Sen. Max Baucus wants to use drones to kill wildlife

[harvey007]

"Our troops rely on this type of technology every day and there is enormous future potential in border security, agriculture, and wildlife and predator management," Baucus said.

The aircraft have such advanced sensing equipment they could monitor insect infestations, allowing for surgical applications of insecticides later by regular aircraft, Zinke said.

The aircraft even can tell the difference between a wolf and coyote, he said.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/111020305/First-drone-made-Montana-tested-south-Columbia-Falls?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage

http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2011/11/02/using-drones-to-kill-wildlife/

[midnight]

1. O boy. This does not seem will thought out...

[DCKit]

2. Well, it does seem similar to his approach to healthcare reform.... kill 'em fast and easy. nt

[madokie]

4. Max Baucus thinks through his wallet

Never in my 63 years has that kind of thinking turned out to be good for me.

[Nihil]

3. I bet they can't

> The aircraft even can tell the difference between a wolf and coyote, he said.

They'll use the same amount of "discrimination" as currently employed
between "terrorist" and "collateral damage" elsewhere but no-one will
give two shits about this either.

> The aircraft have such advanced sensing equipment they could monitor insect
> infestations, allowing for surgical applications of insecticides later by
> regular aircraft, Zinke said.

And after the first "surgical application" of carcinogenic chemicals fails,
they'll switch to their next best guess about the "infestation" and repeat
the process and after that ...

The only thing that's correct in this whole bucket of fail is the subject
line: they are *guaranteed* to "kill wildlife" - unfortunately, it is also
almost guaranteed that it will do so indiscriminately, dangerously and
unnecessarily.

:grr: