Gee Iceman, are ya running out of legitimate stuff to complain about, or what? All I see is a news release put out by Fish & Wildlife to inform people that they don't need to "save" newborn fawns this time of year. I see absolutley no reason to bitch about this. They didn't spend any money, how much did it cost for someone to write this up? I doubt it cost anything, just an employee who was getting paid to be at work anyway. Anyone who has a desire to go out and hunt predators, will do so, they don't need to be told by Fish & Wildlife.
They didn't spend any money on it? How sophmoric can you get?
First off, it is the mindset which I dislike the most. If it is their goal to save wildlife, there are far more cost effective approaches to saving fawns than to set up a network of individuals, managed by the state, to coordinate the rescue of a couple dozen fawns a year. Does it make me feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that folks are saving fawns to return to nature later? Yes. Does it make me happy that it sounds like most of the efforts to rehab the wild game are volunteers? Yes.
But, here is the gripe and thank you KFhunter for the link and info; We have a WDFW employee and staff who are costing taxpayers to coordinate all of these efforts, write news releases, and who knows what else; that could have actually made a difference by addressing the real problem, not this made up problem.
How much does this program cost a year to the taxpayers to manage?
How many deer are "saved" each year?
Lets do a little cost/benefit analysis on this.
Do we really need the state to get involved with so many volunteers out there on this?
These are my questions. Sorry they bother you Bobcat but I am not so niave that I do not see the waste and do not see the motive and vision of the department by their action.
I don't care if this program costs taxpayers under $100k to manage for the year, it is too much IMHO. I would rather they spend the 100K on a few tv commercials showing the true damage to the fawn population by predators. THIS would be a cost effective use of taxpayer dollars IMHO, not some fluffy "feel good" program to keep all the birdwatchers satiated.