Dphariss:

Thank you for posting. I could not agree with you more, and with every word to-boot.

Introducing wolves to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming is no different than would be the purposeful introduction of rats and stray dogs to New York City, London, San Francisco, LA, Frankfurt, Copenhagen or any other city. I suspect rats and stray dogs could fend for themselves like wolves out here and if somebody's critter or kid gets in the way a bit of "compensation" could be tossed their direction for their trouble.

Like you, we eat meat every day and raise or shoot every bit of it except for special bits for holidays. It is part of our culture and many people live this very way and we take offense at the notion that wolves are somehow "good" for Idaho.

I just spoke to an Idaho Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officer last week. He made the point that SCIENCE was the only thing the Feds looked at when they introduced these vermin, as in "can it be done?"

He said they never took into consideration SOCIETY and the people who after introduction would then have to deal with them. Most Id F&G officers hate the introduction of wolves for all the trouble it has brought and the threat it represents to their jobs and security of future hunting opportunity and culture in this state.

Yes, Dphariss, it is a thinly veiled attempt to destroy hunting and the culture of hunting that exists here. It is promoted by those who have been deluded into thinking that wolves are in some way better than a dose of small pox or rinderpest or West Nile Virus spread to the barnyard or a pack of rats dumped in the attic or a pack of stray dogs dumped in the street.

Save the Wolves!

Save the Rats!

There's not one bit of difference between the two.