Posted on 10/05/2015 11:58:54 AM PDT by SJackson
What about a bean bag round... Or some other non-lethal route?
Absolutely Right!! Fools make stupid rules. Stupid people obey them.
That was the Montana mote for a while, then we got them put on the game animal list. 19 dollars for residents and 50 dollars for non-residents.
There are several breeds of working, shepherding dogs that can and will kill wolves.
Caucasian Mountain Dog.
Great Pyrenees Dog
Kangal Dog
Sarplaninac Dog
If you are talking about a wolf pack against a single dog, the dog loses, if you are talking one on one or pack against pack the dogs are just as good as the wolves.
You hear wrong.
They’ll just come back.
Besides the option of being civilly disobedient and telling the judge to pound sand, if he chose to be out in the same area as his livestock wouldn’t shooting the wolves in order to protect a human life (his own) be in compliance with the order?
The farmer fouled up by not video recording the wolves killing livestock. While it would cost him something, when all the animal loving people out there saw the butchery, they would turn against that judge big time.
Often those who behave irrationally with the law will change their tune quickly when confronted with strong emotions by enough people.
#wolflivesmatter
Not really. They're smaller. Afraid of humans in places humans can shoot them, and though they function in packs they mostly hunt individually. You can get some disagreement on that, maybe they're learning, but nothing like the cooperation of a wolf pack. And anecdotally, avoid large dogs in rural areas, farm dogs being nasty. And you can defend yourself and your property from coyotes in most rural areas. Cities where you can't "harass" wildlife even if they are eating your mini poodle, sorry, not my idea.
That is a long and painful death.
I mentioned rounds like bangers and screamers up the thread. I suspect would be effective in an incident but they'd come back. I spooked a black bear once with a high decibel whistle while boating. Scared the *hit out of hem, literally. Didn't come back looking for garbage for at least 30 minutes. If they're preying on livestock, the only solution is killing them. And their pals will get the idea the humans aren't benign.
The article doesn't mention it but I'm told, at least in Wisconsin, that compensation is difficult to obtain unless you can prove the kill was from a wolf. Absent a photo, unlikely in most cases, how do you distinguish wolf bites from coyotes or feral dogs.
Common sense invites revision of the law to allow for actions that would prevent/inhibit loss of property due to animal behaviors. Not that we should expect much common sense from legislators these days.
Really? Wolves and Howell? You can't make this stuff up.
It does, the law should be changed. Endangered Species Act or not, let voters see the pics of bloody puppies.
:>)
“The worst wolves walk on two legs.”
And, get appointed as Federal judges. Between judges and federal agencies, we citizens are subject to rulings and regulations that are more oppressive than what was supposed to happen under the US Constitution.
None of which should be necessary. Nor will it avoid prosecution for killing a protected wolf.
Shoot and scoot.
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