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Ask Uncle Joe
BY JOE MIELE
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Dear Uncle Joe:
I don't even hunt but if I want to thats my choice not your's !! You're
against hunting woorchucks in Idaho (Which you have nothing to do with) .
Why can't people just mind their own business anymore . If you don't like
something by all means don't do it ! but DON'T tell others how to live
because your sure you have all the answers. In Idaho, hunting is just part
of life for alot of people but there are a few that show your distorted
views also. Thank God very few. To me and many many others (who vote )you
people are the sick ones that are ruining this country trying to make laws
people have to abide by. We don't need laws (LET PEOPLE BE!)
A concerned citizen that's votes!
John P.
Nampa, ID
Hello John:
The reason why we have laws is because we cannot just "let people be" as
you would have it. Without laws hunters cannot control themselves. Before
certain protections were put into place, the deer population was driven to
such low numbers that Aldo Leopold predicted the species would be extinct by
1920. The passenger pigeon was not so lucky. Once thought to be the most
populous species in all of North America, hunters killed all but the very
last one who died in a Cincinnati zoo. But since you feign concern about
woodchucks and most likely know very little about them, let me teach you a
few things. They are the largest member of the squirrel family and part of
the Order Rodentia, which makes them cousins to rats, mice, squirrels,
prairie dogs, chipmunks, beavers and porcupines. In winter they hibernate
underground, but in the summertime their dens are used by cottontail
rabbits, opossums, raccoons, skunks and sometimes even foxes. Yes, their
burrowing can cause problems in certain situations but there are humane ways
to address this. Scent-based repellants and taste-based deterrents can cause
the critters to seek friendlier confines, and a motion-activated sprinkler
called the Scarecrow can be used to chase them away. The Scarecrow gives
them a burst of water when activity is detected and after being sprayed, Mr.
or Mrs. Woodchuck moves on to quieter surroundings. They can also be
humanely trapped and relocated, but check with local ordinances before doing
this.
Sincerely,
Uncle Joe
Dear Uncle Joe:
&#*% (homophobic slur deleted). You and you're organization are
airheads. Mushroom hunters have similar accidents. Hunting assures organic
meat and merely a shopping technique. Have you Starve to death and promote
disease such as the Chronic Wasting disease we experience here in the
shadows of the Republic of Boulder. Sure disease and starvation is much more
humane, even if it didn't affect domestic stock,,, you must be far smarter
and superior to the Biologist that manage the herds (including the largest
Elk Herd in the WORLD) you have helped to confine.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone
Paul F.
Niwot, CO
Hello Paul:
You might not be able to understand this, but hunting can actually spread
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). In a study published in the August 7, 2006
edition of the journal "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences," University of Georgia researchers explained that hunting kills
individuals who have contracted a virus but have developed immunity as a
result of their infection, thereby increasing the proportion of the
population that is susceptible to disease. It also kills healthy animals,
thereby giving ill animals a greater range in which to spread disease
through direct contact with each other. The epicenter of CWD infection is in
the Colorado/Wyoming area, but CWD has also been found in Wisconsin and
Illinois, as well as here in southern New Mexico. According to the National
Biological Information Infrastructure (a program of the U.S. Geological
Survey) Researchers speculate that CWD could have been transported long
distances as a result of interstate shipments of infected animals. You
didn't think that hunting interests may be responsible for spreading the
disease across the nation, did you?
And Paul, it's interesting that your message concludes with "Sent from my
Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone." I'm glad you have a smartphone since
you're clearly not smart enough to correctly spell the homophobic slur you
were trying to use.
Peace,
Uncle Joe
Dear Uncle Joe:
WELL AS YOU MAY HEAR THE STUFF ABOUT 2012 AND THE WAY OF LIFE COMEING TO
A END WELL HOPE IT WILL NOT BUT IF IT DOES HOW WILL YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR
WIFE AND KIDS WELL AT LEAST MY KIDS AND MY WIFE WILL AND I WILL HAVE WILD
GAME TO EAT THINK ABOUT IT ALSO IF THE BAD GUYS TRY TO TAKE THE FOOD FROM MY
KIDS AND WIFES MOUTH WELL I MAYBE ABLE TO STOP THE BAD GUYS AND MAYBE ABLE
TO HELP YOU OUT WITH SOMETHING TO EAT
James B
Suncook, NH
Hello James:
As you demonstrate, hunters go to absurd lengths to try to concoct
scenarios in which hunting would be either justified or necessary. I've
heard everything, including desert islands, Y2K, Swine Flu, SARS, H1N1, the
Rapture, and now 2012. Trust me on this - 2012 will come and go and we'll
all be fine. But despite not being stranded on an island or held up in a
bunker fighting off the zombie apocalypse, you still find the need to be
violent and to kill helpless, harmless wildlife.
If you're really concerned about your survival after 2012, take a class
in identifying edible wild plants and weeds. Universities all across the
country offer them from time to time and it could help you survive should
you ever develop a degree of compassion and choose not to kill animals when
the zombies descend upon us. Let me know if you are interested and I can
help you enroll in such a course.
Peace,
Uncle Joe.
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