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brewens

(15,359 posts)
3. Crackpot anti-wolf stuff. I'm in Idaho. I've heard it all, but they aren't killing people like
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 02:00 PM
Oct 2023

she claims. We would know it here if they were.

The hunters hate the wolves. They blame them for low elk numbers when the hunting isn't good. I blame fat old white guys on four-wheelers. Those guys get way out there where they would have had to hire an outfitter with pack animals when we were younger.

niyad

(119,650 posts)
4. Thank you so much. uggggghhh, I can almost hear it, word forr word..
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 02:17 PM
Oct 2023

The local indie paper had an article recently about the reintroduction of wolves here, and the various reactions. "oh my god, I've lost ten head of cattle out of my 1,000+. i'm ruined!" "my family has had this ranch for 4 generations. the wolves are destroying it." "my family have been guides for years. i have a right to keep doing it." None of them appreciated my remarks on their obtuse ignorance and selfishness.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
8. North American wolves are generally shy and avoid people
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 03:10 PM
Oct 2023

unlike their European cousins.

Wolves are the only proven way to curtail coyote populations by competing for food sources, and coyotes are a much more serious problem out west than wolves are.

My guess is that Scooby and Buster were killed by coyotes. It often looks as if coyotes kill for fun, leaving grisly remains that show no signs of being partially eaten. Were I a rancher, I'd rather have a local wolf pack take one animal (old, young, or just slow) for food rather than have couotes take half a dozen for sport.

Bang-Bang Boebert needs a dunce cap, as usual.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
12. By the way, I just realized something about Bonkers Boebert
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 11:56 PM
Oct 2023

That toothy rictus with the over whitened teeth and dark lipstick makes her look like she bites the wings off insects for fun.

Just an observation, carry on.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
14. I think it went out because softer colors came in
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 12:20 AM
Oct 2023

along with the well scrubbed, natiural woman look in the late 50s. During the Depression and the war, choices were very limited because so much went into the war effort that big companies like Revlon didn't do much experimentation.

I don't remember many white women wearing dark red by 1960, they'd gone to pinks of various descriptions. Red was seen as trashy, what women who walked the streets wore, plus marking them as holdovers from a fashion long past its prime.

The companies didn't suffer, black women still bought the reds, which looked great on them while the pinks made them look weird.

I suppose these Republican women think it looks daring and dangerous. Um, nope, only like they've been dining on carrion.

Rhiannon12866

(221,440 posts)
15. Well, that's the thing these days, women may wear makeup, but they try to look natural
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 12:27 AM
Oct 2023

Not like Joan Crawford. And, as you said, blood red is "out" - though it looks just fine on Black women, but it's like you said, on paler women it looks like they're bleeding.

Bristlecone

(10,482 posts)
2. Didn't her husband shoot the neighbor's husky
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 01:55 PM
Oct 2023

And claim he thought it a wolf, even though their son had played with the dog many times prior.

She is/They are the worst of us.

Timeflyer

(2,610 posts)
7. She's such a maroon. Wolves are necessary for healthy natural habitats.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 02:28 PM
Oct 2023

And--check out pictures of the robotic wolf Japan has to create to control bears (or boars) and vermin that were threatening Japan farmlands--if you dare. Almost as scary looking as L. Bobittybo's teeth.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
9. I can't listen to her ignorance either
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 03:15 PM
Oct 2023

These people just want an excuse to blow away a living, breathing, animal or human.

From Environmental Action email last month:

"In just two and a half days in 2021, Wisconsin hunted down and killed 216 wolves.1
That was the direct result of the Trump administration's decision to erase Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the Upper Midwest.
After the Wisconsin hunt, a court intervened to stop wolf hunting in most states -- but now Sen. Ron Johnson is pushing to bring back the Trump-era policy of nationwide wolf hunting.
The 2021 Wisconsin wolf hunt slaughtered one out of every five wolves in the state, in just 60 hours. The state blew past an already dangerously high quota, killing almost twice as many wolves as planned before officials shut it down.
And that's just one example of the devastating consequences of wolves losing their Endangered Species Act protections. Hundreds of wolves are killed every year in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, where courts and the Interior Department have refused to restore protections.
If Sen. Ron Johnson is successful, that's the kind of slaughter we'll see nationwide. And his bill goes even further than the Trump administration's rule, by declaring that federal courts are forbidden from intervening.

All of this would be bad enough on its own, but the news gets worse. It isn't just Sen. Ron Johnson who's trying to open the door to nationwide wolf hunting.
Representative Lauren Boebert is pushing similar wolf hunting legislation in the House of Representatives. Her bill has already passed through one committee, clearing an important hurdle on its way to passing.
And in June, hunting groups launched a campaign to erase protections for wolves around the Great Lakes.

Please sign, and donate if you can:

https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=55450&supporter_KEY=5672488&uid=48f13d895e421be64db939730817846b&utm_source=salsa&utm_medium=email&tag=email_blast:124264&utm_campaign=EAC4-FCNS:WILDLIFE:WOLF-0923&utm_content=SE9:04C:0HH-LPE


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