Puke Gov. Otter wants to be the 1st to kill 3 out of every 4 wolves in Idaho!! See Action Items!

[RiverStone]

A quote from Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter of Idaho from 1/11/07-

"I'm prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf myself," Otter said earlier Thursday during a rally of about 300 hunters.


Kill,kill,kill.....eh Gov?

:nuke:

WTF is it with this asswipe Otter!!?? This is way beyond limited and minimal wolf kill options to protect livestock; it is simply a backwards, trigger and kill happy Gov. that wants a wolf pelt hanging in his office!!! :mad:


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1/11/07
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's governor said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 of the state's gray wolves after the federal government strips them of protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter told The Associated Press that he wants hunters to kill about 550 gray wolves. That would leave about 100 wolves, or 10 packs, according to a population estimate by state wildlife officials.

The 100 surviving wolves would be the minimum before the animals could again be considered endangered.

"I'm prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf myself," Otter said earlier Thursday during a rally of about 300 hunters.

Otter complained that wolves are rapidly killing elk and other animals essential to Idaho's multimillion-dollar hunting industry. The hunters, many wearing camouflage clothing and blaze-orange caps, applauded wildly during his comments.

Suzanne Stone, a spokeswoman for the advocacy group Defenders of Wildlife in Boise, said Otter's proposal would return wolves to the verge of eradication.

"Essentially he has confirmed our worst fears for the state of Idaho: That this would be a political rather than a biological management of the wolf population," Stone said. "There's no economic or ecological reason for maintaining such low numbers. It's simple persecution."

full article:

http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-sumhourly-9-l8&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20070111%2F2257126883.htm&sc=1501


Action items to help stop this wolf kill:

Background - Defenders of Wildlife

Hundreds of wolves are at risk in Idaho, where in 2001 legislators passed a measure calling for the elimination of wolves "by any means necessary." The State has recently asked for permission to kill up to 75% of the wolves within the Lolo District of Clearwater National Forest and in an area where they are now protected as an endangered species. And, they want to repeat the slaughter in the Lolo District every year for the next five years.

Most unsettling is that Idaho would like to kill 3 out of 4 wolves regardless of the wolves' history of interaction with humans and livestock. That means that wolves that have never done anything to harm livestock or people could be killed.

Once hunted, trapped and poisoned to extinction in Idaho, wolves have made a remarkable recovery. An estimated 512 wolves, including 36 breeding packs, are a critical part of Idaho's ecosystems. And, contrary to anti-wolf extremists' claims, the wolves are not a significant threat to livestock or game populations.

more:

https://secure2.convio.net/dow/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=609&s_einterest=C3C4&JServSessionIdr012=zguzw6skr1.app23a


Contact the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife directly yourself:

http://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm


You can sign this petition :

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/664280276?ltl=1168712897

[Benhurst]

1. I hope he stumbles and bags himself. NT

[Alleycat]

2. Thanks for posting Riverstone

Signed the petition. It is still amazing how wolves still seen to get a bad rap especially since they are the ancestors of "man's best friend"

[Warpy]

3. You know what those greedy ranchers will get out of this?

MORE COYOTES.

The only thing that has ever kept the coyote population in check is competition for food from wolves.

Shoot coyotes, all you get is more pups the following year.

It's a shame when ignorant men get into office and refuse to listen to anyone but rich men who put them there.

[xchrom]

4. believe it or not there's plenty of duers who think this horseshit is fine.

any way thanks for the petition.

[northofdenali]

5. Petition signed, fish&feathers contacted -

I hope it works better in Idaho than it did up here. God, I hate Republicans.