"A minority rules the majority becasue it makes them sad to have wolves on a hunting list."

You know Daryl, you have a point.

Being from NY- specifically an area where this type of behavior is prevalent, the people responsible for that behavior don't come around(and they sometimes do) until the mammal in question eats their cat, wrecks their car, etc. Not that it should change their minds.

Perfect example is Westchester county which is within 5-20 miles of NYC. Recently they opened hunting in at least one nature preserve (density 60 deer/mile square) and a few kids were attacked by possibly non rabid coyotes in their yards. Not much is heard anymore about control techiniques.

Plane hits geese- lands in Hudson river. Limit is now 8 birds a day until March and I know that Conservation "collects" resident birds during the molt. So much for feeding the birds in the park.

Did you know that there are moose within 30 miles of the NYC border?
They come down the river areas in CT and end up in the NYC watershed with a big string of reserviors and undeveloped(able) land. Conservation shot one a few years ago. Said it was brain worm. I just dont think that they want breeding moose in that populated an area. Last time someone hit one during rush hour - 9 car pile up but luckily no one was hurt (except the moose.)

The latest issue is the probalility of cougar in the same area. Some people say that they were pets that were released when they became unmanagable. Also possible that they were wild cats that took the moose route.
Now there is an apex predator that makes the coyote look like an amature.

Let see where this one goes.

Of course they don't have a problem with the wolves. They don't live there.

Cheers

Tom