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- From: tucker@shiva.edsg.hac.com (George Tucker)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry,sci.environment,talk.environment,alt.wolves
- Subject: Re: Alaska to shoot hundreds of wolves from airplanes
- Keywords: They Shoot Wolves, Don't They? or Never Cry Wolf.
- Message-ID: <24123@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 00:21:12 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.183713.25800@news.arc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov20.193758.7601@meteor.wisc.edu>
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- Reply-To: tucker@shiva.UUCP (George Tucker)
- Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA
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- In article <1992Nov20.193758.7601@meteor.wisc.edu> tobis@meteor.wisc.edu (Michael Tobis) writes:
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- >`"These animals are being managed for the benefit of man, and that's the way
- >it should be," Mr. Smith said.'
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- >This "for the benefit of man" argument as presented above is complete hooey.
- >The proposed measure is only for the benefit of a few people who like
- >to shoot game animals, and want the state to tilt the odds in their favor.
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- It's for the benefit of guides, who hire lobbyists and grease palms. They
- couldn't care less about the "benefit of man", what tourists will see, or the
- health of the animals.
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- I saw a lot of moose and caribou and grizs in Alaska, but only one wolf.
- I would much rather go back to see more wolves than more moose. Besides,
- the moose hang around near highways because the wolves don't.
- No wolves -> fewer visible moose.
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- Maybe they will have wolf farms to restock the wilds so the hunters can
- be guided to their prey indefinitely.
-
- George Tucker tucker@shiva.hac.com
- Signature line awaiting FDA approval.
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