[Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves

lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Wed Jan 31 17:02:26 PST 2007


Agreed
-----Original message-----
From: Mark Solomon msolomon at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:20:41 -0800
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com, "Sunil Ramalingam" sunilramalingam at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves

> Roger,
> 
> The same conclusion you reach when seeing vultures preying on a sick 
> animal also apply to other predators, wolves included: predators tend 
> to prey on animals that take the least energy to bring down - the 
> sick, old and newborn.
> 
> Mark
> 
> At 3:41 PM -0800 1/31/07, lfalen wrote:
> >Mark
> >Some of your statements are ture and some can be questioned. The 
> >government does pay for verified losses. These things are hard to 
> >verify. As you said there has been one payment in Latah county. The 
> >loss in the Soutwick area has been considerably grater than that. In 
> >any case this is an unnecessary expense.To attribute losses to 
> >vultures is ridiculous. vultures feed on carcasses but do not kill 
> >any cattle. I have seen them eating on something that is still 
> >barely alive. But they were not the cause of death to a health 
> >animal.  Think about the size of a vulture and the size of a cow. 
> >Owls and Eagles will prey on small rodents and cats, but not on 
> >cattle.
> >
> >Roger
> >-----Original message-----
> >From: Mark Solomon msolomon at moscow.com
> >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:23:47 -0800
> >To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com, "Sunil Ramalingam" 
> >sunilramalingam at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves
> >
> >>  For those who may not be aware of it, Defenders of Wildlife maintains
> >>  a livestock predation fund to compensate any rancher who Fish and
> >>  Wildlife Service says has lost stock to wolves. According to
> >>  information on their website, the fund has made 412 payments totaling
> >>  $536,985 to cover the loss of 514 cows, 1421 sheep and 57 "other
> >>  animals" from 1987 to 2005. One payment for cattle is listed for
> >>  Latah County.
> >>
> >>  The following is from the Defenders website: 
> >>  http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/wolves/loss.html
> >>
> >>       *    In the continental U.S., health issues such as respiratory
> >>  problems, digestive problems, calving complications and disease were
> >>  overwhelmingly the most significant causes of cattle death in 2005.
> >>
> >>       * Only 0.11% of all cattle losses were due to wolf predation in 2005.
> >>
> >>       * Coyotes killed more than 22 times more cattle than wolves
> >>  killed that year.
> >>
> >>       * Domestic dogs killed almost 5 times as many cattle, and
> >>  vultures killed almost twice as many cattle as wolves did in 2005.
> >>
> >>       * Theft was responsible for almost 5 times as many cattle losses
> >>  as were lost by wolf predation.
> >>
> >>       * Predation by coyotes was the largest cause of sheep loss in
> >>  2005, accounting for 23% of all losses, followed by health problems &
> >>  weather-related issues.
> >>
> >>       * In states with wolf populations, an average of less than 2.5%
> >>  of sheep loss was due to predation by wolves in 2005.
> >>
> >>  I'm not going to argue that there isn't a traumatic loss when the
> >>  animals you've raised are killed by a wolf, but the economic loss is
> >>  minimized if not zeroed out by the compensation fund. Plus, when you
> >>  look at the causes of livestock loss listed above, wolves are way
> >>  down the list.
> >>
> >>  Mark
> >>
> >>  At 3:03 PM -0800 1/31/07, lfalen wrote:
> >>  >I don't know that they have said that directly, but the loss of
> >>  >livestock to wolves does not seem to be of a concern or is
> >>  >minimized.  That is the same thing.
> >>  >
> >>  >Roger
> >>  >-----Original message-----
> >>  >From: "Sunil Ramalingam" sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> >>  >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:37:08 -0800
> >>  >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>  >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves
> >>  >
> >>  >>  Roger,
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  How many people have said here they don't care about the livelihood of
> >>  >>  livestock producers?
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  Sunil
> >>  >>
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  >From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> >>  >>  >Reply-To: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> >>  >>  >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>  >>  >Subject: [Vision2020] Mixed news for Wolves
> >>  >>  >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:01:20 -0800
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  >Will
> >>  >>  >  I am mostly in agreement with your statements on a balance in the
> >>  >>  >ecosystem. however I do not think that killing off old cow 
> >>elk has anything
> >  > >>  >to do with the productive of young ones. One thing that is 
> >missing is the
> >>  >>  >disregard of the effects on livestock. I understand that you 
> >>folks do not
> >>  >>  >care about the lively hood of livestock producers, which is 
> >>why you do not
> >>  >>  >take this into consideration or downgrade it. I do not have a 
> >>problem with
> >>  >>  >maintaining some wolves, but they need to be controlled. They 
> >>are much more
> >>  >>  >dangerous than coyotes. I am a believer in multiple use. This includes
> >>  >>  >everyone, including livestock producers. I am a supporter of The Nature
> >>  >>  >conservancy. I used to be a member of the Audubon Society, 
> >>but their views
> >>  >>  >have became too one side. The Sierra Club has always ben too 
> >>radical for
> >>  >>  >me. As an aside, I was raised in the middle of what is called 
> >>the Owyhee
> >>  >>  >Initiative. Our place was about 50 miles from Jordan Valley, 
> >>Oregon and 80
> >>  >>  >miles from Bruneau, Idaho. I supp!
> >>  >>  >  ort the
> >>  >>  >Owyhee Imitative as do most of my former neighbors that still 
> >>live there.
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  >Roger
> >>  >>  >
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