS $5k check is "Cashed"!
 
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BR549

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Very Interesting… Is Dr. David Rabon directing the "Next Steps"??????????

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Tue, 10/14/2014 - 1:06pm

Although red wolves are on the path to recovery, they are not out of the woods yet. Negative public perception, as well as human-associated mortalities from gunshots and vehicle strikes, have stagnated growth of the wild population well shy of the recovery target. In addition, the capacity of the zoo population is less than the target set by the recovery plan, limiting its ability to support the reintroduction.

Unsure of the future of the species, in 2013 the Red Wolf Recovery Program approached researchers at Lincoln Park Zoo about becoming involved in the science of red wolf recovery. In particular, they were interested in applying our expertise in Population Viability Analyses (PVA) to help guide the combined management of the zoo and reintroduction populations. Along with our colleagues in Conservation and Science, Lisa, Sarah and I have extensive experience in using PVAs to manage animal populations both in zoos and in the wild, and the Recovery Program was interested in applying our tools to the red wolves. Thanks to a grant from Point Defiance Zoo’s Conservation Committee we were able to develop a formal collaboration and get to work on modeling the red wolves.

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Source / Full Article - http://www.lpzoo.org/blog/conservation-field-diaries/teaming-red-wolves

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BR549

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Ms. Dr. Joseph L. Simonis… "Activist"??

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Who is really steering this $30+ Million Dollar "Wolf Like Canid" Program"??

The above article in the prior post, was recently written by Ms. Dr. Joseph L. Simonis who participated in the recent PVH meeting at ARNWR.

Ms. Dr. Simonis is self described as "a gender-non conforming athlete, activist and scientist" (Ms. Dr. Simonis, Facebook Page)

Why would the USFWS allow a self described "Activist" to possibly influence a program bogged down in such controversy??

This after borrowing the Dare County Animal Shelters "Mutts", subsequently "Shocking" each until they yelped, and fell over in a drunken stupor. Then an all time low of illegally "Heaving" Live NC Public Trust Resources (Whitetail Deer) over a Wolf Pen with NO PERMIT!!

Now is USFWS going to take the path of a self described "Activist"??

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BR549

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Cornell University and Ms. Dr. Joseph L. Simonis

Ms. Dr. Simonis states she graduated from Cornell University… Cornell has some history with the Red Wolf Program, Circa 1997…

Lets take a look…. (Quotes)


March 11, 1997

Economic impact estimated at $170 million annually from red wolves in Great Smoky Mountains and eastern North Carolina

By Roger Segelken

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Most residents of states surrounding the red wolf re-establishment zones in eastern North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park endorse wolf-recovery efforts and may spend as much as $170 million a year to visit the endangered animals, a Cornell University study has shown.

"Our conservative forecast is for red wolf activities attracting an additional 25,204 households per year to eastern North Carolina and another 87,351 households per year to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," Rosen said. "Tourists spend money on lodging, food and gifts. We asked people who already had visited the two areas what they spent and came up with an economic impact forecast: about $37.5 million per year in eastern North Carolina and about $132.1 million a year in the national park region."

Wolves are a definite tourist attraction, the survey found. Strong interest was indicated for touring red wolf exhibits, seeing red wolves in naturalistic enclosed settings or trying to view wolves in the wild. Many households also are interested in venturing into the wild to participate in "wolf howling" trips.



Fast forward to Circa 2014… The Walter B. Jones (Tourist) Center is CLOSED!!!! And the Red Wolf Education Center is only open a few days a week for a very short window during those days.

This could lead to the Stakeholders / Private Landowners questioning is the "Economic" impact… As it could really be in the Federally Funded "Studies"?? Is this how Cornell University came up with such as number $170M Annually way back in 1997???

You decide…. Who's really steering the "Illegally" released Wolf like Canids (64) on your private land….

After all, they might want to "Study That"!!!!!!!!!!!

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/199...osition-and-boost-tourism-east-cornell-survey
 
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Jett

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Settlement Reached on Protecting World’s Only Wild Red Wolves
from Deadly Mistaken Identity in Five County Area

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina today indicated its approval of a settlement agreement between conservation nonprofits and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to address shootings of the world’s only wild population of 100 red wolves. Gunshot is the leading cause of death for the endangered red wolves, which live exclusively in a five-county area in eastern North Carolina and are frequently mistaken for coyotes that are hunted in the area.

The agreement includes significant steps to protect endangered red wolves within the five-county Red Wolf Recovery Area, including banning coyote hunting by spotlight at night and requiring for the first time permitting and reporting for coyote hunting during the day.

“A ban on spotlight hunting of coyotes at night and better management of coyote hunting in the Red Wolf Recovery Area are common sense steps to increase safety and help protect these rare wolves,” said Sierra Weaver, a senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center who represents the Red Wolf Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in the case. “We look forward to working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to protect wild red wolves for future generations.”

The case filed by the conservation groups alleged that the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s authorization of coyote hunting in the Red Wolf Recovery Area was causing the injury and death of endangered red wolves in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act.

In the course of its separate and ongoing review of the red wolf reintroduction program in eastern North Carolina, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently received at least 110,000 comments that support maintaining wild red wolves in this area. This outpouring of public support shows just how important these rare animals are to the people of North Carolina, and throughout the United States.

"This agreement gives the endangered red wolf the added protection needed to ensure restoration efforts continue in northeastern North Carolina,” said Kim Wheeler, executive director of the Red Wolf Coalition. “The commitment of federal, state and red wolf advocates to work together will provide a road map for sound canid management in the five county restoration area."

“National and local citizens in North Carolina have spoken loudly in support of continuing to grow and recover the red wolf population in North Carolina and elsewhere,” said Tara Zuardo, a wildlife attorney at AWI. “Continuing this very successful recovery program is in the best interest of the species and fulfills the conservation mandate of the Endangered Species Act.”

Since January 2008, 51 endangered red wolves died from confirmed or suspected gunshot. Since 2012, five shooters who killed red wolves reported to authorities that they had mistaken the wolves for coyotes.

“This is a crucial step forward in red wolf conservation,” said senior attorney Jason Rylander at Defenders of Wildlife. “Now, red wolves have a fighting chance at recovery, without the constant threat of mistaken identity by coyote hunters.”

As of July 26, 2013, the Commission authorized coyote hunting during the day and at night with artificial spotlights within the Red Wolf Recovery Area. After six red wolves were shot and killed in a six week period last fall, the law center asked the federal court for an emergency ban on coyote hunting in the Recovery Area. The court granted that request in May 2014 and the ban was in place until the court approved the agreement.

North Carolina is home to the world’s only wild population of red wolves. Red wolves bred in captivity were reintroduced on a North Carolina peninsula within their native range in the late 1980’s after red wolves were declared extinct in the wild. Once common throughout the Southeast, intensive predator hunting and control programs and loss of habitat eliminated wild red wolf populations.
(Photo: Kim Wheeler)
 

Jett

Ten Pointer
This is obviously a very biased press release. You also have to wonder how SELC has access to the USFWS data regarding the responses. Their portrayal of support for the wolf program is in direct contrast to what we all saw at the public hearings. But then, very little about the Red Wolf Program has been based on the facts.
 
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Jett

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Well, the Judge signed the settlement agreement order today. I imagine it may take a little time before permits will be available. Hopefully this process can be expedited.

We must remain focused on the real problem and that is the out of control failed red wolf program.
 

odie408

Ten Pointer
Landowners don't have to buy license to hunt their own land, do they really expect us to by a permit to shoot the coyotes they released on our own land? Can they treat us different than the other 95 counties? This stinks! I smell a rat and another law suit. We have to take action and stop this crap we have been handed. The:donk judges ruling has expired and they have no permits even ready for us to buy, sounds like today's gubberment
 

Mike Noles aka conman

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With the ruling expired and no new regulations posted, the law reverts to it's previous status. I intend to have at it...

I've been informed that the judge's ruling has not and will not expire until the regulations are published according to the settlement. So y'all are forewarned. :mad: I still have my intentions.......

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BR549

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In the settlement it said that when the judge signed it that it would amend his original injuction. It also looks like after 2 red wolves get killed on public lands that they will close the coyote season for the year.

Big differance in Suspected VS Confirmed "Illegally Take"...

Nothing should get closed until AFTER the DNA test comes back. That should go to a "Independent" Lab, afterall let's not forget who cooked up the "What Is" a Red Wolf DNA Recipe!!

Question, Who Peer Reviewed that Recipe, BTW??
 

BR549

Twelve Pointer
Anyone seen USFWS trapping on those 500+ parcels of land? Too Hot, now Too Cold, WTH??

Nothing more that a $30m Federal Land Grab!!!
 

Mike Noles aka conman

Administrator
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They "reviewed" our properties and reported no collared canids on any of them. We've since got 5 different ones on camera and over a dozen sightings by our hunters. December 1 can't get here quick enough!
 
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