No appetite for wolf bill
Read the newspaper long enough and one will see a story that defies logic. Idaho’s Rep. Phil Hart just came up with such a corker.
He proposes that you and I can sue federal agencies if a wolf chews on us. The fact that there is not one recorded incident of a wolf attacking and eating a human in the south 48 doesn’t seem to deter Mr. Hart on his quest. Mr. Hart says “it (a wolf) kills for the fun of it.”
I challenge Mr. Hart to present documented running photographic proof, let alone scientific field studies, which prove wolves kill for enjoyment only. That is a recent pathetic invention of the anti-wolf zealots.
Why isn’t Mr. Hart equally concerned about my being attacked by a dangerous pit bull? Obviously, those canine teeth have done legions more damage to humankind than this benighted wolf.
If Mr. Hart has no higher priority for legislation than his wolf-chewing bill, he should take a look at today’s economic problems. We have dire needs for health, education, transportation and a host of other deserving attentions that surely must be more important to the Idaho citizen than his pitiful wolf pitch.
John E. Bentley
Post Falls