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    Stop Colorado Plan to Kill of Bears and Cougar

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) proposes to hunt and trap bears and cougars and then kill them, claiming that this will help deer populations. This is an old disproved claim. Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949 that idea of killing predators to increase deer numbers was wrong.

    “We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes—something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters’ paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view.” —Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949.
    Further predators are not the main cause of deer declines. The National Wildlife Federation , the Humane Society of the US, and WildEarth Guardians say that deer populations are down due to winter range reductions due to habitat loss and habitat fragmentation due to oil and gas wells and roads and housing developments . The Bureau of Land Management plans to allow 15,000 new oil and gas wells in deer habitat in northwest Colorado. The CPW is proposing restricting oil and gas activity between Dec. 1 and April 15. State may euthanize bears, lions to try to boost deer numbers Email the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission
    Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission c/o Public Involvement Unit Colorado Parks and Wildlife 6060 Broadway Denver, CO 80216

    Butterfly Walk on July 4 above Boulder

    Each year Janet Chu and her friends and relatives lead a butterfly census, sort of like an Audubon bird count. Janet Chu and Steve Jones wrote BUTTERFLIES OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE: A Photographic Guide to 80 Species, by Janet R. Chu and Stephen R. Jones. The guide covers the common species seen along the Colorado Front Range, their description, habitat, transformation and adaptations. Here is a collection of photos and discussions about front range butterflies.

    Elephants and Rhinos

    A lovelorn bull elephant walked 130 miles, traveling by night and hiding by day, looking for a mate. He was avoiding the poachers who send ivory to China. Over 150 park rangers in the Congo have been killed by poachers in the last 10 years. Last year poachers killed 1338 rhinos in Africa. “Elephant Stealth Mode” by Jeffrey Gettleman NYT 1-18-16.

    Great Elephant & Orangutan Film

      See the film “Born to Be Wild” and donate to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust refuge for orphaned elephants and to the Orangutan Foundation International for orphaned orangutans. This is an upbeat film, with adorable young elephants and orangutans being reintroduced into the wild. The film shows orphans rescued after poachers have killed their parents. Local caregivers play with, sleep next to, and feed orphaned baby elephants and baby orangutans. After elephant films were shown here by the Boulder Rights of Nature group , people donated $ 65,000 to elephant protection groups. Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network have been campaigning to stop the expansion of palm oil plantations into the forest habitat of orangutans. They pressure food brands to boycott palm oil from plantations that are made by cutting down forests that are orangutan habitat. They persuade logging companies to stop cutting down orangutan habitat. The Sumatra Orangutan Conservation Program helps orangutans in Sumatra. The Save the Elephants group is a leader in funding groups that work to stop the killing, stop the trafficking , and end to the demand for ivory.