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Re: [RC] [RC] FW: [RC] Wolfes attack for fun??? - Tara Sherman

My mistake.  An ample food supply was what I meant though, not neccesarily pets, but pets in particular.  I guess I didn't word myself correctly... by the way, the mountain lion kill out here was 3 pygmy goats.  Not 1.

>From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <mistyshadow176@xxxxxxxxxxx> >CC: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: [RC] FW: [RC] Wolfes attack for fun??? >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:35:35 -0600 (MDT) > > > Personally, I would say that you have "nuts" in every species.&nbsp; For > > example, a pack a wolves who are searching for food 24/7 because of a > > lack of it may hunt horses out of neccesity.&nbsp; A pack of wolves that > > have an easy life and are strong from picking off pets may become > > inflated, so to speak.&nbsp; Out here are mountain lions.&nbsp; Nature > > documentaries show them in their natural habitat, away from humans and > > pets. > >Uh, Tara, these elk slaughters ARE away from humans and pets, and ARE in >their "natural habitat"--well, not quite, because they WERE transplanted >here from Canada, and were not here historically, other than a brief span >of time in the 1800s when they followed the livestock in here and then >were hunted out. They have an AMPLE food supply--they don't bother to eat >the major portion of what they kill. > >Our big game herds are being decimated--particularly the elk. Live calves >that make it to weaning age are less than half the numbers they were just >a few years ago. And the adult animals are getting hit, too. They are >NOT out "searching for food 24/7"--they have such an ample food supply >that they are reproducing at rates well beyond what they were doing in >Canada, and yes, they hunt for the sheer fun of it. Just like cats that >go out and catch and torture mice, and then just leave them there and come >in and eat their cat food... > >(Actually, I misspoke earlier--other predators also hunt for >fun--certainly cats do--but they don't go on the big gang binges that the >wolves do. As Bob said, a rogue cougar will sometimes go in and slaughter >sheep--but it is more typical of a cat to stalk one critter, and content >itself with one kill, instead of the herd slaughter scenario.) > >Heidi > >



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