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Originally Posted by kritz
Hunters must do it approach is not the thinking here. I just think it is ridiculous that the sportsman will only go out for them if they get a $1600 bounty and that is what the statement refers to as that is what people have said. If " the hunters" want to help, go help, spend some time in the bush, try to see how hard it is to shoot wolves and how much work they are. how many hunters in the past posts have complained about wolves? How many of those people have went out and hunted wolves? Is that not the sportsman part of it. Do I need to do it only of there is $1500 bounty? There are already options out there to make money as a sportsman if it is about the money. Which is not were we want sport to go. More wolves you get the more money you make. Not one for $1600 and done, Or becoming a job for people.
The gov has been culling wolves in the province for the past few years, Poison, using helicopters.
It is a shared responsibility.
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You made it tough to follow the bouncing ball...
I'll ricochet it back to you.
But it is about who must do it.... the government is no longer controlling wolf populations through lethal measures other than in emergency situations. They are passing the responsibility off to hunters so that they don't have to risk losing votes. Your example of gov. action only applies when the endangered species act threatens resource extraction. The only widespread action by the gov. is the starve the wolf campaign, Eliminate moose to starve wolves....
It is well known that wolves in Alberta cannot be managed by hunting. Why should we beat our heads against a rock? Trapping is the last currently legal method for civilians to have an impact on local populations, and the current trapping system/economics is not viable either.
Recent bounties are a measure taken by governments to pass the buck and responsibility, or by organizations in desperation due to lack of government action. It wasn't long ago that the WSF attempted to help control wolves. Well, the pro-wolf crowd got wind, cried to the government, and wow.... did the gov ever jump.... you would think that the WSF had the coronavirus.....
the gov. did everything they could to appear bloodless and nothing to help those attempting to effect some wolf control.
We have good reason to complain about there being too many wolves.
Until recently (1990s), the government investigated, and took lethal action when they recognized that wolves were impacting moose/elk/deer populations resulting in a hardship for humans to obtain this food source.
Now the government will not take action or spend the require funds to manage wolves (emergencies aside), but won't relax or mend the legal avenues for citizens to do it. The gov. has absolved themselves of this "shared responsibility" and restricts
Lets promote hunting wolves without and with a bounty.
Both are good in my mind.
BUT this will not solve the problem!