Gray Wolves...

[Mikey116]

TweetI dont know if anyone else cares but this really pissed me off so I thought I'd spew a bit.

I read an article regarding the removal of the gray wolf (aka timber wolf) from the endangered species list. Now of you havent been following its reintroduction to the wild heres a breif recap. Back in 1995 approximately 4 dozen wolves were released into Yellowstone national park. Today the gray wolf population is over 1600 ranging between Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

Now, if we do the math, thats a little over 500 wolves per state. Not an overwhelming number if you think about it. Well it would seem thats far too many for the Elk and Deer hunters because, at their behest, the Bush administration has revised the Endagered Species Act to say that only 20 breeding pairs of wolves be kept and no more than 200 total wolves need to be protected once they are removed from the list.

That means over 1400 wolves currently being protected will be up for slaughter. Nevermind all the data that has proven active healthy wolf populations actually allow the environment to thrive, reduce disease and genetic defficiency through culling the herd . . . nope, my name is johnny jimbob and I wanna hunt more deer dang it . . .

just when I dont think I can have WORSE opinion of the human race ol' Georgey bush proves me wrong, WAY TO GO Gee-Dub!! Way to go...

Thus endeth my rant...

[supasaiyan99]

TweetThat sucks. I like wolves. I think they still need to be protected. 1600 wolves isn't jack.

[bowbow]

TweetThe only problem with them is they're already killing a large number of cattle from the ranchers in that area.

[Mikey116]

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The only problem with them is they're already killing a large number of cattle from the ranchers in that area.

Actually the most current reports state that cattle and sheep from ranchers are trace amounts of the wolves current diet and of those the vast majority are animals that have strayed or been lost.

This whole push is being spearheaded by hunters who have seen the greatest impact to the deer and Elk populations they hunt from.

[straydoglogic]

Tweetwell for one..what makes the value of the cows life more than the wolves..b ulls hit..and the endagered species list is a bunch of shyte too..penn and teller summe it up really well in their show...

[T-Man007]

TweetYeah, it's a tough one because I can see the point of protecting a man's livestock. But, I'm not really one for hunting the wolves. If there are too many, tranq them and take them further north or something. Or, they could tranq them and then fix them to reduce the number of off spring.