{"id":523,"date":"2008-06-17T17:43:03","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T23:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=523"},"modified":"2008-06-17T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T23:43:03","slug":"results-of-poll-on-feelings-about-wolves-in-nm-az-las-cruces-sun-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"Results of poll on feelings about wolves in NM, AZ – Las Cruces Sun-News"},"content":{"rendered":"

peace, mjh<\/span><\/p>\n

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Results of poll on feelings about wolves in NM, AZ – Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a> <\/p>\n

By The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Article Launched: 06\/16\/2008 12:03:33 PM MDT<\/p>\n

ALBUQUERQUE\u00e2\u20ac\u201dA look at results from a poll of 1,000 residents of New Mexico and Arizona, half in each state, about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 10-year-old program to reintroduce the Mexican gray wolf on public lands in the two states. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSixty-seven percent of Arizonans and 57 percent of New Mexicans favor giving wolves greater protection under the Endangered Species Act<\/strong>; 14 percent of Arizonans and 25 percent of New Mexicans oppose the idea. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dFifty-one percent of Arizonans and 49 percent of New Mexicans believe livestock grazing is good for the environment; 16 percent of Arizonans and 19 percent of New Mexicans disagree. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSixty-two percent of Arizonans and 53 percent of New Mexicans support letting wolves migrate to suitable habitat in the states<\/strong>; 17 percent of Arizonans and 24 percent of New Mexicans oppose migration. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSixty percent of Arizonans rate their overall feelings about wolves as positive; 13 percent are negative and 22 percent are neutral. In New Mexico, 48 percent have overall positive feelings, 19 percent are negative and 26 percent are neutral.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSixty percent of Arizonans and half of the New Mexicans surveyed want ranchers to be required to remove or render inedible the carcasses of cattle that die of non-wolf causes\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsomething environmental groups have pushed for. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dFifty-one percent of Arizonans and 48 percent of New Mexicans support reimbursing ranchers who volunteer to give up their grazing leases. <\/p>\n

A portion of the poll calling for respondants to state the first thing that came to mind when thinking about wolves found: <\/p>\n

Arizona: <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d21 percent: beautiful animal <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d14 percent endangered species <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d12 percent wild <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d6 percent dangerous <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d4 percent kill livestock <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d13 percent don’t know or won’t say <\/p>\n

New Mexico: <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d9 percent endangered species <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d7 percent beautiful animal <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d6 percent wild <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d4 percent kill livestock <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d3 percent dangerous <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d13 percent don’t know or won’t say <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d <\/p>\n

Information from poll done in April and May by Research & Polling Inc. of Albuquerque. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points. <\/p>\n

Results of poll on feelings about wolves in NM, AZ – Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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