InsaneJournal

Current mood:

pissed off

Die in a fire, el presidente.
The Bush Administration wants to make it legal to shoot gray wolves. Among the allowable methods for extermination -- gunning them down from planes, poisoning, and trapping. All of this is supposedly to keep the wolves from reducing the elk herds to dangerously low numbers, but it's all bullshit -- in most areas, the elk and deer have overpopulated to the point that they need culling.

From the site:

"The government can kill wolves because of a special exception to the Endangered Species Act known as the “10(j) rule.” Reintroduced species like the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf are managed differently than other endangered species. They are considered “experimental populations,” and government agencies are allowed more leeway in managing them, including using lethal control.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it needs to make killing wolves easier to protect big game from wolf predation. However, current rules already allow wolves to be killed if the states can show that they are the “primary” cause of elk or deer depletion. The new plan loosens that rule, allowing wolves to be killed anywhere big game herds are considered below desired management levels, even though studies show that elk populations are at all time highs and damaging habitat by overgrazing in many areas. There are about 300,000 elk in the region and only about 1,300 wolves.

Under the new rule, the killing could start as soon as this winter. The government’s plan to revoke endangered species protection altogether is expected next year."

But hey, it's not like we've seen any other species go extinct recently, is it? The planet has plenty more where that came from!

Jesus, why doesn't the stupid fucker just eat a live puppy with Cheney in front of the cameras and be done with it?

*sigh*

Spread the word, will you?