[george76]

Six county commissioners from two states agreed Tuesday that counties in the West should consider suing the federal government about wolves.

"If the state's not going to sue, maybe it's time for us to," Park County Commission Chairman Tim Morrison

• Wolves are killing livestock and depleting elk herds, while making few inroads on bison.
• Some marginal ranching operations are selling their land as subdivisions because of costly predation.
• Ranchers are using fewer acres for grazing, keeping domestic animals closer to home but losing needed grasslands.
• Wolf concerns increasingly are "locking up" public lands.
• There are so many wolves in this area already that it may be too late to manage them.
• The federal government was not truthful when it proposed and actually carried out wolf reintroduction.

[Wizy]

I understand the fact that stressed animals are not as productive, yet what is the solution? Do we re-irradicate them? That caused far more problems historically that effect far more people then a couple of "light" cattle.

[tomzz]

Somebody needs to round up twenty or thirty canadian wolves, stuff em in a truck and turn em loose in Central Park.

[elkfersupper]

I've seen these in the wild in SW New Mexico.

They look at you like you're lunch.

[Rembrandt]

Wasn't this and the re-introduction of black bears to Jellystone two examples of Hitlery's genius at work?

[GladesGuru]

Just another day in Paradise - predator paradise, that is. Abd not only the wolves are doing well, the 'crats are getting fat. And why not? The Endangered Species Act provides a life long snout pass for each 'crat to keep its snout in the ESA feeding trough.

Fattening 'crats instead of cattle - whodda thunk it?

On the other hand, if the cats are getting too numerous (and they certainly), perhaps it is time to harvest the excess crats. Since few to none of the 'crats has ever been seen really working, arguably most of the 'crat population can safely be declared surplus.

Given the cost of arm length rubber gloves, and the sheer difficulty of finding anyone to dress and clean one of those things (there are some things even Mexicans just won't do), 'crat steaks will probably be far higher than the cattle they are replacing.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Parachute Ted Nugent into the park for a couple weeks a year with his bow and arrow.

Problem solved.

[NeoCaveman]

I love wolves, they are kind of my motif in my house, and aren't they primarily scavengers, but with that said the government should get the hell out of the way!

[Springman]

Ping.

[CarryaBigStick]

[BigSkyFreeper]

First of all, get them off the endangered species list, then let fate run it's course.

[Wombat101]

I guess you can't feed them the bovine equivalent of "Cat Chow" in a corral? Or am I missing something? I am, after all, a city boy.

[Savage Beast]

If the "Environmentalists" are for it, oppose it. If they are against it, support it.

[nightdriver]

God made wolves and coyotes so that they could become dead wolves and coyotes.

[gdc61]

good, leaner beef.

[qam1]

You would think that with $96 Billion dollars in farm subsidies tax payers give to them each year, these ranchers would be able buy a couple of German Shepherds