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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeloved Yellowstone Wolf 'Spitfire' Killed By Trophy Hunter
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beloved-yellowstone-wolf-apos-spitfire-173328879.htmlBigmanPigman
(51,648 posts)Were they around that area at the time the poor wolf was murdered?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)She was wearing a radio-tracking I D collar at the time. That means that she was protected and not to be targeted. Someone was monitoring her behavior and her movements.
Every hunter has a telescopic lens mounted on the rifle. That means that he HAD to have seen her collar. Animals who wear such collars are to avoided at all costs.
In short, he did NOT kill her LEGALLY.
In 2018, "trophy hunters" need to go the way of the troglodyte, the neanderthal and the dodo. Their blood-lust is a pathological behavior and needs to be outlawed.
Takket
(21,657 posts)even if not this one.......
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)but SpitFire had wandered just outside the park's perimeter. This is one of the reasons why advocates are pressing for "buffer zones" around national parks.
Wolves - like Grizzlies - do not read signs. Nor do they understand man's concept of "territory."
sl8
(13,949 posts)Wyoming Game and Fish say it's legal to take collared animals, but ask that hunters return the collars, intact.
Have you seen something to the contrary?
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/News/You-can-help-wildlife-by-returning-tracking-co-(1)
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)sl8
(13,949 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)This is one reason why many wolf and wildlife advocates are working to pass laws creating "buffer zones" around National parks. Nature's creatures cannot be expected to adhere to invisible geographical boundaries. A healthy wolf can range over miles in a day. Can that take them out of the National Park system ? Of course. Hence the need for "buffer zones."
However, none of this changes the fact that SpitFire was wearing a radio-tracking I D collar at the time she was shot. EVERY hunter, trophy or sustenance, knows that radio-collared animals are off-limits. Someone is tracking and monitoring such an animal's movements and behaviors, sometimes specifically to identify range and habits. Here in Washington, Washington State University studies wolves to help the State make appropriate laws and set rules about propriety.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)(It is legal to take collared animals in Montana as well.)
sl8
(13,949 posts)MFM008
(19,826 posts)Trophy hunters ESPECIALLY and IMO all hunters are a waste of DNA.
inwiththenew
(972 posts)Taken from page 4 of the regulations:
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http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/planahunt/huntingGuides/wolf/
Stinky The Clown
(67,833 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)I keep typing things to say but none of them seem to make it clear enough how angry I am. Not only can I not be clear enough but I would probably get into trouble from DU and possible other places. Wolves are such majestic creatures and are very misunderstood.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Fills me with unbridled RAGE as well.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)But SpitFire had given birth to four healthy pups just this Autumn. Now they are without a mother.
misanthrope
(7,433 posts)has shown us all how big his penis is by utilizing technology discovered and designed by someone else's intellect and skill to kill an apex predator. Isn't that how this works?
Duppers
(28,127 posts)If someone's pet wolf-dog hybrid were roaming, these heartless, despicable humans would shoot it too.
llmart
(15,563 posts)I read this article yesterday and didn't see it posted anywhere on DU yet and I just couldn't bring myself to even comment on it. Our domestic pets/dogs are descended from wolves and I love dogs with all my heart, so this touched me deeply and I just didn't know how to express the anger I feel at these scum, aka trophy hunters, starting with the Trump spawn.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Stalking a beautiful creature with a high-powered rifle and telescopic sight is cruel and unsporting. And what will the trophy-hunter do with his "trophy"? Mount it over the fireplace?
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)This bastard probably baited the wolf out of the limits.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)It would be similar to eating dog meat.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)No one kills a lion to eat, no one kills an elephant to eat.
Coventina
(27,217 posts)I am against the DP, but I sure would love to see them torn to pieces by their victims.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)They are wary of people. However, I am in complete agreement with you on this. Just one time let there be an angry wolf!
Coventina
(27,217 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Not one person has been attacked by a healthy wolf (Wolves can develop rabies, but it's rare.). However, this does not include wolves chasing people away from dens with newborn pups. Key word here is "chasing."
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Wolves have raised human children. And I know this has sort of passed into the "folklore" passed down by the likes of Kipling, but there are a few cases in reality. So combine that with your info about wolves chasing people from their dens, and what emerges is an animal with highly developed nurturing skills/instincts. Whereas humans, well, we could learn a thing or two from the wolves.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)The social structure of the wolf pack is amazing. Every member of the pack has a place in the hierarchy, and all are integral to the survival of the pack. Some think that the "Omega" is bullied and ostracized. Not so. The "Omega" is every bit as important in the family as the "Alpha" mated pair.
Cha
(297,888 posts)MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)Safe home dear Spitfire. Montana was richer with you than without you.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)Ok...maybe if you're a rancher and it's killing your livestock. Maybe.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)In the U S, ranchers are compensated by the Federal government for wolf kills of sheep, cows, etc.
And there are tried and true methods of determent that many a rancher uses to discourage wolves from preying on their livestock.
It's not a perfect solution, but Nature's creatures must be respected for the keystone places they hold in the environment.
Niagara
(7,707 posts)Iggo
(47,581 posts)Every single one of them.
StarryNite
(9,464 posts)On the other hand, trophy hunters are unnecessary pieces of shit.
DFW
(54,465 posts)But, of course, when you consider that Trump's son is a trophy hunter, it's not a difficult point of view to arrive at.