Posted on 09/28/2020 1:28:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Federal and state organizations are up in arms over which modern warfare tactics should be deployed against a parks goat population.
Wyomings Grand Teton National Park has a problem: Invasive mountain goats pose a life-threatening risk to the regions bighorn sheep. In the name of protecting the native flock, the National Park Service and the state of Wyoming developed a plan for eradication in 2018, relying mostly on aerial sharpshooters to gun down the goats from helicopters. Although the NPS initially dismissed volunteer hunters as ineffective, they eventually allowed for a supplemental on-the-ground anti-goat op after a significant push from the states Game and Fish Department, the Daily Beast reported.
This is every hunters dream, said Wyoming Wildlife Advocates executive director Kristin Combs, according to the Daily Beast. Youre letting them loose inside a national park to kill as many goats as possible.
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¡Cabrito!
I bet they are yummy
Marinated and cubed in a Souvlaki
mmmmmmmmmmm ..
Typical surburban Leftist drivel.
While they chew on their lamb shawarma and free-range chicken-kale tofu salad, they use the same mouth to condemn hunters because it is in a National Park.
Well, there’s too many goats, see?
Is your wallet, purse, belt, gloves or shoes made of leather? Hypocrite!
If theyre killing them from the air, I doubt theyre being retrieved. Perhaps the wolf population will explode after getting a boost in the food supply?
“””””””This is every hunters dream, said Wyoming Wildlife Advocates executive director Kristin Combs, according to the Daily Beast. Youre letting them loose inside a national park to kill as many goats as possible.”””””””
That doesn’t sound like the hunters I know.
And mean as hell.
That one-time Food Network host, Nadia G., said that her family emigrated from Sicily because they got tired of eating goat testicles.
Goats get into some NASY terrain. Getting the goat OUT can be flat out dangerous.
Did I miss the part of the story where it said anyone is objecting?
Golden eagles will sometimes drag goats off cliffs to their doom. So why not use drones to do the same?
That is one beautiful critter. I could not shoot it. Or eat it.
If they have any Pontiac goats, Id take one.
The one in the photo seems to have a Muncie 4 on the floor.....
Did they throw away the rest of the goat?
A family friend’s father emigrated from near Genoa. And he refused to eat polenta ever again.
Separating the sheep from the goats. This was predicted thousands of years ago:
31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Matthew 25: 31-33
Three two barrels?
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