Wild Wolf Film
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Our Mission
The Wild Wolf Film project endeavors to use film, digital media, and community outreach to advance the recovery of the Mexican Gray Wolf and other endangered species by teaching about their role in the eco system, and providing creative solutions to a healthy long term relationship between nature and humans.
Our Vision
Wild Wolf Film envisions a world where the Mexican Grey Wolf population along with all endangered species has been successfully restored to its original habitat and is thriving along with all life forms on this planet. And, in our vision, the wolf is accepted and respected by humans and their coexistence is easy and effortless. Wildness and wilderness are an integral part of the human experience again.
News!
February 2010: Mexico to Reintroduce Wolves Near U.S. Border (Arizona Daily Star)
As early as this month, the Mexican government will reintroduce five endangered Mexican gray wolves to northeastern Sonora, leaving the wolves within easy roaming distance of the Sky Islands ecosystem in southern Arizona and New Mexico. It's a good move for the wolves, which would greatly benefit from connectivity between habitat in Mexico and in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area further north.
The livestock industry isn't happy about the reintroduction, to say the least, but any wolves that wander into the country will enjoy the full protection of the Endangered Species Act, unlike the "experimental non-essential" wolves already in the Southwest. Mexico's move comes just as the latest count of Mexican wolves in the United States dropped dangerously low, to just 42 animals -- ten less than were counted last year.
November 2009: We just returned from 8 days in wolf country in November where we visited 4 different wolf pack territories. Each night we heard them howl and on one occasion found tracks in the morning close to our tent. It was wonderful to feel their presence once more and hear them communicate with each other at close range.
We talked to and filmed ranchers, conservationists, wildlife biologists, an ecological wilderness tour outfitter and residents of wolf country. In general, things are looking up for our wolves, they just abandoned the 3 strikes rule for wolves, meaning that they will not automatically kill or place wolves in captivity that have been “charged with 3 cattle depredations” in 1 year.
The recovery project is in full swing and they are scheduled to release their first Mexican Gray Wolves this month in Mexico, thereby increasing the total number of wolves in the wild. We hope that the Mexican people in the wolf recovery area are in good spirits about their new neighbors and that things will go smoothly.
This has been an amazing journey for all of us involved in the wolf film project. It is a privilege to get to talk to people about the wolves and to hear and embrace their standpoint in this matter. The wolf recovery issue is truly a complex subject with many different subplots, yet we remain more hopeful than ever that the wolves will survive and thrive in the wild and once again occupy their old stomping grounds wild and free.
Older news: From the German wolf country: Elke Duerr met with wolf experts, wolf enthusiasts, and opponents during fall 2009 to discuss the wolf management program in both countries (USA and the European Community) and point to solutions for the "predator versus live stock" issue.
Nobody is allowed to touch the wolves in the European Community, let alone dig up the pups and relocate them. The Wolf Bureau’s sole purpose is to educate the public about wolves and to establish how ranchers and farmers can best protect their life stock. The audiences at the various talks are very supportive of the Mexican Gray Wolf recovery program and enjoyed the short film version and facts.
An ongoing collaboration has been established between Elke Duerr and the wolf experts. She is contributing to wolf magazines in Germany and is engaged in a dialogue about the future of the wolves in this world.
For more information on Wolf Issues in the European Community see gzsdw.de and wolfsregion-lausitz.de
