Attacking Sarah Palin for Supporting Wolf Predator Control
This YouTube video demonstrates the garbage thrown by animal rights activists and those who make a quasi-religion out of the environment.
Governor Sarah Palin does indeed, support aerial hunting of wolves. But not for fun (and she has never done it). The point is predator control, as an article in Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2199140) points out that aerial hunting is against federal law and is only permitted to control predators. Moreover, in Alaska permits are given only "in select areas" where moose and caribou populations are threatened. The article says this leaves more meat for human hunters. I don't doubt that, and I see nothing wrong with it. Subsistence hunting is a mainstay for some Alaskans' diets. But it would also seem that the hunts, which have controlled numbers of permitted kills, are also conducted as a matter of proper ecosystem management.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 11:00 AM
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I wonder how the moose and caribou managed to survive before humans were able to step in (or fly in) with their aircraft and high-powered rifles to protect them from the wolves.
I am no wildlife biologist, but it would seem plausible to me that the number of predators in a given area would be limited by the number of prey available, and not the other way around.
It's not about conservation for the Econuts. It's about FEELING SUPERIOR. "We're kind to all animals!" Well, if you're too kind to the wolf, you're cruel to the caribou. Too kind to the caribou, you're cruel to the wolf.
It is my understanding that the reason the wolves population is kept in check is so that there will be enough caribou and moose to feed the native Alaskans. It is not primarily about protecting the moose and caribou from wolves. It is about protecting this food supply for human beings.
Moose meat tastes good to both wolves and men. To many wolves eating moose 365 days of the year 24/7,isn't as cruel on moose as man hunting moose for a few months of the year. The hunt is about maintaining balance that protects both species from boom & bust cycles and using conservation methodology to keep the balance. One must also remember that arrows & bullets are the only humane solution for exercising culls that kill individuals out of a species but in so doing create a healthier species balance.
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