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By: kayla brooks

kayla brooks — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:05 +0000

no free animals should be slaughtered because we took away their environment and destroyed their live…high way speeds should be set slower in highly populated places[both animals and humans overpopulate]and the only thing that needs to be controlled is the fact that we chop down trees for paper and wood[for homes,dressers,ect.]which is a necessity but we should not do it as much as we do to try and help conserve all the wildlife we can and before we cut down or destroy anything we should do a thorough search of the area for animals that can be harmed by the specific destruction….
i have to go b/c i am at the end of my tec class
-kayla b…
born 5/10/96
yes i am only 13 but care very much about the environment

By: Jane Schwartz

Jane Schwartz — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:30:31 +0000

Oct 25th PBS/Nature will air ‘Cloud- Challenge of the Stallions’, third in the Emmy award winning documentary on the famous Cloud wild horse herd.
As we see the program and learn of the incredible complexities of wild horse relationships and society, those very horses are being decimated.
Make no mistake, our wild horses, are being wiped out as we speak for no good reason, under the guise of ‘management’. Our wolves too. It seems there is an unprecedented attack on our wild animals. Why?
I suggest we need them, that our relationship with the wild is crucial for our own existence, never mind the moral pits that lead us to treat these complex , family bonded animals with such cruelty as is evident in these round ups (6 dead horses from the Challis roundup, 6 foals orphaned). These awful actions make us less human.
See the CBS Special report here to get you up to speed http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11285225
What we need is action. If this is abhorrent, which it is, please do something. Ask your most senior scholars and celebrated academicians to tell your representatives loud and clear to stop these actions against horses and wolves on our public lands. MAKE them listen to the people finally before it really is too late. This horse and wolf holocaust is real and happening now. All the information you need is on http://www.thecloudfoundation.org, check the blog for action points now.
THank you so much,
Jane Schwartz
Los Angeles

By: LB

LB — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:23:59 +0000

As an Oregonian I am very familiar with the story of the re-introduction of wolves and of the species that have returned in response. Another contributing factor to excess deer population in the United States is the wide use of clear cutting which provides habitat for the deer at the expense of endangered species, etc.

I was wondering what the Scottish approach to sustainable subsistence hunting is. A google search reveals a group called “Hunting for Sustainability” which notes, “In Scotland hunting is predominantly carried out on large, privately owned estates, where professional hunters (gamekeepers) are employed to manage wildlife harvests. The principal game species are red deer and red grouse in the uplands, and pheasants and roe deer in the lowlands. Deer and grouse are managed wild game, whilst pheasants are generally reared and released prior to shooting.” It appears that hunting is unfortunately limited to an elite population. This is unfortunately becoming a gradual trend in the United States where hunting permits are becoming overwhelmingly expensive. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the working poor rely on poaching in response.

By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:20:45 +0000

Thanks for the replies, and I guess I’m not too surprised that the interests of the agricultural community have been cited as a possible cause of antipathy towards wolves in the US.

On a brighter note, this newly published article at Science, ‘Wolves to the Rescue in Scotland’…

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/722/2?rss=1

…gives a good idea of how good management and clear thinking can often be a better response than the rather bloodthirsty alternative reported above. They wanted to reduce the deer population to more manageable numbers, as well as creating a ‘climate of fear’ across the landscape – presumably just to the deer.

A note in the article shows that the researchers in Scotland based their response on having seen what is described as a very successful experiment in Yellowstone NationalPark back in the 1990s, to reduce the elk population by reintroducing wolves.

This is the very place where those same wolves, or at least their immediate descendants, are now facing death and injury from humans who now perceive the wolves to be the problem- all very odd, in my opinion.

By: LB

LB — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:55:15 +0000

The U.S. heavily subsidizes ranching on public lands. These ranchers are further subsidized by mass extermination of wolves. The wild mustangs started from feral horses over 100 years ago. Environmentalists join animal rights activists and horse enthusiasts in calling for their protection. The only people I’ve ever heard calling for their extermination is ranchers.

By: Boogliodemus

Boogliodemus — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:37:55 +0000

The wolves are getting to be so numerous that they are breeding with domestic dogs and killing livestock. The wolves that haven’t died from disease, or getting hit by cars, are regulated to keep them from killing the ranchers cattle and sheep. Wolves are are a pest which need to be controlled. Also, in regards to the mustangs, they are not “wild” horses, they are feral horses. Domesticated animals which have gotten loose and cause serious erosion to the countryside. They need to be controlled also. We were selling them to the French for whom horsemeat is as legitimate as beef. Through dishonest appeals to emotion, that program was stopped. Now they just make dogfood out of them.