[Nachtrafe]

CUT/PASTING MY MINI- [img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] FROM THE SNIPER THREAD

Originally posted by Nachtrafe: quote: Originally posted by Neb: quote: Originally posted by Sir Taliesin: quote: Originally posted by Neb: You hunt wolves? Why? They're peaceful and beautiful creatures

Not if your a farmer, or cattle/sheep rancher! They find penned up livestock easy pickings. I would assume Canada has a season on wolf hunting. I think the State of Alaska has one or if they don't then the State hunts them to keep the population down. Much like the African countries thin out their Elephant herds.

JEEZ! We got WAY [img]graemlins/offtopic.gif[/img] with this!!![/QUOTE]I'd rather let a couple of wolves devour a few sheep/cows than shoot them. Even if the livestock were my livelihood. Wolves are in my opinion so intelligent and beautiful that I'd be tempted to put a ban on killing them if I was in power, unless of course their numbers were threatening the populations of other creatures dramatically.[/QUOTE]OK...Going WAY [img]graemlins/offtopic.gif[/img]

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Wolves are NOT "intelligent and beautiful" animals. They are savage pack predators that are quite willing and able to kill an entire herd of sheep, cows, horses, chickens, pigs, or just about any other form of domestic livestock they can find convienently penned up. And they're not adverse to taking an unattended human infant/toddler or attacking a lone adult in a lean season. A good friend of mine and his roommate were rock climbing in rural Idaho a few years ago and they were attacked by half a dozen of your "intelligent and beautiful" predators. My friend almost died! Fortunately they were both carrying pistols and my friend's roommate managed to make it to the top of the rock formation before my friend was killed. He shot and killed one wolf and together they managed to wound and drive off the others. They had to be air-lifted out because my friend's leg was so badly savaged. And no, they weren't near a den, or 'encroaching on the wolves habitat', they were climbing a sheer rock face and when my friend got to the top and was resting he was jumped from behind.

So you'll have to forgive me if I feel no sympathy for the "intelligent and beautiful" wolf.
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