Friday, February 25, 2011

WYOMING RANCHER
Coyote Solution???
I could not verify the validity of this statement.. Outdoor Life but, I thought it was funny and sounds like a solution the Sierra Club and U.S. Forest Service would come up with. BE
The Sierra Club and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to the
Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population.
It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true method of shooting
or trapping the predators, the Sierra Club had a "more humane" solution to this issue.
What they were proposing was for the animals to be captured alive.
The males would then be castrated and let loose again.
This was ACTUALLY proposed by the Sierra Club and by the U.S. Forest Service.
All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes.
Finally an old fellow wearing a big cowboy hat in the back of the conference room stood up, tipped his hat back and said;
"Son, I don't think you understand your problem here... these coyotes ain't f-:)ing' our sheep... they're eatin' 'em!"  The meeting never really got back to order. . .