US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

MATTHEW BROWN and IRIS SAMUELS,
Associated Press
March 7, 2021
Updated: March 7, 2021 3:58 p.m.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Payments for dead wolves. Unlimited hunting of the animals. Shooting wolves from the air.

Wolf hunting policies in some states are taking an aggressive turn, as Republican lawmakers and conservative hunting groups push to curb their numbers and propose tactics shunned by many wildlife managers.

In Montana, lawmakers are advancing measures to allow shooting wolves at night and payments to hunters reminiscent of bounties that widely exterminated the species last century. Idaho legislation would allow hunters to shoot them from motorized parachutes, ATVs or snowmobiles year-round with no limits in most areas.

And in Wisconsin, just weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration lifted protections for wolves in the Great Lakes region, hunters using hounds and trappers blew past the state’s harvest goal and killed almost twice as many as planned.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/US-states-look-to-step-up-wolf-kills-pushed-by-16007255.php

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Horrible. I detest trophy 'hunting'. It's just murder for egotists.

[StClone]

2. Biden must make a move on this.

[Paladin]

3. Fuck this. End the predator killing, immediately. (nt)

[WVreaper]

4. Next will be

killing the over population of deer.

[efhmc]

30. Since we have destroyed all or most of the natural predators that keep things in balance, we

pay for it with the over population of deer who will eat everything to the ground if given the chance.

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

5. Goddamn vile mofo's!!

There is NO REASON to be killing wolves!!! Those assholes lie when they say those wolves are destructive and dangerous. They just enjoy destroying life of any kind. They will do what Palin does and shoot them and leave them there to suffer while dying. What I want to say would get me banned a from here so I will just let you all figure out what I would say.

I absolutely love wolves and believe they are majestic creatures and know they are no where near like what the repukes say they are like.

[pazzyanne]

11. Right there with you, Ka-Dunh Oy!

I have taken part in wolf restoration projects since the 1970s. Only the willfully ignorant are stuck in the "Red Riding Hood" past. Wolves kill to eat and feed their pups. The Minnesota DNR has a wolf management plan that is available at:

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wolves/index.html#:~:text=The%20DNR%20is%20committed%20to%20ensuring%20the%20long-term,with%20tribal%20partners,%20is%20prepared%20for%20this%20transition.

"The DNR is committed to ensuring the long-term survival of the wolf in Minnesota and minimizing and resolving conflicts between wolves and humans. Effective Jan. 4, 2021, Minnesota wolves are managed solely by state and tribal authorities. The state, along with tribal partners, is prepared for this transition."

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

23. Thanks for the site.

I have not been a part of a project for wolves but I have done a lot if reading. For some reason ever since I can remember I have had an interest/love for wolves.

[pazzyanne]

24. One of the sites I follow - The International Wolf Center

https://wolf.org/

[mountain grammy]

6. Sickening.

[turbinetree]

7. Grrr............

[sandensea]

8. If only...

[Judi Lynn]

16. By all means. Perfect. ⭐️

[sandensea]

18. Thanks, Judi.

Their SuperPac and Mega-bundlers wouldn't save them in a spot like that, that's for sure.

Which reminds me: I haven't seen Wolfen in years.

[Botany]

9. Jesus the stupid and meanness courses through their veins.

Apex predators are the keystone to healthy ecosystems and if you are a rancher and you lose
livestock to wolves then you can be paid for your losses and if the wolf keeps coming back it
can be removed or shot.

[LT Barclay]

10. Tme for the Biden admin to restore protections. They could do an EO and follow with a court case if

necessary stating ESA protections were removed illegally.

And screw the chumps that want this. What a bunch of weaklings. They're as bad as the Chinese. Killing a wolf doesn't make you a man, it makes you a coward because you are too fearful to co-exist. Hell putting it that way explains a lot about Republicans doesn't it?

[Lulu KC]

12. sickening

I must turn away. I will do what I need to do (letters etc.) but just can't watch.

[scarletwoman]

13. Fucking monsters. They slaughter those beautiful animals just for the thrill of killing.

[lordsummerisle]

14. Disgusting n/t

[byronius]

15. Ideology of Evil-- that's the modern GQP. Whatever the worst thing is, they want it done Now.

Classic human death cult.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. The thing people miss about this and other changes like it is the systematic attack on regulating

public lands and wildlife protection. It is part of an insidious strategy to defeat and diffuse federal and state regulation of lands the extraction industries (Coal, Oil, Gas, along with valuable minerals like uranium and gold, and Timber) view as their property for exploitation and development. They invented the movement to sell federal and state lands off and have put enormous sums in the hands of local, state and national candidates as investments in future access and sales.

Taking Wolves off the protected list is one of a number of steps which reinforce the idea that land is meant to be consumed to a purpose, not left in a natural condition. Having them shot to extinction removes one more barrier of protection: No more wolves to preserve means no need to preserve habitat for them and any other members of that ecosystem.

The people behind this are not local officials but multinational, oil, gas, and mining conglomerates with billions invested in extraction which feeds the energy consuming world economy they tell us we can't escape. They are as ruthless and driven as the man they helped put in office for the preceding 4 years, along with the Senators and Congress members who abetted him, and them. They also provided a handy list of Judges and Administrators who are sympathetic, and motivated to favor exploitation and reduce or resist regulation. Just like Ms. Chao, her husband, the recently retired Mr. Zinke, and many others.

[Bayard]

20. Well said

Big ranchers have also tried to exterminate wolves for years--many on land that they lease, for pennies, from the government. They try to claim the wolves kill their cattle, when there's not much evidence other than losing ones that are already weakened in some way. Losing the occasional calf is a small price to pay to for the honor to co-exist with wolves. Commercial ranchers have the same kill lust for wild mustangs, trying to claim the horses eat, "their" grass--again, on our land. Horses and cattle do not consume grass in the same way.

This situation has always made me physically ill. I just don't understand the way these people think, other than to assume they just like to kill for the hell of it. Like murderers.

I'm going to be writing to the White House. I can't believe, Joe Biden being the animal lover, would let this stand.

[pazzyanne]

25. Exactly!!! Well said.

Scum of the earth natural resource rapers. Their values rest in money, not the natural treasures of our earth.

[yuiyoshida]

19. Not only are Republicans ...

Assholes, the so called Pro Lifers, want to kill the "Big Bad Wolf" before they huff and puff and blow their houses down... I guess. its all fucking stupid and totally against nature and science... I mean what the flying fuck is in their brains, that they think this is a good thing? Obviously nothing... Not only are they selfish, they are heartless as well... well, I mean look at the Pandemic.. 500 thousand Americans killed by Covid and they don't fucking give a damn. Had they still been in charge, another 100 thousand would have been dead and more.

[C Moon]

21. The U.S. would be far better off with more wolves, and less Republicans.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. Trump made it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska

The Washington Post, June 9, 2020

Hunters will soon be allowed to venture into national preserves in Alaska and engage in practices that conservation groups say are reprehensible: baiting hibernating bears from their dens with doughnuts to kill them and using artificial light such as headlamps to scurry into wolf dens to slaughter mothers and their pups.

With a final rule published Tuesday in the Federal Register, the Trump administration is ending a five-year-old ban on the practices, which also include shooting swimming caribou from a boat and targeting animals from airplanes and snowmobiles. It will take effect in 30 days.

State officials primarily composed of hunters in Alaska argued that the October 2015 regulations ordered by the Obama administration infringed on traditional native hunting practices and were more restrictive than what is permitted on state land.

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Fat Donnie is as enamoured with killing wild animals as he is with killing people, whether it's by execution or pandemic.

[wendyb-NC]

26. Damn them

That is abominable. Why are the Requelicans trying to extirpate wolves, all over again. This makes me want to vomit, when I hear of the ugliness, that is the party of arrogance, and destruction.

[DenaliDemocrat]

27. Nobody runs wolves with hounds

Unless you like dead dogs. Two wolves will destroy a pack of hounds in seconds

[Demnation]

28. From Stephen Stills great LP Manassas, 1972.

"Fallen Eagle"

Sing to the fallen eagle
Helicopters fly
Chase him 'round the mountains
Chase him 'til he dies

They say that it's good sportin'
Shootin' him on the wing
Above the roar and clatter
You can hear your rifle sing
His death song
It won't be long

Sing to the western rancher
The eagle takes his lamb
He's got a thousand others
He don't give a damn

Get up with the sunrise
Everybody gather 'round
Kill him with the first shot
He'll turn and bring you down
Down down
Crash on the ground

Sing to the noble eagle
Help is on the way
A government team of experts
Is a' rushin' to your aid

I know your not excited
An eagle is no waif
Fly on up to Canada
This country isn't safe
Anymore
That's for sure

[Yeehah]

29. How I hate these fuckers!

They won't be happy until wolves are extinct.

[prodem65]

31. I propose that we give the wolves an even chance at the hunters.

https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem