ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of Ted Turner’s ranches in southern New Mexico will be the new home for a pair of Mexican gray wolves and their pups as federal wildlife managers look at more options for boosting the genetic diversity of the endangered species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is teaming up with the Ladder Ranch for the project. While the ranch has been involved over the years with captive breeding efforts and other endangered species work, this will mark the first time a translocation of Mexican gray wolves has been done on private land.
Mike Phillips, director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund, said the invitation for wolves to roam the ranch has been open for many years and the team is excited that the arrival of the new pack is imminent. He said the pair and their pups deserve a shot at trying to make a go of it in the wild.
“The lion’s share of the credit for this goes to the Fish and Wildlife Service and the state of New Mexico for taking yet another […]
All animals have the right to live. They all have a place in this diverse world and should all be protected. I have tried to help all animals by donating to ASPCA and many other animal rights organizations when my dear wife was alive and I had enough money to donate, which unfortunately I do not now. Being on Social Security barely gives one enough money to live and does not give one enough money to donate to anything. I am not sure I can survive on just the S.S. money.
P.S.: When my wife worked for a very rich woman, she said she di not want S.S. because she made more than a million dollars every year, yet could not stop them from sending her the S.S. payments even though she tried to stop them. Not only that, she got much more money from her S.S. than either my wife or I and I thought that was a very poor design. Poor folks should get more help from Social Security than rich people. This system does provide “Security” for those on it. We would be much better off on a real Social Security system where those with the least would get more than those who do not even need it!