Horse killed by Aspen pack in it's own corral

From: "Laura"
Subject: Horse killed by Aspen pack in it's own corral
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:44:34 -0700

This evening there was a confirmed livestock kill by the Aspen pack. The pack, formerly the menacers of Blue AZ, have now been allowed to kill 6 dogs in the past 6 months, one attack occurred in the presence of a terrified little girl on her families deeded land.

Now, the pack has killed a horse at the Link camp. Said horse belongs to the same little girl and her family. The horse was killed in the pens at the barn about 40 feet from the house. The family was not home at the time of the attack or they would have been within their legal rights to shoot every wolf involved in the killing of the horse which would have been horrific to watch if you can imagine.

When will FWS get off their backsides and deal with this problem pack? Does every livestock owner in the area have to donate their hard earned animals their livelihood, their peace of mind, their kids welfare to this program. The answers are simply they will not deal with it....

My advice to everyone dealing with wolf problems that the Agency refuses to deal with is this.

Move your livestock onto your deeded land and wait. It is legal to kill these wolves if they are on private land and in the act of attacking your livestock. if evidence of the attack is there, nothing can be done to you. You will not go to jail. Kill every one of them that shows up on your deeded land and lays a tooth on your livestock.

Do not kill one attacking your dog. Dogs are considered collateral damage by the program managers even on deeded land. You may also kill a wolf in defense of your life or the life of another so if you are threatened and the animal or animals are coming towards you or towards another person kill it. If you live in wolf country do not go anywhere unarmed.

FWS can no longer be trusted to make reasonable decisions for your safety, your property and your livelihood. They do not care about the damage to your family your well being or your property and civil rights. After months of reports of escalating problems with this pack, nothing has been done about them. They have created a living hell for the people living in the area.

The ranchers and rural residents pay the food bill for this program and get nothing but misery and threats in return. If this is the only way to fight back so be it. FWS manipulates the rule and regulations when it suits them, they threaten the residents with their attitudes and bully them with their wolves.

Most of us are law abiding citizens and we have to comply with the rule but there are ways to protect your property written into that rule and we need to deal with the animals that will not leave deeded land and livestock owners alone. Call me if you need documentation of the rule requirements I will be happy to send them to you.

Laura Schneberger
Gila Livestock Growers Association

Laura@gilaranchers.fatcow.com
www.gilalivestockgrowers.org
www.mexicanwolf.0catch.com