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In reply to the discussion: Federal Wildlife Agents Shoot 14 Wolves from Helicopters [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)45. If you want to get REALLY disgusted about predator control,
Google Alaska's Board of Game and their policies toward bears and wolves.
It's too long a story to go into, but they make these Idaho guys look like choirboys. The legacy of Sarah Palin continued and magnified by her successor Sean Parnell, SP v. 2.0.
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When it comes to wildlife and wilderness, in particular, this administration is as abysmal
villager
Mar 2012
#23
Yup. This, to me, is one of his biggest failings..and yet it gets surprisingly little play...
truebrit71
Mar 2012
#38
Neither the prey nor the predators restrict themselves to NPS boundaries
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#14
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
"You then made false statements about deer populations"........"I rebutted them"?
red dog 1
Mar 2012
#39
One of our Oregon wolves from NE Oregon was tracked from there into California and is now
DeschutesRiver
Mar 2012
#43
This is a "No Brainer" for Obama. It keeps the hunters happy, and saves wolves lives as well/
red dog 1
Mar 2012
#31
Actually humans control other predators so there will be more prey for humans to consume
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#49
My point was it is not about the shooting, its about the consumption
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#51