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I wonder if they cleared it with PETA first?
Helicopters have been used for generations for this work, but the media pretended that it was unique to Governor Palin, and that somehow it was evil.
What is going on? Is this a private hunt club?
Pretty country down there. At this rate we’re going to need an elk re-introduction program by the time the decade’s done.
I’ve been gold prospecting in the Lolo Pass area the past two summers. Haven’t seen any elk or any sign of them. The people who live there are really suffering - no meat for their families and no hunters spending money on elk hunts.
As soon as the sainted wolves wipe out their wild prey they start going after domestic animals and people. That’s the reason they were wiped out 100 years ago. I’d like to meet the moron who thought it would be a good idea to bring them back. He wouldn’t like meeting me.
Actually it is a poor use of the money. Put a bounty on the wolves of $500 -$1000.
However, the Northern Rocky Mountains wolf was not, at the time of the initial drafting, recognized as a legitimate subspecies, so the wolves involved in the plan were instead the Great Plains wolf and the Mackenzie Valley wolf.
Wikipedia: Northern Rocky Mountains Wolf #The Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan
The 'Timber Wolf' as known by us in these parts is elusive, prone to small packs or mated pairs, and has been here all along (with burgeoning elk herds). Protect THEM, and I am all for it - but that requires the elimination of these introduced interlopers, who do not belong here.