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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Hmmmmm, grading on a sliding scale, in debate, at best this would rate a D.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Missouri Design for Conservation


> Lynda wrote:
>
> > Where "up North"?
> >
> > I know folks in the Yellowstone area and the NM and AZ areas can apply to
> > the Bailey's Fund.
> That's the especially pretty blue-eyed one, right?
>
> > I think the interesting point that ranchers like to ignore is that with 
> > the
> > reintroduction of the wolves, which largely feed on elk and very small 
> > game
> > btw, is that the coyote population has been severely reduced.  *Most* 
> > sheep
> > looses are due to coyote predition and the wolves have put a dent into 
> > those
> > looses.
> Wolves are plain old dogs.  They breed freely with each other.  What's
> the difference between feral German shepherds and wolves?  You might as
> well be asking them to take away dog catchers.  I'm amused when people
> try to tell me how plain, old _dogs_ are so picky that they don't try
> for sheep.
>
> > With the coyote problem, it would seem that sheep ranchers would have
> > already had the dogs.  The ones out here sure do.  And a big part of the
> > loose problem isn't coyotes or wolves, it is plain old-fashioned dogs!
> > Precious and FiFi who wouldn't so such a thing were responsible for almost
> > every calf, lamb and foal kill we had!
> So those of us who've never lost an animal to predators have a desperate
> need to introduce wolves to keep that from happening?
>
> Bill
> S. Oregon coast
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