tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post7539323495427409643..comments2024-03-20T16:19:01.468+07:00Comments on The RAB Experience: Hunting Wolves -- Endangered SpeciesRob Baitonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-68893847306145419192008-07-21T11:19:00.000+07:002008-07-21T11:19:00.000+07:00Now there's a thought. To be honest I have not don...Now there's a thought. To be honest I have not done any research beyond the reading about the decision.<BR/><BR/>If livestock losses are minimal then perhaps compensation for proven losses to wolves might work.<BR/><BR/>Who pays? The government wants to go ahead with the cull and the farmers generally seem for it. Maybe, the environmentalists should set up the compensation fund?Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-70699085098986070942008-07-21T07:00:00.000+07:002008-07-21T07:00:00.000+07:00I wonder how much livestock is lost each year beca...I wonder how much livestock is lost each year because of these wolves? Less than one percent? Here's a thought: instead of culling the wolves, why not pay the farmers compensation for each animal they can prove was killed by a wolf. <BR/><BR/>It may sound cynical, but I put farmers in the same class as Japanese whalers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com