U.S. wildlife managers urge lifting Yellowstone grizzly protections

Reuters ^ | 12-12-2013 | Laura Zuckerman

[DoughtyOne]

This is born out by the habitat folks hand in hand with the federal government, confiscating land on a whim.

I object to massive land holdings that dictate to the public what they can and can’t do in certain areas.

Simple preservation actually disgusts me.

Imagine if our grandparents and great-grandparents generation had locked up all the land in areas like Los Angeles or other large metropolitan areas.

[Carry_Okie]

I checked, and the grizzley is a Holocene entrant to North America as well: The species entered Alaska 100,000 years ago, though they did not move south until 13,000 years ago.[11] I checked with Charles Kay and asked him if the reason the grizzley survived aboriginal hunting is because the climate was warmer and they didn't need to hibernate, particularly in California.

I had surmised this because of Crespi's 1774 accounts of how happy the Indians were when the Spanish shot a griz. I suggested that their insularity (because of the lack of summer water) had coastal mountain tribes he encountered less susceptible to the dispersion of a fast acting crowd disease like smallpox than were the tribes farther to the east and that therefore Crespi's account was more redolent of pre-Columbian conditions than is commonly supposed. He said that was a legitimate hypothesis that no one had proposed.

[Carry_Okie]

In the Bible it states mas was to rule over the animals.

Not exactly correct. The term in Genesis 1:28 to which you refer is "u'redu." Usually translated as "take dominion," the term derives from the way that shepherds defined their territories by treading down the grass. In fact, it is the phonetic root for your back "yard." More literally, it implies taking possession AND responsibility for every bird, fish, and herding animal (all of which are kosher but for raptors) within a defined area. It is the first commandment to man, a commitment to stewardship through private property.

Yeah, I know. But that's why you read my posts! :-) Maybe someday you'll take on the book.

[Carry_Okie]

Grizzlies are good eatin’, aren’t they?

Greasy meat from what I've heard. But it taint bad if you're an Indian. :-)

[DoughtyOne]

Interesting theory and comments there. Thanks.

[DoughtyOne]

Heh heh heh...

I should shouldn’t I. ;^)