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red dog 1

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31. This is a "No Brainer" for Obama. It keeps the hunters happy, and saves wolves lives as well/
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 10:56 AM
Mar 2012

"By changing hunting, land management policies, and human development practices, we can better control deer populations.
One of the measures that should be employed is to reintroduce natural predators such as wolves and mountain lions, where possible."
http://www.idausa.org/facts/deercontrol.html

Does President Obama really want to risk losing millions of animal lovers' votes this fall by continuing the barbarous practice of shooting these beautiful animals from helicopters, which does nothing to control the overpopulation of deer in parts of the country where they are overpopulated.

At $1670 per wolf shot, how much more could it cost to trap and relocate the wolves

It's a "Win/Win" proposition..

The hunters would have more elk and deer to kill, and the wolves could control the overpopulation of deer in those areas where necessary.

In recent years, wolves have been identified... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #1
What fucking "change," Mr. Obama? villager Feb 2012 #2
He also has continued to allow the BLM's Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2012 #20
When it comes to wildlife and wilderness, in particular, this administration is as abysmal villager Mar 2012 #23
Native Americans have always eaten horses when needed ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #26
Yup. This, to me, is one of his biggest failings..and yet it gets surprisingly little play... truebrit71 Mar 2012 #38
Thank you jsmirman Feb 2012 #5
You're welcome...and you should come over to the joeybee12 Feb 2012 #6
This jsmirman Feb 2012 #7
So, you're on the DARKER Side!!! joeybee12 Feb 2012 #9
The DARKEST side jsmirman Feb 2012 #11
Yeah, all the more elk for hunters to kill. n/t RebelOne Feb 2012 #3
Bastards. Rat bastards. Does it make you feel like men? catbyte Feb 2012 #4
I don't know tyne Feb 2012 #8
I highly recommend the book, "Never Cry Wolf," by Farley Mowat. BlueIris Feb 2012 #10
Apparently many here have not heard of subsistence hunting ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #12
"Those that need to hunt to feed themselves"?..In a National Park? red dog 1 Feb 2012 #13
Neither the prey nor the predators restrict themselves to NPS boundaries ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #14
Obama could have prevented this wolf slaughter. red dog 1 Mar 2012 #15
A better question is whether or not it was appropriate ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #18
"A better reaction is whether or not it was appropriate"? red dog 1 Mar 2012 #19
What do you have against subsistence hunting? ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #22
Subsistence hunting is fine, but red dog 1 Mar 2012 #24
Elk is much better eating that deer...that does not sound like trophy hunting to me ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #25
"Elk is much better eating than deer", so you're not arguing for "subsistence hunting" anymore? red dog 1 Mar 2012 #27
Your cited source is less than accurate...just ask any deer hunter in California. ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #28
"Your cited source is less than accurate...just ask any deer hunter in California"?? red dog 1 Mar 2012 #29
Your clear lack of knowledge is showing quite clearly ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #32
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #34
Lets review the thread for what it actually posted ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #35
"You then made false statements about deer populations"........"I rebutted them"? red dog 1 Mar 2012 #39
One more thing, "Professor",... your statement in Post # 32 is inaccurate, red dog 1 Mar 2012 #42
Citations are not always required, despite your fetish for them. ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #44
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #46
All you have now are ad hominems... ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #47
"The event being discussed was in the Idaho." (sic) red dog 1 Mar 2012 #53
Yes it was ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #56
One of our Oregon wolves from NE Oregon was tracked from there into California and is now DeschutesRiver Mar 2012 #43
The policy should be to trap and relocate even if more expensive. n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #16
This is a "No Brainer" for Obama. It keeps the hunters happy, and saves wolves lives as well/ red dog 1 Mar 2012 #31
President Obama is counting on... ellisonz Mar 2012 #33
You nailed it ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #36
So far indicators are good... ellisonz Mar 2012 #37
I have no polite words for these people Tyrs WolfDaemon Mar 2012 #17
When I first came to this country Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2012 #21
When I was a little girl... a la izquierda Mar 2012 #30
How especially asshole of them. Cleita Mar 2012 #40
Humans shoot animals so that other animals can live to be shot by humans. flvegan Mar 2012 #41
Actually humans control other predators so there will be more prey for humans to consume ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #49
So...like I said, eh? flvegan Mar 2012 #50
My point was it is not about the shooting, its about the consumption ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #51
So, like I said. Goodie. flvegan Mar 2012 #52
If you want to get REALLY disgusted about predator control, Blue_In_AK Mar 2012 #45
It started well before Palin ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #48
I would disagree with that, Blue_In_AK Mar 2012 #54
I thought you were referring to the supression of predators ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #55
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