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  These posts made me remember something.  I worked for a land trust.  One of my fellow colleagues went to a frog monitoring class so that he could do that on our lands.  A woman was there who asked if she had to be worried about coyotes (she preceded this w saying that she didn't go out into the "wild" very much and wanted to become more involved and more knowledgeable - hats off!).  A man who was also there very smugly laughed at her and turned to one of his friends to mock her for it.  Now, this woman admitted she didn't know much about being outside or doing this kind of monitoring.  She was simply concerned about coyotes bc of what she had heard about keeping an eye on small pets and what have you, and furthermore, when you do this type of monitoring, you are to be out around dusk.  
  My colleague was so upset with this man for mocking this woman.  Here is someone who simply wants to become more aware of her surroundings while also trying to help out by collecting data, and here is this man, mocking her.  God forbid she ask a question that she thought was relevant.  My friend spoke with her afterwards and explained a little more about the whole situation.  

  My point: have patience with some people who are trying.  Instead of belittling them for their efforts that, to your standards don't go the whole distance, how about saying, well thats great you learned X and Y, but heres Z, something you may not have realized.

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  On If you're going to eat meat, you can't shy away from the whole beast posted 1 year, 4 months ago 41 Responses

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  I just read that NY Times article about trapping (above).  That is despicable.  My feeling on trapping for fur is this: go out and earn the money yourself.  Don't use a trap for your dirty money.  I know that this may seem unreasonable, especially for the trapper, but I'm sick of animals (either the targeted or non-targeted ones) getting needlessly killed by these.  And most of the time, it sounds painful.  Just imagine what it would be like to get your leg stuck in one of these.  The pain.  Plus, these animals go crazy trying to free themselves (if they happen to be one of the unlucky ones not instantly killed).  I can only imagine trying to gnaw off your own limb to go free, and all in vain.On Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed posted 1 year, 7 months ago 21 Responses

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  hmmm

  I find it somewhat entertaining that people still think that animals understand our insane beliefs.  I love how they think that animals understand the difference btwn social and political lines.  Those wolves, who were nearly exterminated, have finally "bounced" back only to be killed off again.  Sorry, but how does that make sense?  "We'll allow you to live, but if you live too well, we won't hesitate in killing you"  Really?  I love how animals are subjected to this understanding because as a human, I can barely understand it.On Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed posted 1 year, 7 months ago 21 Responses