DUmmies Discuss Wolf Control, Again

[GOBUCKS]

Annces (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:10 PM
Original message
Friends of Animals calls for Idaho potato boycott after Gov vows to participate in wolf massacre
August 24, 2009
Priscilla Feral (Believe it or not, that's actually her name.)
Even though wolves were only taken off the Endangered Species List in Idaho in May, 2009, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is not only endorsing the proposed trophy hunt this fall, he’s vowed to participate in it. He told a group of hunters, “I’m prepared to bid for the first ticket to shoot a wolf myself.” The wolf hunt is an apparent effort to boost elk populations for hunters to slaughter, and will begin on September 1, 2009. The permit to kill a wolf costs $11.50—with 220 wolves set to be killed statewide.

Equally dismaying is the fact that Gov. Otter claims to “respect” wolves—making the nonsensical claim, in an interview with The Idaho Statesman, “You can still hate them and respect their cunning and their place in nature.”

Friends of Animals’ president, Priscilla Feral says, “Gov. Otter’s enthusiasm for wolf killing not only demonstrates a complete lack of conscience and understanding of the word ‘respect,’ it shows a lack of respect for nature and the ecosystem; wolves don’t need Gov. Otter—or anyone else—to manage them.”

Friends of Animals is calling for a boycott of potatoes grown in Idaho—the largest producer in the United States. One-third of all potatoes are grown in Idaho. Feral adds: “As long as Idaho is in the business of killing wolves, the nature-respecting public should stop buying potatoes there.” Look for potatoes grown in Maine, Colorado, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and other states.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6431276
The only thing better than a wolf massacre would be an all-out Compound 1080 campaign to reverse
this stupid inside-the-beltway plan to rebuild a huge wolf population. A controlled hunt will accomplish
nothing, but wil make a little money for the state.

Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-31-09 02:13 PM
1. Most states allow hunting of some kind
In Pennsylvania you can hunt deer. Here in Florida, you can even hunt alligators. Why should
Idaho be singled out?

 
DUmmy Freddie Stubbs obviously doesn't know much about the community of lunatics he's in.

T Wolf (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:17 PM
2. Apart from the disgusting nature of hunting, the Idahoans will be killing animals to
ensure that there are other animals for them to kill. That is beyond ****ed up.

Also - are you endorsing a "rush to the bottom" in justification? Just because other states also allow the
murder of innocent animals does not mean that it is OK for Idaho to do so.

 
DUmmy T Wolf's organic flip-flops have never been off pavement.

T Wolf (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:35 PM
9. Idaho (and others) are not "culling the herd" for preservation of the species sake.
They are doing the slaughter to make sure other sadists have enough targets for their own kill-thrill.
To me, that is sickness squared.

Again - just because others do it does not make it OK. Some Middle-Eastern nations (among other) legally allow "honor killings" of daughters who disgrace them in various ways (e.g., having sex, wearing western clothing, etc.). Should we OK that here simply because they do?

DUmmies equate human life with critters. So why no outcry for single-payer universal access to veterinarians?

lumpy (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:48 PM
17. Wolves kill wildlife because they need to eat, not for the
pleasure of killing. Few humans in this country kill wildlife because they require the animal for sustinence, Freddie.

 
I swear this is true. I had chili for lunch today that was made from a deer I killed last winter.
I would have otherwise starved.

WillBowden  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-31-09 02:43 PM
15. Allow the hunting of predators...
When do we get to start the people hunt?

After all, they're the greatest predator.

If I tree DUmmy WillBowden, can I shoot him, or do I have to shake him out?

TransitJohn  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-31-09 02:34 PM
7. I'm no hunter, never have been
which makes me sort of an oddity here in Wyoming. But it is Idaho's right to manage their
wildlife resources as they see fit, as it is yours to not purchase products made there. Good
luck harming them economically.

TransitJohn  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-31-09 02:36 PM
10. Really?
You prefer it when they eat agribusiness farmed meat? Hmmmm.

 
What we have here is a DUmmy dilemma!

RidinMyDonkey  (161 posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:39 PM
14. I guess so
I can't imagine killing anything, and I can't fathom how they can. I get upset if I smoosh a bug.
Maybe I'm just overly sensitive, or I need therapy. Who knowns, but it's how I feel. 

The answers are yes, and yes.

[BlueStateSaint]

Ooooh boy.  A lot of distilled, concentrated stoopid (yes, I deliberately misspelled that, to any lurkers) in that thread.  I'll highlight two examples:

Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-31-09 02:13 PM
1. Most states allow hunting of some kind
In Pennsylvania you can hunt deer.

Same with every other state in the US--even Massachusetts!

What an idiot.

lumpy (1000+ posts)      Mon Aug-31-09 02:48 PM
17. Wolves kill wildlife because they need to eat, not for the
pleasure of killing. Few humans in this country kill wildlife because they require the animal for sustinence, Freddie.

Tell that to these guys . . .

http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_5ff01772-938f-11de-9aca-001cc4c03286.html

And an important part of the story . . .

"They were running, getting chewed on, bit and piled into a corner. They were bit on the neck, on the back, on the back of the hind leg.

"They'd cripple them, then rip their sides open."

Doesn't sound as if they were eaten, either.  Sum total:  The wolves killed because they could kill.

[Ree]

Where'd they get the stupid idea that wolves will only kill to eat?

[JohnnyReb]

I say Capture and release....yeah, capture them, keep'em shut up without food and water for 3 or 4 days, then release them at the DUmmies place.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Just because other states also allow the
murder of innocent animals does not mean that it is OK for Idaho to do so.

Maybe they are just going to shoot the guilty ones!

 

[IassaFTots]

Shooting is not an option in Idaho.  Maybe they are going to provide the guilty ones with a lethal injection?  Of course, only after they have rounded them up and the taxpayers have paid more than enough towards their kibble?

[thundley4]

I say Capture and release....yeah, capture them, keep'em shut up without food and water for 3 or 4 days, then release them at the DUmmies place.

I hear that Rock Creek Park is available to take on some predators.