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LAST EDITED ON May-08-12
>AT 12:37?PM (MST)
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>OK - here is a question
>that some of you may
>be uncomfortable answering.
>
>Why is it unethical for this
>landowner to kill these elk,
>who according to the Sheriff,
>is well within his rights
>to do so because they
>are destroying his crops and
>he has followed the correct
>procedures and the DWR hasn't
>responded within the 72 hour
>window to kill them, yet
>it is ethical, in many
>of your opinions, for a
>rancher (or any hunter) to
>illegally and clandestinely (SSS!) to
>kill a pack of wolves
>destroying his cattle (or elk
>and deer populations)?
>
>Now, don't go calling me a
>wolf-lover because that is not
>my point, all I am
>saying is this: substitutue the
>word "elk" for "wolves" and
>the word "crops" for "cattle"
>and half of you who
>are complaining would be clapping.
>
>
>Also - don't get me wrong
>on the flip side of
>the argument either, I
>am not advocating for the
>rancher. I am just making
>a simple observation for the
>sake of argument, that many
>of you have not thought
>this through all the way
>and are responding emotionally rather
>than rationally.
>
>
>HOOK 'EM!
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>
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>and others, I have created
>a profile that explains my
>beliefs. If you are interested
>in finding out more about
>my faith, please visit the
>link below:
>
>
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Roy, if i may answer this the way i see it.
Although your point was gearing towards hypocrisy between killing elk and wolves, the wolves are a predator that no one really wants, elk are a very limited resource that some wait a lifetime to draw a tag for.