Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. --Arthur Schopenhauer
Mark Collinge has approved the recent murder of a wolf in Idaho. It is due to a new rule that has been passed. This is the third murder. Just because something is legal, does not make it ethical, or justifiable.
As there will always be murderers, there will always be those to oppose them!
Email Mark Collinge and voice your outrage against this atrocity! His email is mark.d.collinge@aphis.usda.gov
The links and information that you should use, are these..
'Ervin's Natural Beef is a consortium of ranchers that produces grassfed beef. Their emphasis is on humane treatment of livestock and peaceful co-existence with predators. The animals are free of pesticides, antibiotics, and synthetic hormones. The ranchers are currently applying for organic certification.'
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Predator Friendly Non Lethal Methods for Ervins Grassfed Beef
http://www.ervins.com/Export6.htm
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'Predator-Friendly Wool'
http://www.loe.org/archives/970110.htm#Ranching-----------------
Lamb and Wool, a Ranch dedicated to not using lethal methods against predators
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Predator Friendly Fact Sheet
http://www.heartofthewolf.org/factsheet.html----------------
'Wolf Friendly Beef' - http://www.acfnewsource.org/environment/wolf_friendly_beef.html
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'Predator-Friendly Wool'
http://www.loe.org/archives/970110.htm#Ranching------------------
'Some ranchers see 'predator friendly' as selling point with consumers' By BECKY BOHRER
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/07/18/news/regional/1aee40fb0504 f55687256ed4005f50ec.txt---------------
Crying wolf over predator attacks http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996428
And here is the original article.
Idaho rancher kills wolf under new regulations
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho - A rancher in remote central Idaho shot a wolf he said was
harassing his cattle, marking the first time one of the federally protected
predators has been killed under new guidelines that took effect in February.
The rancher near Mackay shot the female gray wolf Sunday at 11 p.m. He
watched it and another, larger wolf chasing his cattle, the rancher told
officials. The other wolf escaped.
Under the new rule that affects Idaho and Montana, people can now shoot
wolves that pursue their livestock. Before, the rancher would have been
forced to wait until a wolf had actually bitten one of his cows.
That change marked a first step in returning control of wolf populations to
states and private landowners, who say they need it to limit depredation of
livestock, domestic animals and wild game herds as wolf numbers steadily
rise.
Federal officials have already determined the rancher acted appropriately.
Wolf advocacy groups are reserving judgment pending an investigation.
"Under the new rule, the rancher was authorized to shoot the wolf," said
Mark Collinge, director of the federal Wildlife Services Idaho office, which
monitors predators preying on livestock in the state. He said it was the
first under the new rule.
This is the third wolf killed legally in Idaho this year. Officers from
Collinge's agency killed two in February after reports they'd preyed on
cattle - killings that also would have been allowed under the old rules.
To return home.
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