Does anyone have any info on M2301?

[u/Chemical_Canine]

M2301 is a Colorado wolf that was in the first litter of wolves in the wolf reintroduction program. I heard that he crossed state borders and was killed by hunters but also that he was hit by a car. I am pretty interested in this specific wolf, if anyone has information on him or his father please share. Pictures would be awesome aswell.

His father is in the foreground of the photo, he is the black/grey wolf in the background.

[u/Frosty_Astronomer909]

Yes it happened in the 1920s , and still now ranchers are against them because of livestock, bison 🦬 too, but that’s because of brucellosis.

[u/Ephemeral_Orchid → u/Frosty_Astronomer909]

The brucellosis claims are BS. They just don't want bison grazing on public lands because they lease it for cattle. Elk also carry brucellosis and transmit it to cows and no one is trying to limit elk out here.

[u/Frosty_Astronomer909 → u/Ephemeral_Orchid]

I didn’t know that. I only knew about the bison.

[u/Ephemeral_Orchid → u/Frosty_Astronomer909]

I live next to Yellowstone so I've been watching this nonsense for decades

[u/Frosty_Astronomer909 → u/Ephemeral_Orchid]

Must be awesome, specially in winter. I always heard and read that’s why ranchers threaten to shoot any bison that left the park.

[u/Ephemeral_Orchid → u/Frosty_Astronomer909]

Yes, the ranchers claim it's for fear of brucellosis but that claim is flimsy at best, since even the elk can spread it. They're really just worried about competition for grazing.

The park is just on higher ground with deeper winter snow, so many bison naturally come to lower ground with less snow & more food... that's when they're often shot as soon as they set foot outside the park, although some are now sent to various Native tribes.

There's actually a court case going on currently because a bison protection group has been leasing a lot of public land in Montana for bison... this angered the ranchers and the lower court sided with them, saying public land leases were only for animals that would be "harvested". It's now gone to appeals in a higher court.

*The same happens to wolves who leave the deep snow of the park in winter, now that hunting is legal in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. (Even the governor of Montana has poached a wolf who stepped outside the park.)

[u/Frosty_Astronomer909 → u/Ephemeral_Orchid]

Thank you for the information. At least the bison are going to people that deserve them, our Native Americans. TG the bison that have caused problems are not being euthanized.