In a bout a week Idaho wolf season will begin, and hunters really have it out for wolves.

In most places this will last for 7 months! in two places it will be for 10 months. In the 2 locations that have the 10 month hunting season, a commission meeting decided to lengthen it above what was proposed by biologists. They have increased the season so that it will stay open through bear hunting season. (probably so that bear hunters will shoot any wolves they see while hunting bear)

They believe there are 1000 wolves and this is too much for them apparently. They will stop the season only if the population gets close to 150 wolves left. they are willing to kill off 85%.

in one of the only 2 areas in Idaho that has a quota the commissioner said "I want more for my area; a better hunt and to take out more wolves"

the wolf trapping season was also lengthened. and the price was reduced for non-residents from $186 to $32, to match mountain lion, and bear tags.

each person can kill 2 wolves per year, and trappers can kill 5. there are more hunters in Idaho then there are wolves!


one site states, as it's opening statement, "Idaho's new wolf hunting season rules have finally been approved." These people have so much blind hatred for wolves that they have been waiting for a chance to slaughter them.

luckily for wolves, hunters don't know how to hunt a predator. there sails are down from the previous wolf slaughtering..... errr um.... wolf hunting season due to "hunting and killing wolves is much harder than hunters originally anticipated." they stated that 1% of hunters that bought tags killed a wolf. granted that's still 300 hunters. the thought that 30,000 people wanted to kill wolves in the first season shows how much they want them dead, just for the reason of wanting them dead.

source: http://magicvalley.com/news/local/t.....cc4c002e0.html



now for myths

wolves are killing off the elk population-fiction
while elk is a normal pray animal of elk, wolves hunt from the bottom of the gene pool. they kill off the ones that are old, sick, injured, or of weaker genetic code. they aren't harmful to the elk population, they are rather helpful as they keep the gene pool stronger. humans on the other hand hunt from the top of the gene pool and harm the elk population much more by weakening them every time someone kills a healthy strong male.

wolves hunt cattle-fiction.
.0034% of the cattle in Idaho have been killed by wolves. not much. they only go after cows if the cows are in there territory. they don't go out looking for cows. and because of this .0034% we plan to kill 85% of them in Idaho? wtf

the wolves being introduced are a different, larger species then the ones that are native-fiction.
while there are very few native wolves left in Idaho, the wolves being introduced were actually native in all 48 of the continental states.


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