UFC commentator Joe Rogan is officially worried about wolf attacks in the United States.
Multiple wolf attacks were reported near Aspen over Memorial Day weekend. According to the Colorado Sun, they occurred on the Crystal River Ranch, McCabe Ranch and Lost Marbles Ranch. As you'd imagine, ranchers are concerned about their livestock.
If Colorado Parks and Wildlife wasn't under enough pressure to keep ranchers and their livestock safe, that'll change after this Wednesday.
Rogan posted a lengthy message on social media regarding these wolf attacks in Colorado. He's been trying to raise awareness since February.
"Back in February I posted about wolves being released on my friend’s ranch outside of Aspen, and the devastation it was bound to cause. Since then just on his neighbor’s property they’ve had 7 calves and one cow killed by wolves, along with 4 calves and one cow wounded. And this is just one property. This Memorial Day weekend there was a series of wolf attacks at Lost Marbles Ranch, Crystal River Ranch and McCabe Ranch leaving two calves dead and others injured. These ranches have to hire men to patrol throughout the night to try to scare off wolves, and even that isn’t enough," Rogan wrote on Instagram.
"These are cunning and intelligent killers that they’ve moved into Aspen, and they haven’t even started breeding yet. The people who live in this area are rightly freaked out by what’s happening and it’s only going to get worse."
The prominent podcast host let it be known that he loves wolves, he just doesn't want them anywhere near cattle ranches in Aspen.
"For the record, I love wolves and all wildlife, but moving intelligent, ruthless predators into a community filled with cattle ranches that have no experience with wolves is an insanely stupid thing to do. And they’ve spent over 4.7 million dollars of taxpayer money doing it," Rogan explained.
Rogan's post on Instagram included a graphic photo that puts these attacks into perspective.
We'll see if Rogan's words inspire any changes in Colorado.
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