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 #1789156


WolfRin
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 Attention all wolf lovers

"One of the best wildlife recovery efforts in recent history is the reintroduction of the gray wolf into the northern Rocky Mountains. The couple of dozen animals released into Yellowstone Park in 1995 has astoundingly grown to about 1,500 gray wolves now roaming freely in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. With this great success, the gray wolf will be removed from the list of endangered species. But hold on a second: A recent government initiative, altering the face of the Endangered Species Act, says that each state can only protect 200 recently protected wolves and 20 breeding pairs. This change means that up to 900 recently protected wolves can now be hunted and killed! So grab a pen, write your legislator, and urge him or her to close this sad loophole in the current policy before it’s to late."

Article from Healthy Pet Magazine - Summer of 2008



07/09/08  10:38pm

 #1790797


Senshokukiba
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  Message To: WolfRin   In reference to Message Id: 1789156


 Attention all wolf lovers

I love wolves to death, but I support hunting them.

Wolf populations are stable now. There’s nothing wrong with removing a small fraction of wolves.

There was a post very similar to this that was made by some animal activist. It ended up having several hundred posts on it.



07/11/08  01:37am

 #1791214


The White Wolf
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  Message To: Senshokukiba   In reference to Message Id: 1790797


 Attention all wolf lovers

I too am a wolf lover. I don’t concur with entertainment hunting but I will admit in some degree that it is tolerable. It depresses me that even after the gray wolves are at a stable population,I feel it’s not enough to keep the population alive. I believe that some people may go exceedingly beyond the limit with hunting the wolves and may degrade the population again. But yet, we can’t predict the wolves future at this rate. Just my speculation.



07/11/08  01:00pm

 #1792147


Drminia
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  Message To: The White Wolf   In reference to Message Id: 1791214


 Attention all wolf lovers

I don’t think there is a reason to shoot them. Now I’m not a everything is scared person but there are other ways to deal with the "problems" wolves cause. If you record a pack howling and play it on a speaker when you here a wild pack howl the pack will leave after a while. I only think that is necessary if you have livestock in danger. Other then that they take care of deer destroying tons of crops, and other issues. Such as keeping coyotes away witch will hurt your pets as to wolves wont eat your family dog unless they are starving. If you think I’m just an idiot I just had to put my pet wolf to sleep ( yes I had a permit ) because of a sever medical condition. He kept the coyotes away from my other pets and small livestock. He even groomed my baby rabbits. I know that’s rare but they don’t need to be shot.



07/12/08  05:33am

 #1793339


MissSkyTheGecko
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  Message To: Drminia   In reference to Message Id: 1792147


 Attention all wolf lovers

I don’t think they should be killed. I don’t think anything should unless it is for food. Wolves take down the sick dear, elk, etc. So it’s not all about the wolves but also the animals around them. If there are less wolves to take out the sick animals, then they will all suffer. But that’s not the only thing. It just isn’t necessary.



07/13/08  03:11am

 #1793653


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  Message To: MissSkyTheGecko   In reference to Message Id: 1793339


 Attention all wolf lovers

I also do not believe it is necessary to kill them. They help to keep down the population of deer and other animals, and they could end up critically endangered- again.



07/13/08  02:24pm

 #1793657


Flamingflower
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  Message To: Flamingflower   In reference to Message Id: 1793653


 Attention all wolf lovers

Not to mention the all of the natural beauty they have and add to the land. It would be a sad situation indeed if they were allowed to be shot and killed.



07/13/08  02:28pm

 #1802467


Senshokukiba
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  Message To: Flamingflower   In reference to Message Id: 1793657


 Attention all wolf lovers

Here’s a post I made on a thread with a similar topic. I created this a year or two ago.

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There’s nothing wrong with trimming the population of wolves! In most states, wolves aren�t considered endangered any more.

I visited my mother in Idaho awhile ago. During my visit, I discovered that Idaho was going to allow wolf hunting. Idaho wanted at least 100 wolves and ten differant breeding packs. Some thing like that. Idaho had about 600. Just because a small fraction of wolves is being removed, it doesn’t mean that people have to create a petition.

Most people are only starting petitions like that because wolves are their favorite animals. It’s true. If a wolf wasn’t an animal you liked, you wouldn’t care about wolves being hunted. People need to understand that wolves can be successful in the wild even if we hunt them.

To me, wolves are just feral dogs that run around killing livestock, howling, and competing for dominance.

Despite my negative opinions on wolves, they’re one of my favorite animals. However, I see nothing wrong with making a dent in the population of wolves though.

Many people don’t support wolf hunting because they look at wolves and see their dog(s). Well, like domesticated dogs, the wolf’s population needs to be controlled. We humanely euthanize dogs because they breed and reproduce excessivly. Wolves breed and reproduce quickly. In order to control their population, we hunt them. You can’t believe in humane euthanization and not believe in population control hunting!
Let’s say that in the future, humanely euthanizing an animal is illegal. Hundreds of thousands of animals are dieing on the streets because they’re starving and suffering from diseases. Humans are being attacked more often by dogs who see them as threats to their territory and dominance. Well, what if the same thing happened to wolves? What if you had wolves living in cities now because they’re wasn’t enough room for all of them. Do you see what I’m getting at? That might take a long time to happen, but it’s still a possiblity.

I look at those petitions and I think they’re a waste of time. Petitions like that don’t usually work. A petition similar to that one didn’t haveany effect on the hunting of wolves in Alaska several years ago.

I’ve got a question... Why doesn’t any one care about Coyotes? Coyotes are canines and look very similar to wolves. They live in small packs, establish ranks, howl, and tear animals apart too. Why isn�t any one trying to save the Coyotes? They’re being hunted down daily!If you’re sooo worried about wolves, than why aren’t you worried about Coyotes? It just doesn’t make since to care so much about wolves and then ignore Coyotes. Why aren’t Coyotes as popular as wolves?
Also, why doesn�t any one start a petition on Red Foxes?! They’re canines too!
Coyotes, wolves, and foxes are all canids. Why are people only concentrating on "saving" the wolves?



07/19/08  09:41pm

 #1838361


Dragonlover78
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  Message To: WolfRin   In reference to Message Id: 1789156


 Attention all wolf lovers

wolves aren’t killed for their meat, not usually i would think. they’re killed for their fur, or otherwise nothing at all, just sick, sick fun. we humans have preoblems, so much that we go on killing animals who just barely reacheda good sum, and what will happen? overhunting, low pup production due to less wolves. doncha hate the human race at times?



08/21/08  02:51pm

 #1838631


The White Wolf
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  Message To: Dragonlover78   In reference to Message Id: 1838361


 Attention all wolf lovers

lol Calm down.I understand you’re a little stressed about this topic,but I believe the government has a well future for the wolves (yes I have researched and changed my opinion about this topic).If there wasn’t enough wolves for hunting,the hunting would stop until the wolf population has risen.The wolf population is at a stable population right now.Besides I’m very sure that other animals are in more need than the wolves.



08/21/08  07:03pm

 #1840310


Zck0500
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  Message To: The White Wolf   In reference to Message Id: 1838631


 Attention all wolf lovers

if a wolf is killing ure animals i say shoot the damn thing. but i wouldnt hunt one. if u even can a tag for them probably cost in the upper hundreds to thousands.



08/23/08  01:04pm

 #1843196


Gecko boy12
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  Message To: Zck0500   In reference to Message Id: 1840310


 Attention all wolf lovers

just cause wolfs are so pretty dosent mean they should be exempt from hunting. there will still be plenty of wolves. a problem will come not from huners but from poachers if there is one.



08/26/08  03:59pm


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