February 12, 2013
I thought this would be a timely re-post considering the apathy, cowardice and ignorance that continues to surround wolves.
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Thank you for submitting this very interesting text.
“The principle is this: an ecosystem must have predators”
How true, but the problem is:
Humans want to be the only predators and they do not tolerate any competition besides himself.
Unfortunately, humans are not the ones who act act with caution because apathy, cowardice and ignorance are the deadliest weapons of all………………………..
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When you have residents of a state (Montana) believe “zombies” have invaded their state you know what the problem is – they are more stupid and uneducated than originally thought. I wonder if Idaho and Wyoming have zombies?
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WOW Joe .. I can hardly believe this is True .. lol Yes I, too, wonder if Idaho and Wyoming have zombies, too ?
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Sent from my iPad
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I love all the comments. I follow your blog, but it upsets me to come over too often. I think this is so wrong. And I have read and seen on TV documentaries many of the things talked about. If they didn’t mess with the critters, natural selection would take care of it. I’m not sure what the answer is now, but I have never believed indiscriminate killing is the answer. Thanks so much for all you effort in trying to make people more aware of what is going on.
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Seems as if Alaska does not value its visitors as much, nor any of the other states killing all these wolves.
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Two new bills would make cattlemen have 20 year permits with no environmental analysis or public participation. See below:
Please write to your congressman as they are not hearing from the rest of us. Don’t let the cattlemen dictate how we can use our public lands, who lives andd who dies, who gets to pollute and make a profit off of our wild lands! See my lwtter below and use my points if you wish. In fact, use the whole letter. No one has the time to write long letters these days. You can copy and paste into your congresspersons website. Please, please, stand up to these cattlemen bullies:
Dear Sir: The livestock grazing program is in dire need of reform. It is a giveaway of our public lands to private interests who are destroying them and making a profit from it. We need to raise the fees so it is competitive with other animal raising businesses and have some buyout legislation to get this subsidy off the books. We have nourished the cattle industry at the public tit for too long and now they can’t make a decent profit without us. They are ruining our streams and killing our wildlife. They can’t coexist with our apex predators who make our natural lands healthier because they have to ring out the last bit of profit out of it. It is not their land. It is our land.
Recently, some of the worst legislation we’ve seen in years has reared its ugly head again. The “Grazing Improvement Act” [sic] was reintroduced in both the Senate (S. 258) and the House (H.R.657). These bills seek to extend grazing permits to 20 years instead of the current 10, severely limit the requirements for full environmental analysis and public participation, and leave the timing of environmental analyses to the sole discretion of the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture. In other words, the Grazing Improvement Act would be a disaster on the ground and seriously effect our ability to advocate for the protection of plants and animals on 260 million acres of public lands. They just want to run amok on the lands and eat all the grass and leave nothing, not even for themselves later. Just use it up and throw it away according to these bills. The grazing permit program currently loses $1.2 billion every decade in cost recovery for conflicts resolutions. The grazing fee, especially, is raising quite a few eyebrows in the current climate of deficit reduction and spending cuts. There is such a general lack of knowledge about the extent of grazing programs and the significant impacts of livestock grazing that effect our lands that we feel you need to look more closely into these issues.
Please keep in mind that these grazing permits do not serve the public interest and do not protect our public lands or our wildlife!
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Thank you Nancy for bringing this to our attention, these people are shameless.
Excellent letter. I’m so lucky to have such wonderful advocates posting on the blog. The wolves would thank you if they could.
For the wolves, For the wild ones,
Nabeki
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Nabeki, you have suchh a wonderful site. I come here to learn and commune with people who don’t have to kill animals to enjoy them. There are a lot of them.
I’m glad I’m not taking up too much space to add what other actions are taking place. But again, this is a novel and unique place where I’ve learned so much!
Michigan is collecting signatures, everyone. They are doing pretty well. They will put a fantastic bill up for a vote and I’m sure most Michiganians will vote for it. It will stop further hunts. Hope you can sign it or volunteer to get sigs. It’s cold in Michigan and we live all the way out in Oregon. Someone out there help.
27 Days to Help Wolves
Michigan’s fragile wolf population is in serious danger after state legislators passed a bill allowing wolves to be hunted for sport and trophies late last year. But thanks to volunteers working tirelessly every day in freezing temperatures, we may be able to stop this senseless killing.
We’ve collected more than 100,000 signatures to protect wolves. This has been no small feat. But in just 27 days, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected will need to turn in 225,000 signatures to get a referendum on the ballot.
We have a lot of work left to do to reach our goal. Help us get the word out by sharing our graphic on Facebook today.
Thanks for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Mike Markarian
President
Humane Society Legislative Fund
P.S. Want to do more for our hardworking volunteers in the field? Donate $8 today to give them a hand.
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