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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 10:58 AM Original message |
Help a non hunter out here would you? Wolves, is hunting them just for sport? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think they're hunted for food (like deer) |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. In Some Areas, |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. so when they show the shooting from the plane and the wolves out in the snow is that why |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. But that is NOT why they are hunted in Alaska. They are hunted to boost game animal populations. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Only if humans move into their habitat. Humans are "spciesists" |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Population control... to maintain the food web. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. And to protect the tourist dollars, er, the species that people want to kill for sport. nt |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. But wolves do a better job of "maintaining the food web" than human hunters do. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I agree... |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. They exterminate them |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. BINGO |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. in this case, they are hunted because of the fact |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. In Alaska, they're being killed to increase the moose/elk/caribou numbers |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. All hunting is just for sport. It's the thrill of the kill. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No, I have lived in areas where what you hunted was what you ate. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. And those wolves are mighty tasty eating. Particularly the right front legs. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yes, but the person I was replying to said *all* hunting. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Wolves are natural predators of Caribou, Elk, etc - the animals Palin likes to kill |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. They're hunted at the pleasure of ranchers.. who hate them. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. In most states, it's largely about predator control - by ranchers |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. As a former hunter/gatherer and cook of weird foods, nobody who isn't starving to death eats Wolves. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
21. There is a short article in Field & Stream which might get you started... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. Under Palin they shot wolf PUPPIES in their den which is ILLEGAL. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. BTW. Nobody who hunts from a plane is a Sport hunter. |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Why does |
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