Heated Wolf Meeting In Colville

[denali]

   very much appreciated.

[bearpaw]

Colville radio is playing additional testimony from the meeting today on the radio.

I had forgotten that McIrvin stated that if they suffer another loss as big as last year they will be forced to quit raising cattle.

Another gentleman had some excellent testimony regarding the law, the people, and the fact that our country is losing jobs, people need jobs, and WDFW is making the problem worse.

[6x6in6]

Colville radio is playing additional testimony from the meeting today on the radio.

I had forgotten that McIrvin stated that if they suffer another loss as big as last year they will be forced to quit raising cattle.

Another gentleman had some excellent testimony regarding the law, the people, and the fact that our country is losing jobs, people need jobs, and WDFW is making the problem worse.

Thank your for answering my ?'s above.

Is their a link to listen to this on-line?

[100 grain]

 

[WARHORSE]

The best quote from the meeting in Okanogan last night. a Rancher stood up and said" lets get to the meat and potatoes of the issue if someone is in my house and threatens me i shoot the sum bitch right? but if i look out my window and see a wolf chasing my cow i cant? bull *censored* this is Okanogan County in Eastern washington and we will shoot em! deal with it!"     it was entertaining

[huntnphool]

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I wish I could have been there to hear that.

[100 grain]

Gut shoot them so they run away then die. I have and never will do this but come between my family and our lifeline (cattle and etc) and there's no question about it!

[huntnphool]

Gut shoot them so they run away then die. I have and never will do this but come between my family and our lifeline (cattle and etc) and there's no question about it!

Did you mean to say "I haven't " and never will?

[100 grain]

   yeah actually I did mean haven't

[huntnphool]

  yeah actually I did mean haven't

Better prepare for the knock on the door.

[bearpaw]

I don't remember which one of the WDFW personnel said it at the Colville meeting but they were correct, and I don't have an exact quote, but this more or less is what WDFW said in response to a question from the audience.

"There is a lot of passion on both sides of the issue and a lot of money involved in the wolf issue."

The problem is that WDFW sees the wolf as a "cash cow" compliments of the wolf lovers and the federal government. Certain people in WDFW think their jobs are immune to this "travesty" they are serving up to ranchers, hunters, big game herds, and the people of Washington. The simple reality is that attitudes about wolves is changing and the government is going broke, all this easy "wolf money" is eventually going to dry up and disappear. When more people realize exactly how mismanaged this wolf introduction has been and who is responsible, the ramnifications will be felt in WDFW.

[CementFinisher]

I'm not so sure on that. Obama was reelected. Allot of people will never switch "sides" politically, theres not many swing voters in this state. But I hope your right

[bearpaw]

Representative Kretz was on the radio today. He said the wolf bills in the House are pretty much dead. He also said while he can't advocate breaking the law, the legislature is forcing residents to make a choice between letting wolves kill their livestock or breaking the law.

[buckfvr]

I know cattle is a very high profile part of this mess, but there is an important big game equation in this that affects many more of us than cattle issues.....