as a animal lover this appalls me as much as President McDoodypants' escapades in the iraq cauldron
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho's governor said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 of the state's gray wolves after the federal government strips them of protection under the Endangered Species Act.
i get it...i understand hunting...i am not opposed to hunting (except the Cheney kind of "canned" hunting where the game is trapped and has no way out other than the Cheney shotgun --- that kind is disgusting -- then again so is Cheney)
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leave 100 friggin wolves?
so they go back on the endangered list?
WTF is going on here
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter told The Associated Press that he wants hunters to kill about 550 gray wolves. That would leave about 100 wolves, or 10 packs, according to a population estimate by state wildlife officials.
The 100 surviving wolves would be the minimum before the animals could again be considered endangered.
"I'm prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf myself," Otter said earlier Thursday during a rally of about 300 hunters.
we are destroying the environment, changing climate, killing people in the middle east for oil --- and now making sure the creatures we SHARE this planet with are not around either. if there is a god --- how can he/she look down and not be ashamed of the creatures in charge of protecting the ONLY home we will ever know. and especially be ashamed of the head creature in the white house
i have contacted the animal defense league and the wildlife federation. but i feel an issue like this will get buried in the whirlwind events around us.
one true measure of a society's value is how they treat children, the elderly and those that cannot help themselves -- like endangered animals. our president step in to help wildlife -- not a fracking chance -- there is no value, no worth and especially no soul there.