Wolf Plan

Wes

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Check out the statement by Kirk Robinson ( wasn't he from Lost In Space?). That sayes it all about their plan. Wipe out the hunted species so we can have more trees. The ultimate goal of the wolf advocates is to do away with huinting. The wolf is the endangered species now but it won't be long before the deer and elk numbers are so low they'll start trying to list them as endangered species also. I've got a plan for any wolf I see!

Wildlife Board Passes Wolf Management Plan
Jun. 9, 2005
John Daley Reporting

For months, ranchers, hunters and conservationists have been wrestling with a tough issue, what to do when wolves make their way to Utah. Today the state's Wildlife Board passed a wolf management plan, which attempts to settle the dispute, though it may end up perpetuating it.

Wolves were long a feature of western landscapes before ranchers wiped them out decades ago. But they're on the way back after getting reintroduced in Yellowstone in the 90's. Now, with numbers multiplying they're spilling into other states, including Utah where one was captured three years ago.

The Utah Wildlife Board is charged with coming up with a plan and today heard from many sides, including agricultural groups who oppose allowing wolves to establish in Utah.

Sterling Brown, Utah Farm Bureau: "The draft Utah Wolf Management plan should be altered to allow livestock owners, immediate family members, and employees of livestock owners to lethally control wolves on both private and public lands."

Clark Willis, Utah Wool Growers Assn.: "The wolves are like no other predator. Very, very difficult to control, very, very difficult to find and very, very expensive."

A coalition of hunting groups wants to make sure there's compensation when wolves kill deer, elk and bighorn sheep.

Don Peay, Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife: "So where the sheep foundation has invested a quarter million dollars to put big horns on Timpanogos, we don't want a pack of wolves to come in and destroy that effort overnight. So from our interpretation of what the legislature said, if such a thing happens, someone needs to repay the investment made to restore wildlife."

Wolf advocates say the rules should not be punitive towards the animals, which they say have helped revitalize the Yellowstone ecosystem.

Kirk Robinson: "The net result of that is willows and cottonwoods and aspen have been regenerating. And that has, in turn, many cascading benefits to wildlife. There are more beaver, more songbirds for example. The fisheries are much better."

In the end the board passes a series of rules, including allowing wolves to be shot if they are threatening livestock on public or private land. It's bound to please agricultural interest, anger wolf proponents, and ensure the controversy will go on.

The new plan comes into play only after the federal government removes the wolf from the Endangered Species list.
 
Where do I sent my ($$$) chunk of change to help pay the fines of the fine guys and gal who get caught killing a wolf in Utah?
Maybe this can become a wolf bounty slush fund!
What does every one think?
Jack
 
Once again, My thoughts?...
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JACKMASTER

I THINK YOU ALREADY OWE ME MONEY!!!

PLEASE SEND IT ASAP!!!

THE ONLY bobcat WAITING FOR PAYMENT TO SHOW!!!
 
HUNTERHARRY

TO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PICTURE TO SHOW A FEW OF THESE WOLF LOVERS AT THE LAST RAC MEETING!!!

I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT OF STIRRED THEM A LITTLE!!!

THE ONLY bobcat WONDERING IF ANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOUR HAND???
 

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