WOLVES IN THE ADIRONDACKS, VT, NEW ENGLAND - in a pen! by Mike French

I'm shooting video in a pen with about 6 wolves. They would circle me, and then pounce up on my chest and basically tongue-kiss me, because I'm a stranger. They need to smell your mouth, I guess! But, on goes the debate about the reintroduction of Wolves into the Adirondack and Green Mountain regions of Ny and Vt sparked the need to study the possible ramifications- and here's our story outtakes from a couple years back...

Also, in NY state, you might see 1 verified wolf per 5 years. They are stragglers from canada, or new england. Theres no breeding population. And what you think was a wolf? It was probably not a wolf. It's like seeing a full moon that hangs low- it seems SO much larger. Well, a wolf seems larger and scary!!

So, go back with a camera and get proof. Or shut the hell up about it, without proof, it's just bogus.

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[cameraperson]

@dougiefreshny

At present, there are no confirmed wolves in the adks, and there are about 8 million uneducated sightings and 2 confirmed cases per 7 years (average). I'm qualified because I've been to their habitat. I've studied their populations all over north america alongside experts. I can identify them and I know their habits. I've been in pens with them in rehab facilities, and in the wild with them, tracking them in yellowstone and mauricie park.

The end.

[dougiefreshny]

So you did get the joke congratulations.Now back too the real stuff,so since your a camera man that makes you an expert on wolves.Im not claiming too be 1,but again i did see 1 last summer.It was about 10 wovles in 10 years.And they occupied the Adirondacks before so how are the Adirondacks not a wolf habitat?Remember they were hunted into extinction they didnt just die off.Again id like too know what makes you such an expert,i didnt know holding a camer(and im not down grading your profession)

[cameraperson]

@dougiefreshny

This last post has to be a joke. "your shows possession" "which led too the miss spelled word.Your the dumb" "allow me too apologize" Now, this amount of horrible misspellings has to be a hilarious joke- I get it!! That's FUNNY, man. Superb!!!

But, a couple wolves in a ten year period does not make the adks a wolf habitat.

Learn to spell. Then come back.

[cameraperson]

@dougiefreshny

You're smart enough to compare land sizes right? Compare Jaques-Cartier, Tremblant and Mauricie parks with the adks- and keep in mind the adks have 3 major hwys, 120 mile long lake champlain, and theSt Law. Whereas the canadian parks are open on 3 sides to even more VAST wilderness. Real canadian bush VS some minor wilderness. It's hard to accept, but the adks are only wild for a small distance across, even in the southern tier. And ADKs are part private AND public.

[cameraperson]

@dougiefreshny An occasional inmate will break out of Dannemora. So, occasionally, a wolf will swim across in the summer, generally where the St Law is skinnier near Quebec City. Wow, you got me. I'm a liar and you're a good speller.

If you want wolves reintroduced to the ADKs, then you want them to die. Look at the size of La Mauricie PP, and compare it to the ADKs. Mauricie has 1 small pack. The adks would kill them on roads and by hunters.



[dougiefreshny]

@cameraperson Wasnt it you that said they couldnt run down from canada because theres no way they could cross the st lawrence river???Yes you did say that and now your back tracking and stating that they did cross.Hmmmmmm i smell b.s. coming from you.And i didnt say i wanted them too die,and how are the adirondacks not big enough???Its the biggest state park in the country,and wolves have already lived there over 100 years ago so they are big enough and theres plenty of food.Again you fail!!!!!

[dougiefreshny]

@cameraperson No i spelled your because your shows possession,as in your possess alot of stupidity.Allow me too apologize for my phone being screwy which led too the miss spelled word.Your the dumb 1 trying too tell me that i didnt see a wolf at Pharaoh Lake,were you there???Noooooooooo,so that means you dont know what i saw,and if you did some research youd know that there have been wolves killed in the Adirondacks within the last 10 years that were wild,not coy /wolf mix either.You fail!!!!

[dougiefreshny]

@cameraperson Theres been wolves found in the adirondacks smarty pants,they are coming back.Check your email

[cameraperson]

@cameraperson

In other words, your article talks about known wolves. Is it 3 or 5 wolves, I forgot because it wasnt a group or a pack, it was over a period of tens of YEARS that a few wolves were seen. Probably running down from canada, or vemonts NE kingdom, NH, or Maine. There are barely any wolves in the NE USA, but you want them to die horribly after living uncomfortably in the Adk's? I dont know why you want that so bad. There's not enough room for them!

[cameraperson]

@cameraperson --1->

One author of the study, Dr. Roland Kays, said (in response to an e-mail), that coywolves are larger than coyotes, reaching up to 50 lbs:

Animals often look larger than they really are when you see them in an excited short moment in the woods. … We do have a few records of full-on large wolves, a combination of escaped pets and vagrants from Canada that migrate down. However, our study shows no record that these very-large animals are breeding in NY.