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Old September 16, 2009, 01:23 PM   #40
Buzzcook
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If you want to bring emotions into the wolf issue,
Well actually the point of my post was that we should not bring emotion into the issue.

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Don't like that cutting and pasting,eh
Again you miss the point. There is a difference between saying "this is what I think and here is a citation that backs me up", and just pasting some guys fact free rant without explanation.

How do you expect to get people to pay attention to you if you can't craft an argument in your own words?

So far I've shown that the wolf population is relatively low, under 1000 in Idaho and well under 500 Washington. That the other apex predator in Washington is managed well by the WSFW. Cougars at 2000 to 2500 steady in the West, declining slightly in the East.
Livestock depredations by wolves are a minor percent of domestic animal predation, less than coyote by a very large margin.
Finally the Idaho elk harvest doesn't show a corollary decline with the growth of the wolf population.
I've back up each with a citation of an authoritative source.

I'm done.
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