WWP's Deputy Director weighs in on the fact that #AshaTheWolf #MexicanWolf was recaptured and thrown back in wolf jail --
"In the meantime, Asha paces in the wolf pen at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, suffering for having figured out instinctually what humans are yet reluctant to accept: Interstate 40 is a roadblock in Mexican gray wolf recovery, but it’s entirely surmountable. It just takes a bit of courage to see the opportunities that await on the other side."
Nice interview with WWP's Deputy Director Greta Anderson and @wildearthguardians about #AshaTheWolf. The interviewees got word of Asha's potential capture during the interview --
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wolf-connection/id1521180246
More on #AshaTheWolf with WWP's Deputy Director. Good video, lots of interesting footage. It's a damn shame they couldn't just leave her be.
Also, if you want to rock your own Asha T-shirt, go on over to our friends at Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project's online store. https://www.bonfire.com/.../grand-canyon-wolf-recovery.../ 🐺
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/mexican-gray-wolf-asha-recaptured-in-northern-nm/
“We hope that Asha’s movements have spoken to policymakers about how arbitrary the boundary is,” she said, “Just simply managing numbers within the small geography of Arizona and New Mexico is not enough.”
Asha's movements have spoke alright, but is there any chance that policymakers will listen?
Here's an AP story on #AshaTheWolf 's capture.
Bonus: A great new picture of Asha directly confronting the camera in her pen at the wildlife refuge.
A Mexican gray wolf that traveled far beyond the boundaries set in the Southwestern U.S. for managing the endangered species is back in captivity after being captured Saturday in northern New Mexico.
Asha's days of freedom have come to an end, again, for now. We won't forget her and we'll be advocating for her return to her wild birthright.
https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/12/asha-the-roaming-mexican-gray-wolf-captured-in-new-mexico/
Here's something we hadn't heard yet about #AshaTheWolf:
>> Asha is a spitfire who does what she needs to get done... [FWS spokesperson] said that while [Asha was] at the refuge, they had to move the security cameras higher up, “otherwise she would jump and take them down.” <<
You go girl. #MexicanWolves #LetAshaRoam
https://sourcenm.com/2023/12/08/asha-the-lobo-captures-the-heart-of-new-mexico/
Lobos are culturally and environmentally significant to New Mexico and a Mexican gray wolf that wildlife experts say is resilient in face of peril and breaks assumptions, something many New Mexicans can relate too, is back after a long trip
"I love the lands of my home state deeply, and I long for the day when we can manage those lands for more than just the interests of human populations."
This is a great rebuttal to the recent fear-mongering anti-science op-ed about #AshaTheWolf.
This here map of #AshaTheWolf's travels includes where she was last week. Where she is today isn't public information, but we've heard she's generally in the same area. Must be good wolf habitat, ahem.
Western Watersheds Project
