Thanks for the ping, George.
Nice to see you Proud Yank!
Posted on 10/17/2007 7:30:10 PM PDT by george76
Why did he chose the nom de jeu"Treadwell"? Wouldn't "Goldilocks" be more appropriate? (I was flying home from the Aleutians, via Anchorage, when this story hit the airwaves. The Northern Lights have indeed seen strange sights. Alaska is different.)
Must not have been in the house.
Thanks for the ping, George.
Nice to see you Proud Yank!
Well said.
Why would a wolf be afraid of men?
Would it be our bad breath? Our cosmic auras? Or perhaps might it be that for a long time attacking an armed man was a sure way to be removed from the gene pool?
However, as wolves are discovering, humans in Canada are no longer habitually armed. Without weapons, humans are less dangerous to hunt than deer, don't run as fast, are less likely to notice a wolf until the wolf is on top of them. Hey, an easy meal
Humans, the other white meat
Or as they say in Borneo, long pig.
Actually the party line, to be exact, was "there has never been a documented case of a wolf killing a human in North America", because they couldn't say that about Europe which has plenty of documented evidence down through the centuries to prove wolves do attack humans and kill them.
This type of idiocy on their part shows how stupid they are and how stupid they think the average person is. Somehow we are to believe that American wolves are different in their prey selection than EU wolves.
The many accounts that Indians would tell about wolf attacks are discounted because, of course, they kept no written records so therefor their accounts are "undocumented". Americans, as you pointed out, are just considered to be liars when it comes to wolves.
The reason wolves were afraif of humans for many years was because they were shot and killed on sight but of course we can't kill them now so they have lost any fear of man, same is true of mountain lions, which attack people frequently. To predators we are just prey animals to be attacked and eaten.
If you read the article it (predictably) blames man for the attacks. Wild animals are always unpredictable and dangerous. These liberal attitudes wind up getting people killed.
From "The Law of the Jungle" (From The Jungle Book) by Rudyard Kipling
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The environazis want to reintroduce wolves into areas that they, the envirowhackos, seldom go. Like other people’s range land.
The envirowhackos were screaming foul a few years ago when the subject of reintroducing Grizzlies into the north Cascades came up. The granolas like to hike there, and don’t want to be on the menu. It’s ok for the griz, and wolves to eat other folks livestock, but paws off of the sandal crowd.
Hiya Yank, good to “see” you. Miss your posts and hope you’ll be back before long. Hope all’s going well with you.
Correct. The key word here is "documented," or rather what these "documentation" requirements turn out to be. Apparently you can write whatever you like about it but unless the wolf signs it, it doesn't count.
I honestly don't understand what part of "wild animal" the wolf-huggers don't get. I have every sympathy for the animal trying to survive, and it's my responsibility as another, edible animal not to become dinner. They aren't fuzzy bunnies.
Are people in this area allowed to carry guns to defend themselves?
Wolfie ping!!!!
On the other hand, I like camping, hiking and kayaking in what’s left of “the wild.” Surely we don’t have to extend Hillary’s “nanny state” to the few wild places left, do we? For those who are scared, they can just pack a 44 mag or better. If that’s too much, just stay home and work in a cubicle.
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Great point.
Damn.
That is so profound...
I think I'm gonna get teary-eyed...
I understand Long Island has a deer population problem. Just sayin'.
Which leads me to wonder... do vegans smell like herbivores to the predators?
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