My dear Jim.
"Training wolves to eat buffallo" had me munching the carpet, really.
They probably knew how to do that from day one.
Also, sarcasm aside, you read me wrong when you think I'm a bleeding heart , vegetarian, " Don't hurt the poor little deer, please" type.
I am a forester at heart, and one of the loudest voices around here about killing roe deer.
The lack of natural predators, since we lost most of the fox population to mange, has made the roe deer population literally explode.
We have seen massive death in some areas due to disease and parasites.
The hunters we have here are only interested in shooting big bucks, because a nice set of antlers on the wall equals a big set of balls in their eyes.
So no help there.
Finally, after more than 100 years, the wolf came back to Denmark and they are slowly but surely teaching the roe deer what nature is all about.
Yup, they eat some of them from the ass end, which you for some obscure reason find bad, but they also make my forest a better place.
May I suggest that you read: "Playing God in Yellowstone" by Alston Chase.
That might give you a different view of "nature"management in that park.
Another good read for you would be : " The National parks, America's best idea", by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.
I'm not trying to come off like a smart ass here ( Hell, I'm a smart ass born and bred, but trying to tone it down here in the House), but honestly, Jim, I have spent a lot of time reading a shitload of books about the US. It is, after all, the place I'd chose to live if they'd let me.
So next time you want to scrap with me, pick another topic than some wolves eating an elk from the ass end.
By the way, don't even get me started on how much money those Yellowstone wolves bring in, to an otherwise poor part of the country, by being a major tourist attraction.
Last time I visited Yellowstone, I read a survey that showed that about 80% of the 3 million people who visit the place yearly, cited the chance of seeing wolf as their main reason to go.
T'was mine as well, even though I'd seen plenty of them in the Yukon and Alaska.
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