This is an excerpt from a post by Stephanie Ernst at Change.org that I felt compelled to share with my readers. I’m not sure if it’s cool to include her entire blog on mine so I’ve only included a small preview but I encourage you to click on her name above or the link below to read the rest of this post.
Referring to my post of September 10, 2009, Killing Wolves For Fun, you know of my love for and devotion to the wolf. Stephanie’s talent for writing put my feelings into words today so elegantly that I felt I needed to feature her here on TOAC.
“If you want an example of essentially all that’s wrong with the way humans think of, talk about, and interact with their fellow animals, do I ever have an editorial for you. The publisher, editorial board, or some unnamed journalist from an Oregon newspaper (the by-line is vague) yesterday published this doozy: "Give Ranchers Right to Kill Problem Wolves."
Early on in the editorial, the authors set up wolves as the indisputable bad guys. First we learn that wolves in one general area killed twenty-something sheep total in April and August incidents, and thus those wolves were deemed "rogue" and were tracked and killed by the trusty U.S. Wildlife Services. This, it is argued, was justifiable because the wolves clearly intended to cause the ranchers trouble: "Since the wolves were bent on mayhem, and since efforts to relocate them did not work, it’s right that they were killed."
Bent on mayhem? Seriously? I mean, seriously? It gets better:”
Read the rest of Stephanie’s really excellent blog here.
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