How do you feel about the newest on the wolf situation?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (166672)
Boise, Idaho
11 responses
@raineyes (554)
• United States
24 Aug 09
It's relatively idiotic! Wolves are a beautiful species, and they are already threatened enough. It's just recently that they've been making this comeback, because at one point they were almost hunted into extinction! Wolves are one of my favorite animals, and I hate the thought of them being destroyed for no reason other than people just want to shoot them. We don't shoot people when there's too many of us! What gives us the right? Yes, we're smarter and have the ability to reason and think, but that just means that we have to look out for those things that are smaller and weaker and less intelligent. It doesn't give us the right to just kill anything that we want to. That's not the solution at all.
I've protested wolf killings before, but I didn't know about this one until now. Thank you for sharing this with me and everyone else.
What are your thoughts about this situation?
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Aug 09
I think it is assinine. The wolf population has risen to about 800 and now they want to kill about 200. the ranchers didn't whine back it the mid 1800's. Why now? They just took after their business. Now the ranchers are becoming like little whiny kids.
@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Oct 09
You said it, Sister! I am glad I believe in Karma or I would be in a rubber room!
@raineyes (554)
• United States
24 Aug 09
It is assanine. Besides that, livestock kill more people in a year than wolves ever have. It's stupid to kill off the wolves for no reason. They're necessary to te ecosystem. Also, they are just now making a comeback with their numbers, just now living the endangered area that they've been in because of they way they used to just kill every wolf they could find.
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@GardenGerty (160611)
• United States
24 Aug 09
I have no real insight. I hate to see us thinking we need to control a wild species by killing it. I do not know how you feel about it, but I do believe that if we keep killing things off, we will end up regretting it eventually.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Aug 09
What you are saying is so true. I have worked on the wolf recovery board and am really very against the slotter of these beautiful animals. They are only doing what is instinctual for them. I think the ranchers are a bunch of big babies.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Aug 09
You'd think! Especially after all the work and time put in to keeping them around.
@DawGwath (1042)
• Romania
24 Aug 09
Ok, I love animals, especially wolves, but I am not enraged by such a bill, and I can explain why. Wolves are predators. I'm not really sure what's the extent of Idaho, but I know that 800 wolves can somehow not only be an extra population, but also can be a danger for farmers and travelers. Of course I do not encourage hunting for sport (unless it is authorized by some specialized organization), but I ensure you that if you were a farmer and your sheep began to disappear one by one, then you would be very willing to get your hands on the one that did it. And if wolves get so close to human territories, it means they're very very hungry (which means their number has increased dramatically and they're running out of food).
Just my two cents, but I would be glad to be contradicted (with a good valid response).
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@DawGwath (1042)
• Romania
28 Aug 09
Ok, so from what I understand, (in not many technical terms) first they ban hunting and spend money to protectm, to rehabilitate wolves and extend their numbers and now they remove the ban and allow hunting. Yeah, that doesn't make too much sense. And probably the number isn't that high, unless, as I said, they begin to migrate from their territories and approach human establishments. And even then, going on a killing spree is not the best solution.
I guess you should make a petition, try to get some trusting organizations to defend them...
@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Aug 09
But the whole thing is so STUPID and SENSELESS!! Look at all the money they spent and time and enthusiasm to do the Wolf recovery just afew years ago. And now they just put a bill into affect whereby they can go kill the wolves they just got back inserted. And the ranchers have been deeling with this for generations. It is wildlife and nature at its best and the government is just going to let this happen. I am apolled!! What do they do when they anialate the wolf and the deer and elk and antelop become over populated or deseased? Spend money to go kill them when the wolf does it naturally. Kill off the wolf(only a matter of time) and we kill off ourselves!!!! They aren't necessarily very, very, hungry either. Like I said: This has been going on for generations. There are only 800 of them for god sake! That is hardly hoards of them. You have just gotten you good and valid response!!!! I am infuriated. All the work done and for what?? Didn't they look ahead and forsee this? If not, they should have. And, I would like to get a good and valid response to this. Thank you for your input.
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@prinny (24)
• United States
5 Oct 09
I think its really unfair. The fact that they are trying to kill a good portion of them because their population is getting out of control. Why not kill humans instead then...? we humans are definitely destroying the planet more then 800 little wolves.
Humans who support this just fail and this is one act which proves it...
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Oct 09
Indeed! And, why put them on the endangered list, build their population back and then go shoot them!?? STUPID!
@Latalia (37)
• United States
25 Jan 10
I don't like the fact, and Obama has instigated and passed the bill. Today was the start of grey wolf season. I can't believe the pompous SOB did that! The wolf doesn't mess with anyone, they just eat a sheep every now and then. As far as I'm concerned the ranchers just want to keep the wolf population down so that they don't have to worry about a missing sheep or cow every once in a while.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jan 10
And what did the ranchers do back in the pioneer days (1800's)? I think they are a bunch of babies!! They just get the wolf population back up and next thing ya know they are killing them!! Amazing!!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
24 Aug 09
Gee, just great.
This was one of the prime reasons I had no great love for Sarah Palin when she was chosen for VP candidate...she had a real history of sanctioning aerial wolf killings in Alaska, Don't ask why but I have a real empathy for wolves and I consider them my totem animal so I absolutely hate when I hear things like this.
This was one of the prime reasons I had no great love for Sarah Palin when she was chosen for VP candidate...she had a real history of sanctioning aerial wolf killings in Alaska, Don't ask why but I have a real empathy for wolves and I consider them my totem animal so I absolutely hate when I hear things like this.1 person likes this
@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Aug 09
My totem animal also. As well as the golden eagle, buffaloe and red tailed hawk. So, my sadness is great. I wasn't big on Palin either. It is amazing to me how people think now days. Whine. That always works. And it does.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
24 Aug 09
I would suggest catching 200 and introducing them to places in which they were at one time but are no longer at. I think that it would be better to do that than to kill them. There are a lot of states that used to have these animals that aren't lucky enough to have them anymore.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Aug 09
It is a bit more complicated than that. A wolf has a 100 mile range or so and that would take money and work of alot of volunteers. We had that back afew when we were on the wolf recovery level of things. Not so anymore.
@starlight777 (85)
• Australia
25 Aug 09
This makes me feel absolutely sick to the stomach that people would consider killing off a species because they do what is so natural to them. I just don't understand it. They have a right to live in this world as much as we do and they are more apart of nature then we as a human race will ever be.
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Aug 09
Absolutely sick it is! When they have eradicated all the species then what?
@kima22 (3)
• United States
25 Aug 09
Wow are you serious? That's absurd! Why would people even think of letting them kill off such a beautiful species? 200 is a lot for them to be killing! These kinda things get my blood boiling! I am a big animal lover and wolves are my favorites. I definitely think this is wrong! Killing off the species is not the right way to fixing their problems. Those ranchers should be glad the wolves don't decide to just bring the human population down around them!:D
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@celticeagle (166672)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Aug 09
ya, 200 sure is rediculous and especially when there is only 800!
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
15 Oct 15
It makes me madder than hell @celticeagle . Shooting them from helicopters and putting explosives into the den where the babies are. I am a wolf lover.
