the dumbassity has hit a new high

Idaho Governor Calls for Gray Wolf Kill
Idaho's governor said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 of the state's gray wolves after the federal government strips them of protection under the Endangered Species Act.

What a great way to celebrate the comeback of a species on the verge of extinction! To kill them.

With 1,200 thought to live in the Rocky Mountains, Governor Otter's plan to remove 550 from Idaho would single-handedly halve the population.

A species the nation had spent eleven years and at least 7.7 million dollars in Idaho alone trying to bring back from extinction will now be taken to 100 animals, just so the governor and his friends can have a good ol' boy hunt. It is an expensive tab the governor wants US taxpayers to foot, served under the guise of protecting elk and deer for Idaho's hunting industry.

Perhaps Governor Otter should read a few articles on the Baiji, a Chinese dolphin declared extinct in December, 2006. In the 1980's, the dolphins dropped to 400 in number, three times more than the number of wolves Governor Otter wants to keep in his state. Unlike the wolves, the dolphins were threatened more by habitat destruction than by hunting. In 1997, only thirteen Baiji could be found in China. None have been seen since 2004.

Governor Otter has been accused by many of trying to manage wolf numbers through politics instead of through what is healthy to the ecology of the state. It seems astounding that after working so hard and seeing so much success with the wolf recovery program that one man could so quickly allow that time, money and effort to be wasted in a mass kill.

~Lila Schow
Because Responsible Citizens Clean Up After Their Government
http://goodusgov.org/