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Are ‘kid cages’ protecting N.M. children, or a case of ranchers crying wolf?

A child waiting for a school bus in Reserve, a tiny community in rural New Mexico, may feel a little caged in, perhaps claustrophobic — but that’s precisely the point.

About a half-dozen wooden and mesh "kid cages" are located at bus stops in the rural, western New Mexico town, where there have been sightings of the Mexican gray wolf. Some of the 300 or so residents say the shelters could save the life of a child who waits in the predawn hours for a ride to school, but critics say they are part of an effort by ranchers to demonize the animals.

“They’re designed so children can step up in them and sit down and wait for the bus,” Catron County Sheriff Shawn Menges told FoxNews.com. “What happens out here in these rural areas is that most of the time, the parents are going to sit and wait with the children [for the bus] in their vehicle, but that’s not always true.”
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Mexican Wolf Endangered Species List Proposal Draws Ire

Depending on whom you ask, Mexican wolves are either in dire need of federal protection or dangerous beasts threatening children on their way to school.

The Mexican wolf is a subspecies of the gray wolf, and was reintroduced into the American Southwest by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the late 1990s. The initial population of 11 wolves expanded to around 75 by late 2012. While the USFWS has proposed to lift federal protections on other populations of wolves in the U.S., the agency proposed in June to add the Mexican wolf to its list of endangered species. This move would mean that people could not legally kill the wolves except in rare circumstances, and it would also expand the animals’ legal ranging area.

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ORIGINAL: KYsissy

Desfip, a lot if deer get hit near me too. Fish and game surveyed 100 deer per square mile in my county. That means when i drive 3 miles up the road to my friends house, there are 600 deer within a mile of my path. There is no limit on does. And i hear lots if gunfire this time of year. Heck, my neighbor shot one without leaving his house. He was having coffee and there were 6 in his garden. He had his bow tags, and it was bow season. So he cracked open his back door and shot one. Still in his pajamas.

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ORIGINAL: KYsissy

Desfip, a lot if deer get hit near me too. Fish and game surveyed 100 deer per square mile in my county. That means when i drive 3 miles up the road to my friends house, there are 600 deer within a mile of my path. There is no limit on does. And i hear lots if gunfire this time of year. Heck, my neighbor shot one without leaving his house. He was having coffee and there were 6 in his garden. He had his bow tags, and it was bow season. So he cracked open his back door and shot one. Still in his pajamas.

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ORIGINAL: KYsissy

Desfip, a lot if deer get hit near me too. Fish and game surveyed 100 deer per square mile in my county. That means when i drive 3 miles up the road to my friends house, there are 600 deer within a mile of my path. There is no limit on does. And i hear lots if gunfire this time of year. Heck, my neighbor shot one without leaving his house. He was having coffee and there were 6 in his garden. He had his bow tags, and it was bow season. So he cracked open his back door and shot one. Still in his pajamas.

Reminds me of a friend telling me of him and all the males in the family going out hunting. They came home empty handed to find his mother in law telling them to dress the deer in front of the kitchen window. She had fed them breakfast and while washing up saw it. She opened the window and shot it. They were all properly humbled!

But the major cause of death here is from hitting a deer. Folks, never swerve to avoid hitting an animal. If you do, you'll go into a ditch or hit a tree. Hit it straight and you live.

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ORIGINAL: ShaharThorne

There is a cougar in my area of TX...I just don't tell the Game Warden because I don't want dumbass hunters on my property.

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Personally, I think we should reintroduce Velociraptor in the the US Capital, but I have been told that is a bit extreme.

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Personally, I think we should reintroduce Velociraptor in the the US Capital, but I have been told that is a bit extreme.

With our luck, even a Velociraptor wouldn't eat a politician from D.C. ....