Nothing new here really as the same environmental groups line up to line their pockets in another lawsuit filed against Oregon to stop killing wolves that are killing livestock. It’s the same repeated nonsense all aimed at playing on the emotions of people in order to draw attention to the groups whose ultimate goal is to seek money from those they can con.
There is one thing that I will point out that was written in a press release sent out by Center for Biological Diversity, Cascadia Wildlands, Hells Canyon Preservation Council and Oregon Wild. The reason I draw your attention to this is due to the shear ignorance of these people.
In May and early June, six cattle deaths were confirmed as wolf depredations. For comparison, in 2005 — the year the wolf plan was created — domestic dogs killed 700 sheep and cows in Oregon, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
I would presume that these environmental mental midgets think the rest of the world is a stupid as they are but that’s not always the case. First of all, is it somehow different that domestic dogs kill sheep or other livestock instead of wolves? A dog is a dog is a dog. Wolves are wild dogs, many wolf hybrids. Livestock owners should be able to protect their property whether it is being destroyed by domestic dogs, wolves or any other predator. Kill the damned dogs.
Secondly, this claim about domestic dogs killing more things than wolves just doesn’t hold up to any intelligent scrutiny. As a conservative estimate, there are perhaps 15,000 to 30,000 wolves in all of the lower 48 states. This estimate may be high but I don’t want to be accused of low-balling. Compare that with the number of domestic dogs in the same areas – perhaps as many as several million. If there are thousands times the number of domestic dogs as wild dogs, it might stand to reason there would be a few more kills by dogs.
And again, not to be confused by some that I might favor the killing of wolves over domestic dogs, you’re wrong. Just like there are far too many wolves in some areas of the country, there are far too many dogs in all parts of the country. And just as importantly, a landowner/livestock owner should have the right to protect his property.
It is important to take a little bit of time and point out the deception that these groups attempt to foist on the general public in order to play on their emotions. If these groups exercise their First Amendment right to talk stupid, like comparing domestic dogs’ actions with wolves, one can assume much, if not all, of the rest of their stuff is as well based in truth.
Nothing new here. Time to move along.
Tom Remington


