[Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game

[Saundra Lund]

Before I can participate in your interesting moral question, I need you to
clarify for me:  are you asking about those "lazy" unemployed & "welfare
queens" the GOP & tea baggers are so quick to attack, cut off at the knees,
and leave hanging out to dry?

Or, are you talking about anyone who is unemployed for any reason
whatsoever, including the families with children where an adult is an
undocumented immigrant?

Looking forward to your clarification!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kai Eiselein [mailto:fotopro63 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 8:33 AM
To: Saundra Lund; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game

This also brings up an interesting moral question.

Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a deer
or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a trophy or
money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that have cash value?



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> From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:23:12 -0700
> Subject: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game
>
> If anyone can post the LMT article referenced, I'm sure I'm not the 
> only one who would appreciate it. It seems to me our tax dollars would 
> be far, far better spent hunting down these damn poachers than caving 
> to the paranoia of the mentally unhinged "big bad wolf" crowd.
>
>
> http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/north-idaho-poachers-taking-heav
> y-toll
> -game
>
> North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game
>
> State wildlife officials in northern Idaho say poachers are killing 
> far more game animals than wolves.
>
> Officials tell the Lewiston Tribune that last year in northern Idaho 
> they confirmed poaching of 30 elk, four moose, 13 mule deer and 57 
> whitetail deer.
>
> Officials say a realistic detection rate is 5 percent, meaning 
> poachers are likely killing about 600 elk, 80 moose, 260 mule deer and
1,000 whitetail.
>
> Idaho Fish and Game District Conservation Officer Barry Cummings says 
> many people don't report wildlife crimes because they don't consider 
> it a crime against them.
>
> The fine in Idaho for illegally killing an elk is $750, while the fine 
> for illegally killing a moose is $10,000.
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