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I was talking with one of our local Vets the other day, and his assistant said a cougar killed a deer just out of town in someones front yard, they called WDFW, WDFW told them "we don't handle those type of situations anymore". I wonder if WDFW are trying to pull out of the mess they created with their poor to no predator control programs?
"Some conflicts with dangerous wildlife species are inevitable as humans continue to expand into habitat traditionally occupied by black bear and cougar populations continue to explode unchecked. When those conflicts occur, people often call WDFW offices for assistance."Fixed it for you, Director Susewind.
Why would wdfw care that a cat took out a deer? Proximity to people? Urban area? Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
We need the politics from king county and all the west side out of eastern Washington. I grew up in Wenatchee it was awesome to be a kid there. I want to go back in 6 years BUT they need to keep the west side politics out of the east side
Good on the Sheriff for taking the initiative. Sadly it won't take anything more than a phone call to shut the whole thing down. If WDFW chooses to take that action they would be well within their rights as the WDFW agency to do so, as well as to seek prosecution of the Sheriff's deputized hound hunters. Everyone has a lane they are suppose to operate in, and the Sheriff's lane isn't game control. Maybe thats something they would be willing to allow the county to take on, but as of now it's not part of the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff's office.
Quote from: Macs B on December 11, 2019, 07:27:41 AMGood on the Sheriff for taking the initiative. Sadly it won't take anything more than a phone call to shut the whole thing down. If WDFW chooses to take that action they would be well within their rights as the WDFW agency to do so, as well as to seek prosecution of the Sheriff's deputized hound hunters. Everyone has a lane they are suppose to operate in, and the Sheriff's lane isn't game control. Maybe thats something they would be willing to allow the county to take on, but as of now it's not part of the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff's office. The sheriff is the highest LE official in Klickitat. He's the one who allows WDFW LE to operate within his county. He's also the responsible party for any of his deputies' actions. The duty of the sheriff is to protect his constituents. If that means killing wildlife which has threatened the safety of those constituents, that falls under the duties and responsibilities of the sheriff's office. Since the sheriff has made these statements, I see zero indication that anyone feels he's abused his position and pursued dangerous wildlife in a reckless manner.