Wolf pup - an amazing creature
This is disgusting. DISGUSTING. In the typical logic of the government, they put an animal, that man has nearly wiped out, on the Endangered Species list and then once they actually start to reproduce and thrive a LITTLE bit in the wild, they remove the protections so hunters can hunt them again. I HATE THE GOVERNMENT. I HATE HUNTERS.
The only reason I think Democrats are useful at all is so they at least enact laws that benefit animals. Nope – this President and administration can’t even get that right.
Man has done its best to wipe out the predators at the top of the wild life food chain due to man’s own inability to accept that without guns, they would be the ones wiped out. Except that bears, lions, wolves, great white sharks, etc do NOT want to kill humans. They hunt to eat. They eat to survive. They don’t go out and kill things for some perverse joy, or to mount human heads on their den walls and pound their chest as they point to it “Look what I did. Look how strong I am.” No assclown – you had a high-powered rifle. Only man is as sick and twisted and evil as this. To seek out creatures solely for the purpose of destroying them is man’s claim to fame. It’s been long proven that if you can be cruel and inflict pain on animals for joy, then you are 1 step away from doing it to people. Hunting for sport is this. Hunting to eradicate a species is this. Look into the abyss and see yourself.
I sincerely hope with all of my heart that anyone who participates in this type of thing gets a horribly disfiguring disease. Or better yet – shot in the face by your hunting buddy. And I mean this. Completely.
The below is from Defenders of Wildlife…if you can sign the petition – great. If you can donate money to their cause – awesome! But at the very least read it….
Hi,
This is outrageous.
This winter, Cabela’s and Sportsmans Warehouse, two major outdoor retailers , sponsored predator derbies in Idaho where formerly protected wolves were targeted by contestants who vied to see who could kill the most wolves and other animals over a two-day period.
Worse, the entry fees for these brutal competitions were then funneled to support anti-wolf lawyers working to keep wolves in Greater Yellowstone off the endangered species list.
Wildlife-loving people fought too hard for too long to rescue wolves in the northern Rockies from the brink of extinction to silently tolerate corporate sponsorship of bloody competitions like this.
That’s why I’ve joined Defenders of Wildlife’s fight to get Cabela’s and Sportsman’s Warehouse to withdraw their support for predator derbies that target wolves, and I am hoping you will too.
Please sign the petition online at
Thanks for helping…
7:07 pm on January 29th, 2010
I completely agree with you. There are people who live a more traditional life who hunt for food – I have nothing against that – in particular Native peoples or the Inuit who live off the land. But people who hunt for sport – well it’s not even a sport as far as I’m concerned. And wolves are beautiful creatures with an admirable code of living. Thanks for bringing attention to this.
8:07 pm on January 29th, 2010
A passionate argument, no doubt. I always thought it would be more fun to hunt people instead, but I guess that is a crime. My guess is that the farmer/agriculture lobby has something to do with this as I know at one time wolves preying on livestock was a problem. I am a believer in natural selection and survival of the fittest so whatever happens in the wild is part of that grand scheme.
Lobbyists are the bane of the political process and the interests of those who would like to see these animals pushed again onto the brink of extinction will likely win out over those who want to protect them from such cruelty – this time.
Thanks again for raising awareness on this issue.