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My "Gray Wolves Are Not Endangered" stamp went over so well that I just had to make another!Related content
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I support JERK hunting.
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It depends on the wolf. Some wolves, like red wolves, are critically endangered. I do support hunting animals that aren't though.
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red wolves are coyote and wolf hybrids, not a real wolf speciesΒ
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That is not true. A coyote and gray wolf hybrid is called a coywolf. A red wolf, is its own species, however, with red wolves almost going extinct they have been breeding with coyotes. Making red wolf/coyote hybrids.
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Then its a coywolf too
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I know that now...
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I support hunting of any animal, as long as it's.....
Legal; with the necessary license/permit and the animal is not under protection.
Humane; without any prolonged suffering (most hunters are much more caring then people give then credit for)
In Moderation; meaning a bag limit, in the proper season.
Without the incentive of a federal bounty; (I don't have much problem with people offering private bounties or hiring someone to kill a bothersome animal).
Without the goal of extirimnaation; wether it be predator or a peaceful herbivore. I have no problem with a goal of lowering their population somewhat.
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Hang on, so wolves can defend their territory by "hunting humans" but we can't defend ours by "hunting wolves"? I don't support hunting for sport, but some people would have no choice if a wolf was threatening their livestock - or their life. Oh, I'm sorry, seems like we're not allowed to defend ourselves when it comes to wittle harmless puppies -_-Β
And for those who support "human hunting" are practically saying they support murder - or humans getting killed. Yeah, not so much of a good person; are you?Β
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I supporting hunting for food and to help the ecosystem because sometimes having to many of an animal is very dangerous to the system it inhabits. I also think you should make good use of what you kill. Use its fur, its bones, its meat. To kill with the intention of not using all that you gain from its death Β is disrespectful in my opinion. I don't of course support poaching, the killing of an endangered species,hunting on protected lands and sanctuaries. But most wolves are no longer endangered. Just because someone hunts does not mean they do not respect that which they hunt either.
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They rarely kill humans,if they do it's our fault for endangering their habitat so they have no food or threatening them.Wiping out any creature on this earth is practically...... that's just so mean!!!!!! When you wipe out one animal,it throws the whole ecosystem off! If you kill wolves,then animals and bugs that eat the carcasses they leave can die.and their helpful too.Did you know they only kill weak,starving,or hurt animals? That can prevent diseases and the animal from suffering.(Well DUH they are going to kill other things when they are starving! You would too!) I wouldn't even consider wiping out a mosquito.Just wanted to make that point,people should know what the consequences and good things of wolves
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why must you dig up my ancient comments and remind me how dumb I used to be
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We're not exactly aiming to completely wipe them out; in fact, they're more of a problem for the ecosystem. There are 11,000 gray wolves in Alaska alone.
It is estimated that there are 690,000 herds of elk in Western United States, Alberta and British Colombia.Β None of the herds are in trouble. Even foreign countries maintain large herds with few predators.
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There is no doubt that wolves would control ungulate herds wherever they are introduced. But how well would they control them? And, how would wolves be controlled if they became a problem?
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It has been stated often that Nature has a way of balancing itself. In Yellowstone National Park, for example, the elk population was perceived as high and therefore it was argued that wolves should be introduced to naturally cut back the overpopulation of elk. The result is simple, more wolves mean less elk as they would continue to depredate the herds of elk. This pattern continues until the elk, as well as other wildlife, are virtually removed and the numerous wolf population either dies off due to disease, interspecific fighting, etc. or moves out of the country in search of more prey. Then the elk would be able to increase its numbers due to less wolves in the Park. This process is often referred to as the βBalance of Nature.β
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There are problems with such a cycle. How popular would the Park be to the public during the times there were little or no ungulate populations to observe? At what point of this cycle would wolves become a problem to man or his livestock, due to limited prey.
There have been 25 wolf attacks since 1900 ( www.aws.vcn.com/wolf_atΓ’β¦)
Wolves don't only kill weak, starving or injured animals.Β
Human characteristics have often been attributed to the wolf. Some people think it can reason like a human. Unfortunately that is not the case.
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A wolf does not know "sick, diseased or old." These terms are not in its vocabulary. However it does know what it can catch easily and often these animals are part of its diet due to their condition. However, there are also the young, the replacement segment of the herd. They are not "sick, diseased or old," but they are relatively easy to catch. History is replete with accounts of wolves' depredation of the young.
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Duncan P. Grant and his brother Bob Grant hunted wolves for years in the early part of the century. They hunted the range of the Two Bar Ranch that spread from the Nebraska line to Medicine Bow, Wyoming.
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Most of the time there were six to eight wolves in a pack but they had seen packs with up to 22 wolves.
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Duncan writes, "When they run in packs they would kill almost anything they wanted to. I have seen them round up from twenty-five to thirty head of cattle in a bunch, and then pick out the ones they wanted, usually yearlings and two-year-olds, both cattle and horses. Yearling colts and calves that were coming yearlings were their pick."
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Early newspapers frequently carried accounts as these. "Wm. Bell, in from his Redwater ranch Wednesday, reports timber wolves too numerous for comfort or profit in his vicinity. Thompson brothers have two valuable young colts badly hurt by them, so much so that it is a question they will ever recover. They attacked a young steer belonging to Fred Bond, killed and partly devoured it in full view of one of his neighbors. They also killed a cow and a calf out of his herd. Calves and colts are their favorite game but they do not hesitate to attack full grown animals when they cannot get the former."
"Geo. H. Allen, who came over from Pass Creek Monday, says that he and Harry Kincaid were moving his cattle down from Perry Ault's upper ranch, on Pass Creek, he found that the wolves had killed and eaten four calves out of his bunch; they found one calf still alive, with its hinder parts eaten away."
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In wild game, it is much the same. David Mech and Jim Brandenburg observed a pack of Arctic wolves on 11 head of adult Musk Oxen and 3 calves. At first the Oxen stood their ground. Later they broke and run with the wolves in pursuit. A few minutes later, all three calves had been killed by the wolves.
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In Gary Turbak's book,Β TWILIGHT HUNTERS: WOLVES, COYOTES AND FOXES, he opens the section on wolves with an account in which a pack of eight wolves attack and devour a young moose calf.
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Wolves can decimate wildlife populations if not controlled. Biologist Vernon Bailey of the Bureau of Biological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, stated, "Wolves and coyotes cause a loss to the stockmen and farmers of the United States of several millions of dollars annually, and in some of the Northern States they threaten the extermination of deer on many of the best hunting grounds."
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That statement, made in 1908, was reiterated in the Annual Reports of Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey in 1922, "It has been estimated after careful investigation that not less than 10,000 deer are killed annually by predatory animals in that state (Michigan). Timber wolves, coyotes, wild cats, and foxes all join in game destruction, the kill being heaviest in winter, when snow is deep, and especially in the early spring, after the snow becomes crusted. At this period wolves and coyotes often appear to kill for no apparent reason other than for amusement or sheer lust of killing.
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"A good instance of the destructiveness of deer by wolves was observed by the bureau representative in southern Marquette County the latter part of March. Evidence had been found that a pack of wolves was working in the deer yards of that section, and one night they were heard howling. The following morning investigation was made on snowshoes and the tracks of a single wolf were soon located. The trail led a short distance to a swamp, where the wolf was joined by two others and the round of destruction begun. The remains of four freshly killed deer were found on a area of about 3 acres. Subsequent investigations disclosed that in the few weeks preceding this time probably a hundred deer in yards scattered over an area of about 3 square miles in that locality were killed by these wolves. This number does not include many unborn fawns. The wolves also worked through other yarding sections, as they spent only a part of their time in the area described."
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Current accounts verify these same occurrences. Mark Miner assisted in an emergency deer feeding program in northern Minnesota in the early 1980s. One winter had been especially severe and the deer were in poor condition. The Department of Natural Resources allocated pellets to be fed in areas of Minnesota to keep the deer alive.
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One morning Mark and a friend set out on a snowmobile to run their circuit in the Chippewa National Forest. At their first stop, they found 9 deer and fed them some pellets. Approximately 3 hours later, they came by this feeding ground on their way home. Mark's friend grabbed Mark's shoulder and pointed to some blood on the snow. Mark turned the snowmobile off the trail and pulled in the clearing in the timber where they had first fed the 9 deer. Eight deer were lying dead. None were eaten. Most showed attack on the hind legs and the head and neck. One sight especially disturbed Mark.
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There was a windrow of brush at the end of the clearing. It was U-shaped. In the middle of the windrow lay a doe dead with her fawn lying beside her, still attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. From the tracks, Mark said it was apparent that the wolves had trapped the doe in the U-shaped windrow and had cut her off as she attempted to get out. The doe apparently aborted her young in all the running and then evidently collapsed and died from exhaustion. There was not a mark of blood or bite mark on the doe.
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Historical data indicates that game cannot withstand uncontrolled predation. Predation has caused serious problems in bringing extermination to game in certain areas.
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This is still in evidence today where 90% to 95% of ungulate populations in areas of Canada were wiped out due to wolf depredation.
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Yes,I understand,and I do appreciate you taking the time to put all of these facts and knowledge together 
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I don't support any kind of hunting. Unless you really NEED it to survive, by eating it or having to kill it because they attacked you.
But i bet they don't taste good as chicken or apples.
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oh really? I love wolves. they are animals not babies and they kill people yes (do the humans start it? SOME of the time)
but we had this problem before. people began to kill so many wolves (for fun) that the elk and deer became over populating the forest'sΒ
are wolves perfect? HECK NO!!! but nothing is.Β
wolves are wolves. tigers are tigers. bears are bears. none of which should be treated as pets.
but everything has a place. and the only thing that can ruin that are humans.
there are some people who are a little over the top about wolves.Β
I understand killing a wolf if there bothering you cattle/flock, or if they have rabies.
but the fact that people kill them for fun is stupid no matter what.
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I agree with you shadowwolf66667
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Thank you okami0221 ^w^Β
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...Wolves are my favorite animal....awww....
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I bet you really enjoyed 9/11
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I'll bet you really enjoyed all the taps on your head by your Mom's multitude of boyfriends dick's while they fucked when you were a fetus.Β But the brain damage it caused is pretty obvious.
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Yeah you definitely enjoyed 9/11
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DurrDurrDurr, HurrHurrHurr.Β The stupid is strong in you, Biff!
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The autism is strong in you
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Autism is something one cannot control,
it's there or not on fate's dice roll,
but the the ignorance so strong in you,
is by your choice, it's sad but true.
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So you support 9/11 and Holocaust?
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And your mother using the abortion rights everyone fought so hard to get.Β Dimwit - did I mention9/11?Β Did I mention the Holocaust?Β Are you truly as stupid as you seem?Β Is your mouth bigger than your brain?
Thank you for writing, Grandma! I hope your depends stay dry.
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As in, 9/11 and Holocaust is "human hunting"
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I knew what you meant, biffy - as in my kindness to the mentally challenged is limited.Β Be off, or I shall taunt you again
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Your not taunting me, wolfaboo.
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You are the first dumbass I've ever met in my life that didn't know what taunt meant...
Allow me to clarify it's meaning for you, my under-educated little butt-licker.
Taunting means saying nasty things,
bumpin; yo' branpan 'til it stings,
laughing at the dumbass way
you never have anything smart to say,
laughing at your mamma's big fat ass
and the way you' always sniff her gas
laughing because you still shit your pants
this is called the dozens, a taunting dance.
Say duh for me, idiot boy.
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"taunting" is basically making some random bait toΒ
"taunt" somebody, which IS saying shit
as in letting them fall in the trap
I dont lick butts, go back to your lonely strip club.
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It must be sad to be both ugly and slow-witted.
You should either get educated or get plastic surgery.
A stupid, ugly girl that looks like a stupid ugly boy has no future that doesn't involve asking customers if they want fries with that...
...but I'll bet you know that already.
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Excuse me, the last comment was a little harsh.
Anyways, what I am trying to say is that you /can't/ put humans and
wolves on the same levels. You just can't.
Again, I apologize for the harsh reaction.
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I read all three, but I'll answer this one.
"Excuse me, the last comment was a little harsh."
No problem.Β Given that I read this post in ControveryInc, you reply was perfectly acceptable.Β The group's founder joeisbadass has mentioned several times that my replies often stretch the envelope, I have no problem with people replying harshly to me.
"Anyways, what I am trying to say is that you /can't/ put humans and
wolves on the same levels. You just can't."
I don't.Β But I don't rate them much lower either.Β I'm a meat eater.Β And I've hunt as well as fished.Β But I like wolves.Β And I don't always like people.
I live in a sub-society where violence is way more common and acceptable than it is in the general population.Β People hunt people all the time in both the over-all society and my smaller subset of it.
In my society, not covering your friends backs is the worst crime one can commit.
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Wow holy shit
I expected rage from all sides
Thanks for the peaceful reply now I can study in peace
I am kinda happy now so ahaha
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Sorry, that last post was a little harsh.
But you really shouldn't put wolves over humans.
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So you support murder? You know who else killed people?
Hitler.
Bin Laden.
You must love those people, do ya?
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Why yes, I am pro-choice!
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would you like to be hunted? specially if you did nothing wrong? NO!!!
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Do you eat meat? If so, would you like to be killed and eaten, especially if you did nothing wrong? Or is it suddenly a diffrent story because cows taste good?Β
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no, i don't eat meat!
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