La loba 527, habitante observada y censada del parque Yellowstone en Montana y la frontera de Idaho, E.U, fué en vida una hábil hembra alfa, lider en su grupo social Ella, por experiencias vívidas, sabía que debia tener cuidado de no cruzar la carretera en el día, por lo que procuraba a su jauría con inteligencia y lo hacían de noche.
La 527 era una loba inteligente, estratega. Todas destrezas las cuales ella ya había estado enseñando a sus crías anteriores, técnicas aprendidas sobre supervivencia para el bien futuro de la especie....pero tanta habilidad no pudo indicarle la frontera del parque, pues ellas están puestas por los humanos, y salvarla de los rifles....
El 3 de octubre pasado el gobierno permitió la temporada de caza anual del lobo gris en aquel país. Hace apenas un par de años que el lobo gris americano fué sacado de las listas de animales en peligro de extinción, y ahora, con estas terribles prácticas, la población recuperada podria bajar hasta en un 40%.....hasta ahora 156 grandiosos animales han sido asesinados....
Cabe mencionar que esto es una herencia de la administración pasada. El presidente Obama ha enviado ya una propuesta para que el Lobo Gris Americano y otras especies vuelvan a ser protegidas por el estado. Sin embargo, la presión social internacional sobre el sectetario del interior Ken Salazar es necesaria para que ello sea aprobado.
Esto está ocurriendo en otro país, es verdad. Creo yo que para poder avanzar nosotros mismos debemos mantener los caminos abiertos hacia los objetivos. En este caso, mucho de lo que alguna vez hemos soñano y estamos trabajando por alcanzar, lo quisiéramos hacer como en nuestro vecino país del norte...es por ello que no debemos dejar que ellos mismos retrocedan.
La responsabilidad de ver por la vida silvestre en general, sus hábitats y por la conservación en este caso del Lobo gris americano, es de todos. Estamos en peligro mortal.
Haz clik en el link para enviar tu carta de petición para que el lobo gris vuelva a estar protegido. Que la muerte de estos magníficos animales no sea en vano....
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GRACIAS POR DIFUNDIR
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The following message, urging Americans to tell the Interior Secretary to put wolves back on the endangered species list, was sent to you by
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Dear Friend,
I know you will be as saddened as I was by an obituary written about Wolf 527, one of Yellowstone National Park's beloved wolves.
But I hope this tragic story will motivate you to speak out to save the hundreds of wolves in Greater Yellowstone and beyond that remain in mortal danger.
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Wolf 527 originated from the Druid pack -- one of the best known wolf packs in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley, the scene of numerous National Geographic and PBS documentaries.
For years, the movements of some of the members of this Yellowstone pack have been monitored by biologists and wolf-watchers equipped with radio tracking devices and powerful spotting scopes. One of those wolf-watchers wrote the obituary for 527 -- and I am honored to share excerpts of it with you today:
527 was a wolf that marched to the beat of a very different drummer. As a yearling, 527 left the Druids to join the Slough pack -- where she quickly became the beta (second-in-command) female. Then in 2007, she and a male wolf set off to found their own pack -- the Cottonwood Creek pack -- where she became the alpha (first-in-command) female.
As a leader of the Cottonwood pack, 527 was known to be a master of survival strategies. While four other packs that inhabited the same area suffered dismal fates, her pack thrived. As her biographer recounts: She was a genius wolf in her tactics. Strategy was her game and she was a master at it. She would return to feed her pups in the dark of night because she would not take the risk of crossing the road.
But in the end, despite 527's unbelievable survival strategies,
this resilient wolf was not able to outthink a rifle and was killed on October 3 when Montana unleashed its first public wolf hunt in modern times.
Since the public hunts began, 156 wolves in the Northern Rockies have met 527's fate. And over the next year, more than 500 wolves could be shot to death by hunters and government agents ... reducing the region's wolf population by a staggering 40 percent!
But the story doesn't have to end as sadly as 527's life -- if everyone who cares about wolves speaks out against this carnage now.
So please take a moment to join the national outcry to save wolves. Just click this link to tell the Interior Secretary to put wolves back on the Endangered Species list.
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Thank you in advance for taking action on the wolves' behalf. Together, we can make sure that the death of 527 will not be in vain -- by winning back federal protections for the rest of Greater Yellowstone's storied wolves.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
