Meeker Colorado Wolf Attack

[Slugz]

18 head of 600-pound calves dead after apparent wolf attack near Meeker

Lenny Klinglesmith, a Meeker, Colo., rancher, has been preparing to coexist with wolves in Colorado. He is a member of the Stakeholders Advisory Group that was convened by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to provide a…

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[11boo]

Coexist eh Lenny? Wonder if his views have now changed.

“We’re trying to learn how to coexist with wolves like we’re going to need to, but I was preparing to share a calf or two here and there to feed their pack, be compensated, and do what I can to prevent conflict,” he said. “When they come through and slaughter 18 calves and leave them lie, they’re not holding up their end of the deal with coexistence.”

 

[CRJR45]

Thats just crazy , putting wolves rights before ranchers .

 

[bnsafe]

imagine what they do to the elk, moose, deer etc herds that you dont know about.

 

[5MilesBack]

“We’re trying to learn how to coexist with wolves like we’re going to need to, but I was preparing to share a calf or two here and there to feed their pack, be compensated, and do what I can to prevent conflict,” he said. “When they come through and slaughter 18 calves and leave them lie, they’re not holding up their end of the deal with coexistence.”

"Coexist"????? That sounds like a lame bumper sticker. There's a reason why wolves were decimated into nonexistence in places. Choose one........wolves or people........but not both. Coexisting is like keeping some rotten apples in the bushel basket just for some emotional posterity's sake. That's like keeping all the criminals and mental cases in society like we currently do, because of some emotional idiocy. SMH

 

[Jbehredt]

Article needs photos. Denver and Boulder need to see what living with the majestic wolf really looks like.

 

[11boo]

Lenny sounds like a boulder transplant, “they aren’t holding up their end of the deal on coexistence”.

 

[5MilesBack]

Lenny sounds like a boulder transplant, “they aren’t holding up their end of the deal on coexistence”.

Their "end of the deal" is and always has been, that they are going to kill and keep killing as long as there's something to kill. Sometimes they'll even eat what they kill.

 

[sndmn11]

I have friends who ranch south of Buford. Starting in 2012 he started telling me about a pack of wolves they had run across. A few years later one of the outfitters in the area who was a client started talking about the same thing. Neither my friend and that outfitter know each other. Both had been told separately by the same CPW person that it was known and they needed to refer to them as any other type of canine and do what they do with canines.

A separate client in 2019 who hunted the area and followed up with me on where I'd told him to hunt also said he saw a wolf.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if reports of wolves started popping up around the state since they are no longer forbidden to be talked about.

 

[Monotone Matt]

Some of these comments about Lenny don’t seem to be in line with the lessons learned from the illegal dirt bike riding thread…

 

[MtnW]

Say Good-Bye to Colorado’s Moose population! Colorado lost sight of its Division of Wildlife when they changed its name to “PARKS”. What was once a great “hunters” state , CO has become WOKE’s Ville…. So Sad!

 

[Movi]

Why is this news?

 

[Mike Islander]

Wolf introduction is 95% driven by antihunters. Bang-bury-shut up.

EDIT: For new anti-hunters who have infiltrated Rokslide.com, I'm voicing frustration and not actually condoning breaking any hunting or wildlife laws. If you plan to pretend I am serious, PM me now so I can add you to my ignore list.

 

[ETtikka]

I guess co-exist means you negotiate a good rate for slain livestock up front and “everyone wins”, until it’s not just livestock

 

[Movi]

Wolf introduction is 95% driven by antihunters. Bang-bury-shut up.

Ummmm no.

 

[Movi]

Say Good-Bye to Colorado’s Moose population! Colorado lost sight of its Division of Wildlife when they changed its name to “PARKS”. What was once a great “hunters” state , CO has become WOKE’s Ville…. So Sad!

Yeah the problem is wolf reintroduction was not up the CO parks at all though you do know that right?

I’m all about beating up on a state agency’s management but they have nothing to do with the reintroduction but will have to suffer the consequences…/

 

[Mike Islander]

Ummmm no.

No? Who is driving it?

 

[Movi]

No? Who is driving it?

First off it’s not introduction. It’s reintroduction. Big difference. Mountain goats in CO are an example of introduction.

Bang bury shut up? Shouldn’t promote poaching…

Big difference between non hunters and anti hunters….

 

[Mike Islander]

First off it’s not introduction. It’s reintroduction. Big difference. Mountain goats in CO are an example of introduction.

Bang bury shut up? Ok poacher.

Big difference between non hunters and anti hunters….

You're new here. Learn about our culture before saying stupid things about me or other members.

1. Semantics aside, who is driving bringing wolves back?

2. I can explain humor as an expression tool to you, but I can't understand it for you.

3. Again who is driving wolf repopulation? I know who is driving elk repopulation, hunters.

 

[ETtikka]

Wolves reintroduction is a touchy subject, but if they are allowed to be the top of the food chain with no exceptions, gonna get messy, the current food chain is different than when the wolves were in CO long ago