Posted on 12/14/2011 3:54:54 AM PST by marktwain
With confirmation the other day by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game that at least two wolves were responsible for killing a young high school teacher, the debate about wolf management in the Pacific Northwest has erupted anew.
Good news: The argument has spread to Minnesota, where the assertion by a Cal State sociology professor who classified wolf opponents as militia nuts has been rebutted by a Minnesota state senator using reason rather than vitriol in relation to that states effort to de-list wolves as an endangered species.
In the mid-1990s, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 66 wolves in Yellowstone and central Idaho, most of the U.S. celebrated. The magnificent wolf, an icon of wilderness that humans had driven to extinction in the United States, would now reoccupy part of its old range.But in the region where the wolves were introduced, the move was much more controversial.
Part of the reason was the increase, particularly in Idaho and Montana, in paramilitary militia advocates, with their masculine ideal of man as warrior who should fight the hated federal government, by armed force if necessary.J. William Gibson, Cal State sociology professor
Here in Washington, hunters on the Hunting-Washington forum have looked at neighboring Idaho in an effort to see what is on the Evergreen States horizon, and they dont like the looming picture. The discussion gets downright alarming here and here, while over on the Northwest Hikers forum, one wolf advocate tried to deflect the conversation about the killing of teacher Candice Berner by arguing that hunters kill more people than wolves.
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Farmers need to load up on Livestock Guardian Dogs and I don't mean only one or two per farm, I'm talking 6 to 8 dogs in order to keep the packs away from their livestock. These are vicious preditors.
You're correct; I'll have to reword that to all the active nuclear power plant accidents.
shoot, shovel and shut up
LOL! I haven’t seen that new designation about Ted K.(D-Hell) I love it!
Re: Ted K (D-HELL)- I can’t claim credit as I saw it used by another FReeper, to whom I’d give credit if I had any memory cells left!
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