Governor of Idaho calls for wolf kill

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I find this appauling. The animals are just getting off being endangered and he wants to start a killing spree. This bozo obviously knows nothing about wolves. Their whole pack dynamic is really complex. So much so that in captivity, it's difficult to keep a pack of larger than five members. Randomly kill off 85% of all the wolves, and more than likely a good number of the rest will die within a year because they won't have enough of their pack left to hunt effectively, and they don't easily co-mingle or join with other packs.

Merf...

What if they could kill entire packs at a time?

After all, there is the issue of peoples livelihoods being destroyed by too many of these predators.

I seriously suggest you get a copy of Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf--where the same excuse is used and exposed.

I'm in Idaho... and I don't have much good to say about Otter...I've have two issues with him.. but anyway.. The Ranchers have a problem with the Wolfs because they kill cattle, Sheep etc.,....

If I was going to thin the herd of Wolfs.. I would regulate it.. Special permits or Draws..and only so many sold each year..

This helps keep the packs down but doesn't endanger them...

According to the Pocatello and Blackfoot papers, this has nothing to do with ranchers and farmers but hunters. "Hunting is a multi-million dollar industry in Idaho" If wolves kill big game, there are less tags to sell.

Butch Otter makes me ashamed to live in "the great state" (Idaho). Personally, if we're giong to hunt anything, I'd like to uy the first tag to big-game hunt a big-game hunter.

anyone with me?

In fairness to hunters, most of them are in favor of wildlife conservation. It's the weekend warriors or the guys who like to hunt for quail on a quail ranch that you have to worry about.

[Hornet 2]

Screw hunters! That's a pathetic excuse.

I'd like to go 'Otter' hunting, too many dipshits in the world, gotta thin them out.

One shot, One kill!

[Ban Hammer 13,678]

In fairness to hunters, most of them are in favor of wildlife conservation. It's the weekend warriors or the guys who like to hunt for quail on a quail ranch that you have to worry about.

steven, i'm a hunter. these in the story sound to me like those who just like to blast away at anything.

if you're not gonna eat it or it's not threatening you, don't shoot it. words from my dad

[Saddle Bronc 124]

In fairness to hunters, most of them are in favor of wildlife conservation. It's the weekend warriors or the guys who like to hunt for quail on a quail ranch that you have to worry about.

steven, i'm a hunter. these in the story sound to me like those who just like to blast away at anything.

if you're not gonna eat it or it's not threatening you, don't shoot it. words from my dad

Yeah, they do sound like Tom Lehrer's "Hunting Song" applies to them.

Lyrics sample:

....

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow,

Two game-wardens, seven hunters and a COW!

...

It turned out there was a reason,

Cows were out of season,

And one of the hunters wasn't insured

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And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now

Two game-wardens, seven hunters,

And a purebred Gurnesey cow!