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Herb: Too Many Predator/Human Run-Ins

  • Herb Huseland: After the last two weeks, is anyone still seriously supporting the reintroduction and/or protection of dangerous predators?

Duroc: Herb, the mountain lion wasn’t “reintroduced,” and it obviously wasn’t “protected.” These folks built their homes in the Boise foothills. If you build your house in a predator’s habitat, what do you expect the animals to do? Move? The grizzly hunters were in the backcountry, for Pete’s sake. Nothing that’s happened the past two weeks makes me any less likely to support “reintroduction” or “protection” of dangerous predators. More people were killed in car accidents the past two weeks than were attacked and/or killed by “dangerous predators.”

Question: Have the episodes involving grizzlies and mountain lions of the past two weeks caused you to change your mind re: reintroduction and/or protection of dangerous predators?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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