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Kaleva

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17. Arguments are made that wolves actually improve elk herds

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 05:48 PM

Mar 2023

They typically prey upon the old, sick and injured while human hunters go after bulks and cows in their prime. Another positive wolves bring is that they disperse deer and elk herds which helps control the spread of diesese.

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Lauren Boebert is afraid she'll be eaten by wolves [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP

Wolves can sniff out STDs. :) n/t brewens Mar 2023 #1

What's she waiting for? She should call Herschel Walker. peppertree Mar 2023 #2

Not to worry sarisataka Mar 2023 #3

🤣🤣🤣 CentralMass Mar 2023 #14

I'm afraid she won't. Glorfindel Mar 2023 #4

2 groups don't like wolves being reintroduced. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #5

Arguments are made that wolves actually improve elk herds Kaleva Mar 2023 #17

Yep, heard that. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #22

i believe hunters made the arguments you said Kaleva Mar 2023 #26

Wolves would be likely to sniff her and move on. Vultures and carrion beetles, though, Atticus Mar 2023 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Mar 2023 #7

So now she's little red riding hood? Walleye Mar 2023 #8

She's (almost) grandma. n/t cloudbase Mar 2023 #10

What a big mouth she has Walleye Mar 2023 #11

*facepalm* sakabatou Mar 2023 #9

When I read.. Codifer Mar 2023 #12

Well, they have been known to dine on carrion in a pinch... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #13

They wouldn't eat... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #15

I'm afraid she won't be. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #16

Ewww, Boebert wolf poo. The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #18

Wolfie. Drop it. Drop it. Wolfie. Drop it. Yavin4 Mar 2023 #19

That is the best reason I have heard for bringing doc03 Mar 2023 #20

What a complete F'ing moron. She's confidentially wrong, as usual. Oneironaut Mar 2023 #21

Maybe she thinks they're GAY wolves. milestogo Mar 2023 #23

Wolves might eat carrion but not shit Kennah Mar 2023 #24

anyone who thinks wolves are essential to a healthy ecosystem Conjuay Mar 2023 #25

I wish that people knew the difference between "your" (possessive), and niyad Mar 2023 #27

Scary AZSunDevil Mar 2023 #28

She is a bigger threat than any wolf I've ever met. world wide wally Mar 2023 #29