Dear Editor:
DON’T DANCE WITH WOLVES. This sounds like a really fun party coming up on Feb. 22. There is going to be steak and fixings, live music, a great auction and much more but I’m not certain that all the folks in Rio Blanco County who read the Herald or check out posters at the Post Office really understand the importance of what this party is about.
As noted, all the proceeds are going…
My goodness this fearmongering is getting out of hand. The elk, moose, and mule deer will be fine, just like the elk, moose, and deer in Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington are fine. Wolves very rarely if ever take bighorn sheep, whereas bighorn herds across the West have been killed off by domestic sheep diseases.
If the wolves get some of your livestock, you’ll just collect your payout from CPW like you do for black bear kills, and add it to all the other subsidies livestock producers take from taxpayers and sports people. Ironic how the free market bootstrappin’ tough guy ranchers want a handout at every turn, including a sanitized landscape where all native predators have been wiped out. Give me a break.