European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world wednesday january 11, 1995 amp a ? 4/ \ \ i 4 x a vow alaskan biologist Mark Mcnay checks Over a Wolf that was shot with tranquil Izer darts from the air near Hinton Alberta. Captured wolves doing just Fine biologists report Hinton Alberta a wildlife biologists would t mind if the capture of 30 Canadian wolves a bound for Wyoming and Idaho were going faster but the nine wolves caught so far seem to be weathering the delay in Good order. They re eating and they look in Good condition a said Sharon Rose spokeswoman for the . Fish and wildlife service. The Agency s $6.7 million plan is to restore 30 Gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park and 15 to Central Idaho each year for t he next three to five years. Marksmen in helicopters shot tranquil Izer darts into two wolves monday an adult female and a Young male. That brings the total caught since last week to nine. On sunday one of two wolves Tranquili Zed was accidentally killed when the 3-Inch Dart punctured its lung. Biologists want to snare or Dart 30 wolves in Central Alberta this Winter from a 100-by-200-mile area around Hinton. But they wont wait until All 30 Are caught to Start shipping wolves South. The once thriving Wolf population was killed off from the Northern Rocky states earlier in the Century because of concern for livestock and Many ranchers still dread the predatory animals return. Wolves Are abundant in this area East of Edmonton. Local trappers helping with the program Are being paid $2,000 per Wolf More than a Pelt would have brought. The . Wildlife service Hasni to decided when the first wolves will be shipped or whether they will go to Yellowstone or Idaho. The earliest possible release is today officials said. The uncertainty frustrates those trying to coordinate travel arrangements for the wolves and Agency officials As Well As bystanders who Hope to see the Idaho release which is deep within the Frank Church River of no return wilderness but the wolves themselves can remain comfortably in confinement for More than two weeks Rose said. Tote nine captives Are being held in 6-by-12-foot Metal cages at Switzer provincial Park near this town in Western Alberta most of the wolves appetites weak at first had improved enough by monday that biologists were preparing a second Road killed Elk for their dining pleasure. The recipe a Cut it up in Large chunks and hand it out a Rose said. A biologist Alice Whitelaw from Idaho carries a muzzled Tranquili Zed Wolf to his pen in Hinton Call of the wild Canadian wolves will be moved to Idaho and Wyoming. War 1 a Northwest territories . Pressed by Pakistan on Islamabad Pakistan apr prime minister Binazir Bhutto used a visit tuesday by the . Defense Secretary to demand that Washington either deliver f-16 fighting Falcon Jet planes or return the $650 million Pakistan paid for them. A we think this is All very unfair a Bhutto told reporters at her official residence hours after defense Secretary William Perry arrived in Islamabad. Pakistan and the United states Are longtime allies but relations have been troubled Over the stalled fighter Deal and pakistanis nuclear program. Pakistan agreed to buy 71 planes in 1989 and paid $650 million enough for about half of them. Washington stopped military and economic Aid to Pakistan in 1990, believing it Nad acquired a nuclear weapon and has refused to refund the Money. Under a Sanction known As the Pressler amendment the United Stales has also refused to return pakistani military equipment such As helicopter parts sent to America for repairs. Bhutto stressed that she wants to rebuild relations with Washington and said Perry a visit showed a a broadening of the relationship above and beyond the impediments of the Pressler Perry who arrived at the residence shortly after she made Ner remarks said the United states considers Pakistan a an old and valued a there Are differences Between the . And Pakistan. No two nations cart agree All the time a he said. Defense minister Shaban Mirani who met Perry at Chalala air Force base told the associated press that Pakistan won t sign any agreements on the nuclear Issue unless its traditional enemy India does As Well. Perry visits India on thursday. Mirani also ruled out International inspections of pakistanis nuclear Sites something Washington has been pushing for unless India submits to similar inspections. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since the subcontinent gained Independence from Britain in 1947. _ India conducted a nuclear test in 1974 and is believed to be capable of making a nuclear bomb. The United states has been trying to persuade both India and Pakistan to sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty. Perry arrived in Islamabad from Israel where he met with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and discussed the dangers of nuclear proliferation. Arafat s wife feels Cairo Egypt chief Yasser Arafat feels lonely and left out by around him in the newly autonomous Gaza strip. A the does not help me and the men surrounding him do not appreciate my Success a Suha Arafat told the mass circulation weekly Asher Saa in an interview published tuesday. A. A a Quot to them i am Only the wife of Arafat and often 1 feel lonely a she told the Magazine in Paris. Suha Arafat 31, and the 65-year-old Palestine liberation organization Suha Arafat Leader were married in 1992 after she had worked As his personal Secretary for a few months. The couple moved to Gaza in july after the strip became an autonomous palestinian zone under the israeli Plo peace pact signed in May since then he has been embroiled in negotiating with Israel and trying to put Down opposition by islamic radicals to peace moves last month Suha Arafat who is French educated announced that she is expecting a baby the first for the couple in july. The baby a must have a Mission Quot and the Quot lord will protect him a she told Asher Saat arabic for a the last aps amps
