Gray Wolves No Longer Need Federal Protection, Obama Administration Says

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59. "a cull is never humane"

This could be in competition for one of the stupidest comments ever made at DU, and that is a rear honor.

You want proof that it is an idiotic statement?

Google "science" and "culling" and presto:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=uk-official-defends-badger-cull


Where humans have significantly impacted on the use of an ecosystem and the natural predator balance has been thrown out of balance unrestricted population growth can allow population increases that can completely destroy the ecosystem and endanger the future population of that species.

This is really 101 biology. Reasonable hunting can help maintain natural populations that have been upset by other human activities.

I am not a supporter of hunters but the science is clear and I am a big supporter of scientists.


Every year I interview, as a part of my job, about 2 dozen government scientists including those that work for the Fish and Game.

Under Bush they received instructions from above to reach certain 'scientific' conclusions that would help developers, etc. It was not unusual for them to react emotionally and in tears. Now that is all gone. There is no interference in their job. The real idea of the OP is that the Obama administration is somehow involving itself in policy so that it can harm wolf populations is bull shit, rather strong odious uninformed bullshit.

Up thread I posted a peer review scientific study that showed that wolf populations were directly, statistically involved in the reduction of elk population from 20,000 to 10,000.

You have supplied no science on behalf of your absurd opinions so now, please supply a link to a source that would support the idiotic statement that "a cull is never humane".