Fearing violence, state of Washington cancels wolf meetings

[Birdgetter]

  I’d want front row seats to that one!

[KFhunter]

no one would rough up anyone in Colville, it's a sham and a lie.   

WDFW is labeling the entire east side of the state as enemies of the state to be feared, but it isn't true.   

Can anyone point to anywhere or any circumstance where violence was threatened or acted upon? 

[Rimrock hunter]

OPINION SENT, THANKS JASNT

[ribka]

no one would rough up anyone in Colville, it's a sham and a lie.   

WDFW is labeling the entire east side of the state as enemies of the state to be feared, but it isn't true.   

Can anyone point to anywhere or any circumstance where violence was threatened or acted upon?

yep - a weasel tactic by the anti hunting WDFW

They can now claim they tried but received zero input for the east side residents and can continue with more wolf introduction.

We all know the violence and threats are perpetrated by anti hunting west siders

Where is Chase and the eco terrorist Mitch Friedman and conservation NW on this? I thought they supported hunters

 

what a sham this has become

[ribka]

Make your opinion known!

http://wdfw.commentinput.com/?id=C8rSQ

WDFW's server has been down so no submitting comments. Big surprise and another scam and lies by WDFW

Maybe bigtex can chime in here

[Bob33]

no one would rough up anyone in Colville, it's a sham and a lie.   

WDFW is labeling the entire east side of the state as enemies of the state to be feared, but it isn't true.   

Can anyone point to anywhere or any circumstance where violence was threatened or acted upon?

In Ferry County, where the state shot wolves, Sheriff Ray Maycumber said in an interview that phone calls, emails, Internet postings and second-hand reports raised concerns. “We heard some pretty violent rhetoric,” he said.

https://www.capitalpress.com/state/washington/wdfw-cites-threats-as-reason-to-tighten-release-of-wolf/article_547f0d4f-1b7b-528c-8b44-03666eb2fd03.html

[jasnt]

Make your opinion known!

http://wdfw.commentinput.com/?id=C8rSQ

WDFW's server has been down so no submitting comments. Big surprise and another scam and lies by WDFW

Maybe bigtex can chime in here

works for me

[bornhunter]

WDFW is also a Law Enforcement agency. Never heard of a LEA cancelling a meeting because of some threats?

[JimmyHoffa]

no one would rough up anyone in Colville, it's a sham and a lie.   

WDFW is labeling the entire east side of the state as enemies of the state to be feared, but it isn't true.   

Can anyone point to anywhere or any circumstance where violence was threatened or acted upon?

In Ferry County, where the state shot wolves, Sheriff Ray Maycumber said in an interview that phone calls, emails, Internet postings and second-hand reports raised concerns. “We heard some pretty violent rhetoric,” he said.

https://www.capitalpress.com/state/washington/wdfw-cites-threats-as-reason-to-tighten-release-of-wolf/article_547f0d4f-1b7b-528c-8b44-03666eb2fd03.html

The story was run internationally.  The articles I saw were along the lines of 'big, bad state wiping out a woof pack just trying to survive'.  They were definitely designed to appeal to the antis, long known to be overly emotional.

[Bango skank]

WDFW is also a Law Enforcement agency. Never heard of a LEA cancelling a meeting because of some threats?

Im sure theyre more than happy to have this excuse to cancel the meetings.  At meetings held locally over here, they would be hearing primarily from northeast residents.  An online meeting, our voices will be drowned out by the wolf lovers.  And its a lot eadier to censor people online than in person.

[KFhunter]

no one would rough up anyone in Colville, it's a sham and a lie.   

WDFW is labeling the entire east side of the state as enemies of the state to be feared, but it isn't true.   

Can anyone point to anywhere or any circumstance where violence was threatened or acted upon?

In Ferry County, where the state shot wolves, Sheriff Ray Maycumber said in an interview that phone calls, emails, Internet postings and second-hand reports raised concerns. “We heard some pretty violent rhetoric,” he said.

https://www.capitalpress.com/state/washington/wdfw-cites-threats-as-reason-to-tighten-release-of-wolf/article_547f0d4f-1b7b-528c-8b44-03666eb2fd03.html

It's being spun as if we're the ones (eastern WA)  doing the threatening on this side of the state when it is not.   
Maycumber wanted to go to Seattle to arrest someone for uttering threats against ranchers here in E WA.   

This whole thing is a lie,  the ranchers are not threatening WDFW staff, as this story is being spun.

[bigtex]

WDFW is also a Law Enforcement agency. Never heard of a LEA cancelling a meeting because of some threats?

Not quite the same thing.

There's been many times where cities or counties had to cancel meetings because of threats or protests, well each of those entities have their Sheriff's Office and Police Departments, yet they still cancel the meeting. This wasn't the Enforcement Program of WDFW having a meeting, this was WDFW as a whole (similar to city/county agency meeting) having a meeting.

[Skyvalhunter]

Its just funny that they don't take much for comments on this survey. It would only seem logical if the threats were occurring after wolves were removed after killing cattle that it was the wolf lover doing the threats. At least that is what I got from the story on KOMO news radio

[nwwanderer]

They have money to hire expensive facilitators and fund advisory groups, why not send staff to every cattleman's meeting, farm bureau function, grange gathering and wolf country coffee shop, sort through the stories and move forward with delisting.  Solid statistics from neighboring states and peer reviewed research on wolf losses should be the basis for giving the wolf the same status as a coyote with a budget line of zero with the exception of paying for producer losses.

[timberfaller]

Some here are a little late to the "game"!   WHO do you think has fostered this type of response?   All you have to do is go back to the Salmon listing days.

The very first meeting to take place over the results of putting the listing regs in place was at Pangborn airport in East Wenatchee.  The Feds called ALL law enforcement agency heads to meet there.  Basis of the meeting was, "how to deal with the egregious people of the Methow Valley".   Still have the letter.

There is an ole saying, "Fear the government that fears its people"