'Uncontrolled slaughter' of 90 percent of gray wolves in Idaho feared after new GOP law

[turbinetree]

By Common Dreams
Published May 07, 2021

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Wildlife advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about a new "extermination" law in Idaho, signed this week by GOP Gov. Brad Little, that will allow hunters and private contractors to kill up to 90% of the state's gray wolf population—about 1,350 animals.

"Backed by an array of misinformation and fearmongering, the state Legislature stepped over experts at the Idaho Fish and Game Department and rushed to pass this horrific wolf-killing bill," said Andrea Zaccardi, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, in a statement.

"And Republican lawmakers have promised that this is just the beginning, even though the new measure would doom 90% of Idaho's wolves," Zaccardi noted. "We're disappointed that Gov. Little signed such a cruel and ill-conceived bill into law."

https://www.rawstory.com/idaho-wolf-slaughter/



Fucking cattle industry again............the fucking cattle industry .....

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. This is horrifying. I am sickened over it. n/t

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. I would love to

Strip the gop pigs naked give them no weapons or tools drop them in isolated wilderness blindfolded naked seperated out alone with packs of wolves looking for them and tracking them,to feed the packs..

The republicans deserve this fate.

We save wolves and destroy the fascists at the same time..

[tonedevil]

15. I would need to do tests...

to be sure the wolves could safely digest Republicans. They are known to be quite toxic.

[2naSalit]

21. Wouldn't work...

They don't care for the taste of humans and would only hunt them if no other food was available or they had been conditioned to see humans as having food for them. And they would probably not care for the stench of that crowd anyway.

[brewens]

4. It's old lazy fat fucks on four wheelers killing too many elk. Those guys are way out in the

boonies where you used to only be able to hunt with pack animals.

[yonder]

13. +1.

And now they have bigger ATV's like Razors and Sidekicks allowing them to bring even more people and shit for the kill.

I was hoping against hope Little would do the right thing with a veto but his family sheep background appears to have held sway.

[jmowreader]

17. More like "hunting but not killing"

In the 1970s and early 1980s, it was totally illegal to hunt from any kind of a vehicle, so no one brought their three-wheelers and four-wheelers hunting. And they had decent percentages of success. Now? They hunt from these noisy-ass vehicles, and the elk get the hell out of Dodge for the duration of hunting season.

[brush]

5. Big mistake. Wolves serve a purpose in keeping the natural envirnomnent...

in balance. This video is great. Many here on DU have probably seen it but it's worth looking at again.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-trp-001&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=trp&p=video+of+how+wolves+save+the+environment&type=Y61_F1_148993_102720#id=4&vid=e68c7f2b29f8fcd36c7a649ec0ecde89&action=view

[abqtommy]

6. I'd strongly advocate for arming the wolves with assault rifles, if that would be of any help.

[Raine]

7. I've been signing petitions to try and stop this

horrible slaughter, probably for all the good the petitions will do but you do what you can.

[2naSalit]

8. Stop eating beef.

[byronius]

19. +1000

[Deuxcents]

9. We just never seem to learn

This pisses me off. We almost hunted wolves to extinction once before. Our eagles, bison n other great American wildlife. To what purpose?

[Mysterian]

10. Humans will pay a severe price for our wanton and evil destruction

of our biosphere.

The West has been turned into a giant shit-smelling cattle pen by these fucking idiots.

[Crunchy Frog]

20. And we fully deserve it.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

25. For profits

All that death,pollution,mess and destruction..

Always to make money and profit.

Time for capitalism to die.

[Phoenix61]

11. When you get rid of one apex predator another

moves in. Say hello to the coyote. Wolves steer clear of humans and aren’t known for hanging around the landfill for a free meal. Coyotes on the other hand do very well in suburbia. Trash and the occasional small pet and they’re damn happy. They also have no problem killing new born calves. Ranchers would be better off putting some donkeys in with the cattle. One donkey can keep up to 300 head of cattle safe. They are territorial, have great hearing and a really nasty kick.

[mountain grammy]

12. Sick, sick, sick.

[djacq]

14. Memorable 60 Minutes segment;

[link:The return of wolves to Yellowstone Park https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-return-of-wolves-to-yellowstone-park-60-minutes/ |

The wolves aren't the monsters, the GOP are.

[Duppers]

22. +100

These ranchers are liars &/or extremely short-sighted.

[orleans]

16. here is the common dreams link where it first appeared

(raw story is such a pain in ass with ads--it wouldn't even let me click on the common dreams link and get the fuck off raw story!)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/07/new-law-conservationists-fear-uncontrolled-slaughter-90-gray-wolves-idaho

[Duppers]

24. Yep. I left Raw Story 2 yrs ago.

Was too much.

[IL Dem]

26. Thank you for that.

Rawstory is a shit site, I won't go there.

[Coventina]

18. Proud to say I haven't eaten beef since 1990.

Don't miss it one bit.

My body and my conscience is so much better without it.

Join me, won't you?

[Duppers]

23. Folks, please TAKE ACTION...

Under a federal law known as the Pittman Robertson Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives Idaho and other states millions of dollars each year to fund state wildlife-management projects. Such conservation funds can only be entrusted to states
that have demonstrated their commitment to actual wildlife conservation.

Please ask the agency to disqualify Idaho from receiving federal funding for wildlife management

unless the state immediately repeals its wolf-extermination legislation.

Please click here to send a message:

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

You DO NOT have to donate.

Thank You!

[LiberatedUSA]

27. Disgusting