They needed to prove they are a legitimate law enforcement agency.
And maybe a grizz.
...and a partridge in a pear tree.
...and a partidge in a pear tree." ♪ ♫ ♬
(That's a lot of Brunswick Stew.)
The federal government could make a lot of money by “selling” most of these kills to hunters. Let hunters pay for a license to kill nuisance wildlife. It’ll bring in money and allow the feds to reduce the size of their “Wildlife Services” department.
Here, a decrease of 33% killed animals is a bad thing.
(4 million in ‘13 vs. 2.7 million killed in ‘14)
If first time unemployment applications rise by 33%, it is a sure sign of of a “robust economy” and that the unemployment rate should be decreased.
... and a partridge in a pear tree!
School lunch program ‘mystery meat’?
They may have killed 1,000 Elk in Rock Mountain National Park. The can’t sell extra Elk licenses and let them be eaten they had to incinerate them.
... Wildlife Services reveals it killed more than 2.7 million animals...
It then says:
The data show that the federal program has refused to substantially slow its killing...
What? 1.3 million reduction, or about 32%, sounds like a healthy decrease in just one year.
The program also killed 15,698 black-tailed prairie dogs and destroyed more than 33,309 of their dens.
Of course, their dens are a real pain for cattlemen trying to raise livestock to feed this country, but, hey, we don't need food, do we?
...other animals that deserve far better.
Deserve? Probably one of the most over-worked words in TV and other advertising. What did they animals do to "deserve" better? Deserve means to "perform or doing something worthy of reward". To me, this is like saying deadbeats deserve free a cell phone from productive members of society.
...a growing public outcry...
Really? I must have missed it. Seems to me there are bigger fish to fry...so to speak.
“This appalling and completely unnecessary extermination of American wildlife must stop.”
Because? To me, this person is making it sound like the Wildlife service has nothing better to do than go out and randomly kill animals. My guess is that there is a reason and you have marshaled no facts about those reasons. A cogent argument requires presenting both sides of the issue(s) and then logically showing why the other side is wrong. You may actually be right, but this hand-wringing, emotional, harangue is not the right approach.
There’s a place for all of God’s creatures, right between the mashed potatoes and the biscuits.
That's a little more than two dens per prairie dog.
If these animals could each afford more than one den, then they were probably members of the prairie dog elite, the "1%", and they deserved to be killed...
Whew...and here I thought the US.gov bought 1.6 billion rounds of ammo to kill humans.
I feel a lot better, now.
And how many bizillion acres of America have been closed to hunting?
How many hunters have been denied access, denied permits?
How many Americans have gone to jail for shooting bears, cougars while defending themselves and/or their families?
How STUPID are the agents at USDA who can’t even practice the venerated “3 S” principle: Shoot, Shovel, Shut up.
Three eagles !! How many have been killed by their wind turbines. It’s a sure bet that number is off by a bit.
What is sad is the loss of the pelts. Wolf, coyote and fox make lovely coats. They could of sold the pelts to a furrier instead of trashing them.
There was not enough wolves on the list. During spring, summer and fall, I have to take my dog out to potty in the evening fully armed in case a bloody wolf treks through. The wolves are decimating the moose, elk, deer and caribou up here. Beautiful canine, but too dangerous to keep anywhere but a zoo.
Knocking on wood, the grizzlies have not gone after our chickens... so far. Bears love black oil sunflower seeds, which can sometimes be in the chicken yard. We used to have bird/squirrel feeders at the edges of the property until the bears ripped them off the trees to consume the seeds.
In some parts of the West, non-government rural residents are afraid of firing a firearm on their own large acreages. There’s been official talk behind the scenes of outlawing firearms discharges in some of the most sparsely populated counties.