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MoonRiver

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23. And that is the issue.

Reply to life long demo (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 05:20 PM

Jun 2013

As an example, when my husband and I visited Scotland a few years ago, our tour guide proudly pointed out the spot where the last wolf in the country was killed. He even knew the date it happened! It's all about raising livestock. In Scotland all the trees were also cut down to accommodate the sheep. Total insanity!

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:-( :-( :-( [View all] MoonRiver Jun 2013 OP

Damn! In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #1

Wolf lovers everywhere are in mourning. femmocrat Jun 2013 #2

What's the problem, if they are not endangered? Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #3

Because they were endangered BainsBane Jun 2013 #14

Do people eat squirrel? If not, why do they hunt them? Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #17

People do eat squirrel BainsBane Jun 2013 #18

"The rule would change again." truebluegreen Jun 2013 #20

Of course some folks eat squirrel, it's delicious. pengillian101 Jun 2013 #32

The article states that there are 6100 wolves. femmocrat Jun 2013 #33

As well as being the Constitutional Scholar President, he's also the Environmental President! kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #4

How very sickening CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #8

As good at one as the other! truebluegreen Jun 2013 #21

VERY surprised at this...nt greytdemocrat Jun 2013 #5

I would hope that state game and wildlife commissions will regulate this............. wandy Jun 2013 #6

That's all very nice but it isn't the real world life long demo Jun 2013 #9

Sorry, sometimes I forget about that real world thing. Or just don't catch more than the limit. wandy Jun 2013 #16

I'd rather have a wolf in my backyard than a coyote. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #22

Or a skunk for that matter. Long unplesant story about live trapping a skunk. NO TEXT wandy Jun 2013 #25

+1000! truebluegreen Jun 2013 #26

Ok, text........ wandy Jun 2013 #28

A drunk skunk?!? truebluegreen Jun 2013 #29

And that is the issue. MoonRiver Jun 2013 #23

cue the cowards to start lining up with their guns Skittles Jun 2013 #7

That's already begun BainsBane Jun 2013 #11

like I said Skittles Jun 2013 #13

for example BainsBane Jun 2013 #15

WTF? BainsBane Jun 2013 #10

NO, I LOVE gray wolves! :( JaneyVee Jun 2013 #12

I love wolves too and this news makes me very upset. Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #27

Yep, anything that moves and looks vulnerable. MoonRiver Jun 2013 #31

Protects the vicious, destructive predators on Wall Street, bvar22 Jun 2013 #19

Amen! MoonRiver Jun 2013 #24

kick Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #30