> > You let them grow enough to breed instead > > of shooting them before they're old enough, you just making the over > > > population problem worse. > > Uh, I was *specifically* talking about the single white deer the > article was referring to. Not the entire deer population (which is > obvious from my other posts). > > > Personally I think they should reintroduce > > wolves throughout the country. That will definitely reduce the deer > > > population. > > Well, I doubt you'd find many cattle or sheep ranchers in favor of > that. It's been a huge battle to even get them into Yellowstone and > the surrounding areas and there are definitely still problems with > stock predation, even if it's a relatively low amount of the wolves > diet.
They've been battling ignorance mostly. Besides its relatively easy to condition the wolves to avoid domestic cattle. dope some calves with lithium chloride and let them be bait for the wolves. After the wolves recover from getting sick, they won't touch a cow again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
