{"id":151,"date":"2004-03-31T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-31T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2004-03-31T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-31T20:27:00","slug":"151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolves in Colorado and in . . . Scotland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Colorado Division of Wildlife tries to figure out what to do <\/a>with the grey wolves that are coming south, I just learned that there is an effort underway to reintroduce wolves in the Scottish Highlands<\/a>. Still more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here in Colorado, the private Colorado Wildlife Federation says that there is 66-percent<\/a> public support for the wolves. I have often wondered what it would feel like to live in a place like the UK with no four-footed predator larger than a badger (and feral dogs, I suppose).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolves in Colorado and in . . . Scotland? While the Colorado Division of Wildlife tries to figure out what to do with the grey wolves that are coming south, I just learned that there is an effort underway to reintroduce wolves in the Scottish Highlands. Still more here. 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