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Costello: To California With Love

Posted by DFO

Feb. 7, 2009 12:35 a.m. • 15 comments

Schroeder’s idea allows us to entertain ourselves with thought exercises imagining where we can send truckloads of wolves so that they may plague those who deserve to be afflicted the most. First, send a truckload or two to California. California would be the ideal destination for wolves. Malibu comes to mind. After all, it was touchy-feely Californian style environmentalism that inspired wolf transplantation to the northern Rockies in the first place. Shouldn’t Idaho invite Californians to share the love? And California has the right cultural attitude for making an aggressive predator feel right at home. I can remember about 20 or so years ago when a cougar stalked, killed and partially ate a woman who was jogging on a trail near my parents’ home. The Department of Fish and Game tracked the lion down and shot it. Bereaved Californians raised money to support the lioness’ orphaned kittens. It was left to Rush Limbaugh to raise money nationwide for the motherless children of the jogger/Michael Costello, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Where or to whom would you like to send a gift-wrapped, live gray wolf from Idaho?

15 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

hhuseland on February 07 at 6:53 p.m.
I Think Michael pretty much has the answer. Give the wolves to those that most wanted them. Drop a few in each of the canyons that lead down to the LA basin then a few in the Bay area, perhaps north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Perhaps when the obvious occurs, those do-gooders will remember why they were driven out the last time. Oh, and while I’m at it, you animal lovers are going to have to choose. Caribou/Wolf, wolf/caribou. You just can’t have it both ways.
Bob on February 08 at 6:41 a.m.
I think Michael Costello is a rock headed moron who is so painfully uninformed he doesn’t even know that Minnesota ALREADY HAS WOLVES. Idiot.

Herb, let’s get California their Grizzly Bears back, they need more than the ones on their state flags.

As to remembering why Idaho pioneers and ranchers slaughtered wolves, it was for cows, Herb. Cows.

Idiot white men killed all the bison off and the mean ole wolf went after cows. ZOMG. Wolves are monsters.

Herb and other wolf haters, I’m always curious if you were super frightened by werewolf stories or movies as young children. Something must explain the phobia.

Wolves need natural areas for range. Take the range away and guess what, they eat cows. Unfortunately, for fat assed Idaho rube hunters who don’t actually want to *hunt* if it means dismounting their ATVs or pickups, wolves if given some natural range will eat … wait for it …. PRECIOUS ELKS. And deer! and cougar hounds!

Caribou vs Wolf? Is that how the snowmobile wackjobs up around Priest Lake are now framing the pending extinction of the last tiny US herd of Woodland Caribou? Couldn’t be their overpowered avalance triggering machines screwing with the caribou! It must be the

big
bad
wolf.

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your misconceptions down.
Kage_Mann on February 08 at 9:38 a.m.
“After all, it was touchy-feely Californian style environmentalism that inspired wolf transplantation to the northern Rockies in the first place.”

The wolf was becoming extinct by the 1920’s as anybody who owned a gun, would have been willing to kill one back then.
There were more ranchers and more people lived in the rural areas back then. Now, the wolf has made a comeback the last 10 years, due to Federal programs to save the wolf.

Is having the wolf back good or bad for civilization? We know that the wolf has reduced elk numbers significantly. I have never seen one and I spend more time in the woods than most people. But,if the wolf ever becomes a problem in the CDA areas around towns, I’d like to see some sent over to Spokane county, for you wolf lovin’, tree huggin’, enviros to fawn over.
Dennis on February 08 at 10:01 a.m.
If KM is so against the wolf issure, Then the reintroduction can’t be all bad.
Dennis on February 08 at 10:01 a.m.
issure=issue
Kage_Mann on February 08 at 10:14 a.m.
Dennis, are you being a menace? Just had to take a jab, because you still hold a grudge from the old blogsite.Do you want a wolf to eat your pet? I don’t care either way about wolves right now, but if they come near population centers, maybe then they will have become a problem and something that needs to addressed.
Dennis on February 08 at 10:22 a.m.
Look everyone!!!!! KM is trying to be clever!!!!

Grudge,,,, Me???? What are you talking about??

Sorry,,, redundant question. Nobody ever knows what you are talking about nor cares for that matter.
Escapee on February 08 at 5:18 p.m.
I think that in our current economic state, everyone’s just trying to keep the ‘wolf from the door’…(Me, trying to be clever…)

Who would I send a rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth gray wolf to? A couple of old girlfriends, bosses who didn’t care to treat me fairly, everyone in my life who’s made fun of me, and if he were still alive, I’d send one to my Dad, too. I might send 2 or 3 to him.

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