[Wizy]

under the guise of "ecologic diversity," or some such nonsense.

Please explain how ecologic diversity is nonsense. Are seriously going to tell me that actual scientific research is nonsense. Well you know...who am I to judge, I mean...I only the first half of my life on my grandparents farm, watching their topsoil erode (their livelihood) year after year, while they didn't recognize the problem. And the last ten years or so studying this "nonsense" to figure out how to do something about it. While "wildlife" and "ecologic diversity" are not my primary areas of knowledge, they do play a vital role in it. But as I said before who am I to judge, it is much better to shoot first and ask pesky questions later. I mean just because some of these people telling us this "nonsense" about biodiversity spent decades actually learning something about it, doesn't mean they know anything.

[nightdriver]

"I mean just because some of these people telling us this "nonsense" about biodiversity spent decades actually learning something about it, doesn't mean they know anything."

And your sarcastic point is...? Just what did all these people learn in their decades of study? Did they ever incur the loss of income because of the protected activity of wolves and other predators? My guess is that they didn't. They only have a desire to impose their will on others who do.

The erosion of the topsoil of your grandparents' farm is analogous to the predators' indiscriminate killing (and, believe me, that is the way they do it) of my livestock.

Both situations rob the livelyhood. In the case of erosion, I planted grassed waterways and terraced my farm. In the case of predators, I ought-sixed them at every possible chance I could get.