I see that the Governor of Wyoming doesn't care that elk have Brucellosis in Wyoming and are spreading it throughout the area, Montana and Idaho. The Ranchers in Wyoming really need to consider how Gov. Dave Freudenthal is not supporting their industry come election time.
What I don't understand is he wants to save the elk for tourism but kill the wolves. Like it or not the wolves would bring in as much, if not more, tourism dollars as the elk but all the Governor wants to do is shoot the wolves on sight while destroy the elk herds with diseases. Maybe some long term thinking would be a little more useful here instead of short-sighted political calculation.
Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating that Wyoming should let wolves run all over the place, I am just pointing out the inconsistency of their arguments. It tourism dollars are so important, let the wolves in gladly, it will bring in more tourism dollars.
Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. Alexander Theroux
Thursday, April 20. 2006
Feedgrounds
Wednesday, April 19. 2006
Duh, No Shit
Wyo. Game department finds more brucellosis on feedgrounds
Duh!!! I could have told you that would be the case without all the testing but I understand they needed the information in hand to prove to the people that think feeding the elk is such a wonderful thing that there is a problem with it. Whether this information will do any good to close the feedgrounds down will have to be seen.
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. Christopher Lasch
A survey by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department suggests that 14 percent of the elk wintering on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson have been exposed to brucellosis, a far higher rate than in areas where the state doesn't feed elk during the winter.
Duh!!! I could have told you that would be the case without all the testing but I understand they needed the information in hand to prove to the people that think feeding the elk is such a wonderful thing that there is a problem with it. Whether this information will do any good to close the feedgrounds down will have to be seen.
Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product. Christopher Lasch
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