Posted on 06/17/2009 6:25:54 AM PDT by george76
PETA has made progress getting the DOW to limit traditional hunting practices & seasons and the urban liberals in the DOW are doing lion studies plus their catch & release stuff...therfore the lion, bear, wolf, and coyote populations are exploding.
The media is doing its role as the junior partner to PETA.
Being stalked by 4 cougars at once might require a change.
8-)
This crap is way beyond PETA.
Its the pagans and their “re-wilding” agenda.
They would love to create the re-wilding of the west.
Look around, they already have.
People that say mountain lions are not much of a threat to man are not thinking straight.
Some believe that if the media does not report these attacks, then they never happened.
The media is lazy and dishonest.
Their cover up operations are helped by the urban liberals inside the DOW who say little.
“And it makes zero sense to just run out and try and kill all the wild animals willy nilly just because two people get killed in a 35 year period.”
The straw dogs are a howling! I never suggested, or even implied, killing all of any wild animal population. What I did suggest was that stopping the unconstitutional ban on the citizen being allowed to kill such animals as that citizen felt were a threat to him was a valid and workable predator management plan.
Upon reading the above sentence, perhaps it is too complex, therefore here is what I hope is a more clear version:
1. Remove any law/regulation which prevents the citizen from killing any predator said citizen feels is a threat to life and/or property.
2. Predators being quite stealthy, they will soon learn to stay out of sight.
3. Those too dumb to recognize their place on the food chain, and which allow themselves to be seen, will be shot.
When lions (or any predator) walk fearlessly in any place, they are a risk to man. Gunpowder teaches fear to the most savage of predators.
As for the “statistical argument”, that is an urban based debate ploy. There are no such cats in urban areas, but for the smaller number of people who are exposed, the risks are far higher. The Statistical argument” is based upon invalid premises.
Above all, who are mere Urban Liberals, commies of whatever stripe, or even Obamunists to OK even ONE AMERICAN ebing killed/eaten by a predator?
The real issue is the “land for habitat for the poor endangered critter” - which is the excuse for the collectivization of America.
Sorry - that won’t play in Peoria. Or on FR.
There is a saying - a fed bear is a dead bear. Bears will keep coming back to food sources around homes and get bolder unless fear is instilled in them.
When I lived in Colorado, my bear gun was a Mossberg with five rounds loaded in this order - bird shot, rubber buckshot, bird, 00 buck, slug. Basically, 'How nasty do I need to get with this problem bear?' First shot was a warning shot, and then you start targeting the bear with two non-lethal and two lethal. Had to get to two once - was out camping and a bear came into my campsite (remote, not a state park campsite). Fired a warning shot in the air, and the bear didn't flich - he had no fear of humans or guns. Second shot was the rubber buck into his ass.
Net result - bear now has fear of humans (ran pretty fast after that arseload of rubber buck). Probably improved his chance of survival.
Oh, and the rubber buckshot? It was given to me by a sheriff's deputy in my county. THEY understand predator problems.
Someone I know dealt with a bear with the old Mr. Bear, meet Mr. Birdshot.
One trial learning occurred.
More than can be said for many people.
Hey, sounds like you know what you are doing when it comes to discouraging pesky bears!
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