ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
First I think these studies that these folks are coming up with are abserd.
In what way? Is it because you don't understand? They are somewhat heavy with technobabble. If your having trouble I can try to help explain what they did.
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ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
If you don't live here butt out!
The funny thing is...I live right over the Nez trail from you Bob.
I hear wolves howling from my porch. Last time I was outside I didn't see any rampaging wolves conducting wholesale slaughter on anything that moved.
ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
Next it should be turned over to the states to manage this species which is now in fully thriving.
I agree totally.
ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
as SOME of the posts here are really showing your ignorance by not having a clue as to what is REALLY going on.
Can you be more specific? Should we be ignoring the scientific community and listening only to the ranchers? They are the only ones who matter or have a say in what happens on our Federal land?
People have different values on wolves and someone else's view on wolves is just as valid as a ranchers, loggers or ecofreak or whatever. You have to understand that.
If all you can do is scream and moan about livestock this and ranching that your going to loose credibility with EVERYONE except ranchers. What would you like to see done about the livestock predation? I see alot of bitching and nothing constructive coming from that ranching community other than "kill em all".
You obviously lack the ability to look at the issue objectively. You can't put yourself in anyone else's shoes but your own little communities' and that is hindering your ability to understand the issues at hand.
Thats one thing science is good for. The job of the scientific communities job is to look at an issue from all angles and favoring none above the other. There are exceptions but by and large we are good about doing this.
And no one is showing more ignorance than you so far. It's generally not a good idea to quote or get information from a magazine such as American Hunter. Don't get me wrong I'm a member and I get the magazine but come on, they obviously have a stake in swaying people's thinking.
The thing that bothers me is that some people are unable or unwilling to understand that ranchers, farmers and rural people like myself were not the only ones who care or have a stake in widlife issues. It wasn't until I was almost graduated from college that i finally realized that people have varying views/values on wildlife and ALL wildlife issues are complex and multi-sided with no easy answers.