Hot on the heels of my post last week about Big Game Forever’s video about the “out of control” federal wolf reintroduction program in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, here comes a propaganda piece in the Sunday Sacramento Bee about a lone gray wolf resolutely making his way toward California.
He’ll make it. And he’ll find a mate that’s been planted here – legally or otherwise.
Today’s story in the Sacramento Bee was predictable. Stories like these don’t just happen. They are planted to shape public opinion.
Remember last year’s Bee editorial on grazing and water quality in the Sierra? It followed a visit to the Bee Editorial Board by a man who dislikes cows in the forests and who wants to turn all California’s US Forests into National Parks to protect Sierra rivers and streams from contamination. That article was reprinted by other media outlets around the nation.
This one may too, as well. Read it by clicking on the Wolf on the Move graphic below:
First, note the placement of the wolf article: it’s in the new SAC PAWS (“where pets and people connect“) section. Note too, the use of personification by the author. This is no rogue menace to society: he’s alone, looking for food and a mate, homeless. His mother, B-300, is a pioneer. His father, OR7, is on death row.
The article goes to great lengths to paint a picture and influence the way you think about its content. Did it succeed?
What’s next? School kids will start following his travels and will write impassioned pleas to the Governors of California and Oregon respectively to bring him a wife and pardon his dad. [What do you think Jerry will do?] Someone will make a documentary about him.
As to his need to roam unimpeded by man, he’s going to need some help from state and local governments. California’s got a lot of public land and has already designated quite a bit of open space for wildlife corridors and habitat. But it’s not enough. Not yet.
Click here to refresh your memory on California’s Essential Wildlife Connectivity Corridors efforts.
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