Wolf Controversy In Spokane

Wolves are the subject of great debate across the Northwest, and people in Spokane had their chance to weigh in about the future of wolves in Washington. KXLY4's Anusha Roy reports.

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[avshaman]

@bucksmasher1

Wow, does your ignorance know no bounds? You think being killed by a mountain lion or any other predator is a pleasant experience? How about the many thousands of people that are hurt or have their vehicles totaled due to collisions with elk and deer? Those animals could also be deemed "worthless" to those who do not hunt them, yet we all deal with the consequences of having them on the land.

[avshaman]

@MolonLabe556

If all people were as ignorant as you humankind would still be living in the stone age.

[MolonLabe556]

Shoot them. We don't need them and they don't need us. They are doing fine in many areas and aren't even endangered. They might have been native to the area before but that was in the past. If they're out there and survive so be it but to protect them is stupid.

[NickLikesToSweepPick]

@baihbalm I can't say for sure since I'm no biologist, but by from what I understand the native Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis Lupus Irremotus) had a much smaller body mass than the Canadian Grey Wolf (Canis Lupus Occidentalis), hunted in pairs, not packs, and fed on predominately small game. While the studies of these differences, at least from what I've found, are limited, it somewhat makes sense to me. The further predators get from the equator, the larger they become.

[baihbalm]

@NickLikesToSweepPick You're pretty well informed about this subject, do you know the differences in behavior between the Canadian timber wolf and the Northern Rocky Mountain wolf?

[NickLikesToSweepPick]

@baihbalm While it may be an unfortunate fact of history, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife has long since taken care of that problem. The reason that only so many of what class of animal one is allowed to harvest is to ensure a healthy and sustainable population. Would the native wolf have taken care of this? Difficult to tell at this point considering its different behavior to the introduced wolf. Shame we decided to try and fix something that will never again be complete anyway.

[baihbalm]

@NickLikesToSweepPick Yes, but it also includes killing off the native species which culled the game of it's weakest members, while man typically culled the game of it's strongest members. Though I do give pity because humans were emotionally driven to these actions, not logically driven. Just look at bucksmasher1's response, no logic, pure emotion and yet proud of his ignorance.

[NickLikesToSweepPick]

@baihbalm The arrogant attempt by man to control nature was "re"-introducing a non-native subspecies of wolf into Idaho and Montana.

[bucksmasher1]

The Endangered Species listing of wolves in the U.S. is a joke. Wolves are not an endangered species . They never have been. There are 30,000 of the damn diseased vermon things right across the border in Canada.Your allowed to kill them on sight. They have no useful purpose. Wolf huggers are pathetic sick people who enjoy watching wolves rip the guts out of elk and eat them while they are still alive.They cry when someone shots a wolf. The only good wolf is a dead wolf.

[baihbalm]

Another arrogant attempt by man to control nature.