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#26 Feb 14, 2010 1:22 AM

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Re: This is disgusting.... really really sad....

It's just like deer hunting and rabbit hunting, and like Stormy stated;; it keeps the population under control. In some areas there are too many and they can feed off and are a possible threat to farms if they kill and take the livestock.

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#27 Feb 14, 2010 1:29 AM

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I think some are seeing it the wrong way because when the article only describes hunting as a reason for killing off wolves legitimately, it sounds trivial. But what's not really stated in the article are the more practical problems that we're discussing right now.

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#28 Feb 14, 2010 2:49 AM

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#29 Feb 14, 2010 3:38 AM

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#30 Feb 14, 2010 5:14 AM

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I think you need to understand the situation to determine whether scare tactics are effective. I don't hunt, so I cannot provide an answer to that either. You're just speaking out of desperation now.

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#31 Feb 14, 2010 6:20 AM

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30-30 would be more effective if it was from a bit of a distance.

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#32 Feb 14, 2010 10:01 AM

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I tell you what I'm a little puzzled about. The fact that most of you that argue against this have called the wolves, "beautiful", or something to that effect. Why does aesthetic brilliance give them a larger right to live than the dozen or so deer whom they eat every year? The wolves are getting let off because they're the pretty boys of the forest?

Wolves are sometimes cannibals. Unlike most creatures, when food is low, wolves will eat members of their pack who have died, from starvation or from a dispute. Wolves are intolerant of coyote presence, and have been known to dig up coyote pups and kill them. Wolves do not always kill their prey outright, but may allow the animal to bleed to death. Wolves will sometimes kill pregnant animals to feed on the foetus. When non-rabid wolves attack humans, the targets are mainly women and children.

I do wonder how well wolf-supporters would fare without the wolf image to help them.

And Saphira, your argument is invalid, as wolves are currently at a "Least Concern" status, rated by the IUCN, suggesting that they aren't endangered whatsoever.

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#33 Feb 14, 2010 10:15 AM

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#34 Feb 14, 2010 10:55 AM

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#35 Feb 14, 2010 10:57 PM

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I'm afraid to click that link... really afraid to click it... I just hate how human beings think they can fix things...
It's a mental illness to want to hunt animals just for the sport of it, and just hearing about this leaves me on the verge of tears, but never surprises me.
Elks were put there to be eaten by wolves. We should leave things the way God intended instead of taking matters into our own hands. Human beings (not all, but a lot of them) are absolute *bleep*s.

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#36 Feb 15, 2010 1:00 AM

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#37 Feb 15, 2010 2:41 AM

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Why has this thread taken a turn for the dumber? The past few posts still only addresses the wolves, and fails to address anything else. Please give some thought into the matter people if you intend to post...

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#38 Feb 15, 2010 5:13 AM

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#39 Feb 15, 2010 5:16 AM

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#40 Feb 15, 2010 5:23 AM

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#41 Feb 15, 2010 4:50 PM

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#42 Feb 15, 2010 7:14 PM

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Well this certainly is an entertaining read...and I really don't feel like putting too much into the subject, but as a hunter (not wolves), those who hunt with responsibility do so by means of helping with overpopulation and or food requirements.

Granted many more idiot hunters who do it simply for the pure enjoyment of killing are out there, but you can't really control what they do. Anyways Wolves are a very striking image yes, and I suppose you can see them as a noble animal, but I wouldn't hesitate to kill one if it was threatening either myself or my property.

Regardless, if someone is hunting for both the thrill of the sport and to help maintain the "survival of the fittest" mentality in the wilderness, then I have no argument with them.

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#43 Feb 15, 2010 8:14 PM

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What's the difference between the pleasure of killing and the "thrill of the sport"?

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#44 Feb 15, 2010 8:43 PM

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I-I cant look at this. it's making me sick. killing wolves is mean

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#45 Feb 15, 2010 11:25 PM

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#46 Feb 16, 2010 12:48 AM

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#47 Feb 16, 2010 2:33 AM

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Hmmm I almost through up my self... I have an idea... Lets have our own hunt... OPEN SEASON ON WOLF HUNTERS!! We pay you One billion for every Sicko u bring down with your gun!


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#48 Feb 16, 2010 5:54 AM

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#49 Feb 16, 2010 4:35 PM

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I love how people aren't reading the other posts and are saying that shooting wolves is the most horrible crime in the world without thinking through what the reasons behind it might be at all. Come on forum, you can do better than this. >__> Show some critical thinking here. 

If you think it's so bad to kill wolves, read some of the other posts in the thread and then tell my why controlled hunting of them is bad. "They're beautiful animals" doesn't count as a good reason.

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#50 Feb 20, 2010 7:43 AM

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