Durango Pack Missing, What we Know, What we suspect..

Ranchers in the region were first made aware of the disappearance of the Durango wolf pack on November 7 2007 when they didn’t show up on the November 6 flight report. No one thought much of the lack of location due to the fact that often a wolf will not show up on the flight for several reasons, collar malfunctions, pressure on the pack by the Aspen pack had caused them to move a long distance in prior weeks. The last time that a resident actually saw the Durango pack was at a home on November 1, a signal was received near the mailbox area called the post office on November 4. On November 7 a dead cow was confirmed as a wolf kill in Durango pack territory near a well traveled road and several deer hunting camps. The cow had been killed between the 4th and the 5th of November, this confirmed Durango kill incident is never mentioned in press reports on the disappearance or comments by managers on the subject yet it is clearly important to the time line of events. On November 7 Catron county issued a notice of removal for Durango AM 973 for documented habituated behavior, seeking out humans and human use areas on private land on the north end of Catron county. Habituated behavior is when a wolf lacks wild wolf characteristics and are in fact a threat to human beings in this case, children and rural families. The pack of two wolves, an adult male AM973 and a Durango pup, that appeared to be a 6 month old female had recently met up and bonded with Luna female f 1047. The male wolf was a big concern for ranchers in the area as he was habitually turning up at homes and staying in yards and making threats towards dogs and people in the area....