I too lived in Douglas County Oregon Robert. Every time I turned around there was ANOTHER huge swath of clearcut trees glaring on a hillside. It was truly sad to see. Now I live in Montana...not many clearcuts that you can see...however there is a raging war going on here against the wildlife. Which is worse...cutting down the forest or hunting and trapping the wildlife to extinction! Will it ever end???
ANOTHER "SHAME" ON THE SO CALLED HUMANS IN THE STATE OF MONTANA! WHAT S___T PILE DO YOU CLIMB OUT OF!!! Oh yeah, same piles the trappers, poachers, dirty politicians, government employees(USDA Wildlife Services and MTFWP) AND the "piggies" that throw trash down wherever they are (including used tampons)!!
"Nature of the beast"
" human beings also kill animals for food, but the problem with wolves is that we have trouble controlling when or where or how they kill their prey. And wolves can't read our "no trespassing" or "no hunting" signs."
You may have had a legitimate discussion until the above statement. Are you so naive that you cannot see the massacre of our wildlife by USDA Wildlife Services, MTFWS and the trappers and poachers of this state? Do you honestly believe THEY read these signs?
Get real Mr. Dax, the ONLY reason the wolf hunts (and other wildlife) are continuing and increasing in this country is MONEY and POLITICS...it has nothing to do with humanizing them. Ranchers, farmers, trappers and government employees are the ones who are OUT OF CONTROL!!!
One week after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., Axmen staff estimate the store sold nearly 115 AR-15 semi-automatic rifles. It's the same model of rifle used by the gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School before shooting himself. High-capacity magazines are also nearly gone from Missoula, as gun enthusiasts fear that the items made infamous by the attack could soon vanish from the market under President Barack Obama's vow to bring a new assault weapons ban before Congress.
SO SCOTT..WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? MAYBE YOU NEED A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION!
"some trapper set traps and caught, yes caught the wolves by the foot with foothold traps".....First of all, I would bet the wolves were caught in live traps...not foothold!
Second: "those of us that have been footing the bill on the wildlife in these states" is nothing but BS! Your not footing any bill on wildlife..you are destroying it for your own personal gain...SKINS THAT YOU SELL TO CHINA! Do you honestly believe that people in this country don't know what your doing and why? The ONLY reason your out there with your disgusting traplines is to make money and you do not care about these animals at all...and to all you "ranchers" and politicians that back them...you can stop predation on domestic animals if you really want to..electric fences and dogs do work, but of course it's easier to blame predators for your lack of defense and agregious decimation of our countries wildlife. Our politicians are bought and sold..in this state and in this country!!!
In other words boys...hide your slaughter of wild and domestic animals well! Don't let the public see the carnage...we sure don't want anybody to know how much you love the blood or how much money your gonna make off the skins!!!
Re: “Natural selections”
Not far in the future the ONLY place we will ever see wild animals again is at the movies!