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[ellenmillion]

First off, friendslist, you are amazing. You are a classy and intelligent bunch of cats, and I'm really impressed with your restraint and thoughtfulness. These are touchy topics, and I appreciate your care in dealing with them.

I may post something on the wolves issues; I am debating whether a filter would be appropriate, or if it should be public... some very keen points were made in my last post about the blend of business and personal, and they require some more thought before I decide. (Option 3 being to not post it at all.)

Also, I'm trying to use more tags - kick me if I forget to.

Dinner and Futurama is sounding much better than blogging right now.

Comments

[melissad.livejournal.com]

I'm curious to hear your view on the wolf issue. I voted for the ban, mostly because I think aerial hunting should be done by professional wildlife managers. Plus there is still trapping available if you want to hunt wolves.

I worked last summer at Fish and Game and I enjoyed it, but I guess I have more of a soft spot for conservation being about actually wanting to conserve biodiversity and not just about economics and what can best benefit humanity, but realistically that isn't the world we live in. Don't get me wrong, I am pro hunting, but also I think conserving solely game animals doesn't sit right with me.

Then the other part of me sympathizes with the subsistence hunters. So I guess I'm perpetually stuck between a rock and hard place. I guess I've done enough rambling. ::sigh::

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

But there's really no other way that conserving game animals *only* or putting people's lives at risk? Game animals, predators and subsistence hunters have lived together for ages after all, a balance it's not easy, far from it but it's not impossible IMO .

And for the record I'm not against subsistence hunters at all, they usually know what they do.

[steppinrazor.livejournal.com]

I'm curious too.

I don't mind hunting, especially when it's kinda necessary, like in Alaska. (I don't much care for sport-hunters who just want heads to hang on the wall, but I digress...)

I've always been under the impression that wolves lead to healthy game, since they mostly go for the old and sickly, and not the healthiest of the herd. Ohio's a good example - down in Columbus, where predators are EXTREMELY rare, the deer population is huge - but the deer are also all small and skinny and just mangy looking. In Cleveland, I've noticed there's a heft deer population, but also a hefty coyote population, among other predators, so all the deer are much bigger and healthier looking.

And even if wolf populations need to be culled, is it REALLY necessary to take such a barbaric route such as aerial hunting? That's my biggest curiosity. Why this, specifically?

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I started my blog intending to balance business and personal material, modeling it after the blogs I love best as a reader. I was surprised to find that my audience repeatedly asked for more personal content. And when someone complained at the amount of "news" stuff -- I use newsclips for filler when I don't have time for original posts, and other times I make "link clouds" on a given topic -- others quickly chimed in about how much they love the news aspect. (My solution was to make a separate "news" icon, which makes it easier for uninterested readers to skip those posts.) So you might be surprised by what your audience will enjoy reading.

[penmage.livejournal.com]

I would love to hear what you have to say about the wolf issue, even if you wantto use a filter.

[hailerro.livejournal.com]

I want to hear about the wolf issue.
*I'm so outta the loop I've no idea what the 'issue' is but since it involves wolves I'd like to know*

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what you are talking about, I don't get to read every post, but I try. But I always want to be on your list. If you ever post anything I disagree with, it won't bother me.