http://www.idahostatesman.com/Opinion/story.asp?ID=32287
In The Statesman editorial on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, the staff writer doesn´t know basic Canadian gray wolf research data, or chooses to ignore the truth. The dumping of the “experimental and non-essential population” of Canadian gray wolves into Central Idaho is going to be the worst wildlife disaster this state has ever known.
This staff writer and his pro-wolf friends understand so little about the Canadian gray wolves it is pathetic. The truth is, once these Canadian gray wolves are dumped into the ecosystem they kill everything. They kill all the prey first, then the other predators. Wolves know how to deal with competition for resources in the wild. Eliminate it. Kill it.
No conservation concept or ethic ever evolved among wolves. The Canadian gray wolves remain what they have always been, the most cruel and vicious predator in North America. They literally eat their prey alive.
This escalating Canadian wolf population (with no plan of control) is a crisis put upon us by the overzealous U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Defenders of Wildlife and other pro-wolf advocates. This minority is ruining our Idaho heritage, economic base, way of life and the destruction of Idaho´s most treasured resource — our wildlife. It is unbelievable what these Canadian gray wolves are doing to Idaho´s ungulate herds (deer and elk). Each wolf kills at least 18 to 25 ungulates per year to eat and up to twice that many on their sport killing binges. Then, these wolves follow the herds of cow elk in the spring and are literally destroying the calf crop through surplus killing reflex. They kill the calves as fast as they are born. The elk herds will drop into a predator pit as they cannot sustain with this slaughter of the calves. We have the pictures and documentation to prove the above. It is estimated at this time 90 percent of the ungulate kills are elk. Within a few years elk hunting as we have known it in Idaho will be a thing of the past, and have a resulting blow to the economy.
Those of us with deep roots in Idaho and proud of our Western heritage believe in well-managed big game herds (for hunting and wildlife viewing) and allowing our rancher friends and neighbors to remain in business which includes grazing their livestock on public lands. The staff writer claims there has been repeated state polling showing public support in Idaho for this Canadian wolf dumping. Show us just one.
The Idaho Legislature has been against this mismanaged wolf boondoggle from the beginning and still is. The state´s official position asks the federal government to remove Canadian gray wolves from the state by the adoption in 2001 of House Joint Memorial No. 5.
Bottom line:
1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife has blatantly lied on the number of wolves (they say 260) in Idaho. Very likely the number exceeds 700. Their so-called monitoring has been a disaster.
2. Our civil rights as granted under the Idaho Constitution and guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution have been severely violated.
3. The federal government and the Defenders of Wildlife must be held accountable for the slaughter of Idaho´s wildlife by this exotic species they have dumped on our state.
4. Delisting is a fairy tale — a myth. Canadian wolves will not be delisted in my lifetime.
5. We have learned there can be no compromise or negotiation with the pro-wolf advocates. All they want are more Canadian wolves without any management tools.
6. There is no way to manage wolves in Idaho because of the terrain and topography.
7. Idaho must have a Canadian gray wolf management plan controlled by the state of Idaho — no U.S. Fish and Wildlife strings attached.
8. While the delisting stand-off continues our wildlife continues to be slaughtered. The Canadian wolf continues to explode unchecked.
9. There is only one way to manage wolves in Idaho — get rid of them.
Enough is enough.
I absofrigginlutly agree!!!!!!!!!!
Itchaca, Buzz, Gunner,
Before you go off on a long winded rant,
One question, Is Gillett any different than Marvel?
Only on the other side of the fence?
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 08-19-2003 16:58: Message edited by: michaelr ]</font>
In The Statesman editorial on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, the staff writer doesn´t know basic Canadian gray wolf research data, or chooses to ignore the truth. The dumping of the “experimental and non-essential population” of Canadian gray wolves into Central Idaho is going to be the worst wildlife disaster this state has ever known.
This staff writer and his pro-wolf friends understand so little about the Canadian gray wolves it is pathetic. The truth is, once these Canadian gray wolves are dumped into the ecosystem they kill everything. They kill all the prey first, then the other predators. Wolves know how to deal with competition for resources in the wild. Eliminate it. Kill it.
No conservation concept or ethic ever evolved among wolves. The Canadian gray wolves remain what they have always been, the most cruel and vicious predator in North America. They literally eat their prey alive.
This escalating Canadian wolf population (with no plan of control) is a crisis put upon us by the overzealous U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Defenders of Wildlife and other pro-wolf advocates. This minority is ruining our Idaho heritage, economic base, way of life and the destruction of Idaho´s most treasured resource — our wildlife. It is unbelievable what these Canadian gray wolves are doing to Idaho´s ungulate herds (deer and elk). Each wolf kills at least 18 to 25 ungulates per year to eat and up to twice that many on their sport killing binges. Then, these wolves follow the herds of cow elk in the spring and are literally destroying the calf crop through surplus killing reflex. They kill the calves as fast as they are born. The elk herds will drop into a predator pit as they cannot sustain with this slaughter of the calves. We have the pictures and documentation to prove the above. It is estimated at this time 90 percent of the ungulate kills are elk. Within a few years elk hunting as we have known it in Idaho will be a thing of the past, and have a resulting blow to the economy.
Those of us with deep roots in Idaho and proud of our Western heritage believe in well-managed big game herds (for hunting and wildlife viewing) and allowing our rancher friends and neighbors to remain in business which includes grazing their livestock on public lands. The staff writer claims there has been repeated state polling showing public support in Idaho for this Canadian wolf dumping. Show us just one.
The Idaho Legislature has been against this mismanaged wolf boondoggle from the beginning and still is. The state´s official position asks the federal government to remove Canadian gray wolves from the state by the adoption in 2001 of House Joint Memorial No. 5.
Bottom line:
1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife has blatantly lied on the number of wolves (they say 260) in Idaho. Very likely the number exceeds 700. Their so-called monitoring has been a disaster.
2. Our civil rights as granted under the Idaho Constitution and guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution have been severely violated.
3. The federal government and the Defenders of Wildlife must be held accountable for the slaughter of Idaho´s wildlife by this exotic species they have dumped on our state.
4. Delisting is a fairy tale — a myth. Canadian wolves will not be delisted in my lifetime.
5. We have learned there can be no compromise or negotiation with the pro-wolf advocates. All they want are more Canadian wolves without any management tools.
6. There is no way to manage wolves in Idaho because of the terrain and topography.
7. Idaho must have a Canadian gray wolf management plan controlled by the state of Idaho — no U.S. Fish and Wildlife strings attached.
8. While the delisting stand-off continues our wildlife continues to be slaughtered. The Canadian wolf continues to explode unchecked.
9. There is only one way to manage wolves in Idaho — get rid of them.
Enough is enough.
I absofrigginlutly agree!!!!!!!!!!
Itchaca, Buzz, Gunner,
Before you go off on a long winded rant,
One question, Is Gillett any different than Marvel?
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