By rick meril, 8-26-10
George, as always, insightful, logical and requesting all of us to open up our minds and regard wild creatures as part of creation and not "obstacles" thrown in our path so that we might prove ourselves worthy.
Always find it interesting that the folks who constantly exhort "family values" and the right to life are many times the first ones to go out and "kill the varmint".....hypocrisy runs amuck as it relates to us human animals and our holier than thou proclamations.
I will come out and say that in our modern 300 million plus human USA, having Ranches exist is a good thing versus them going away and Ranchettes and Western Suburbia popping up all over our wild ground. I believe that our tax structure should be made over so that Ranchers are given tax breaks to "keep their livestock" penned and watched over and incentives provided for keeping the West (and East) wild with our native fauna. Incentives to actually rewild our Ranches.........get the Cowboys and Ranch owners thinking profit in them "critters".
I do not want the Ranchers out...........I want a new way of thinking about their objectives of profit making and I want them to acquire a new way of thinking about watching over their piece of Wild America and fervently protecting and restocking thier Ranches with the full suite of wild creatures that existed in America cira 1500.
Right on George for all of your creative and insightful writings!!
Always find it interesting that the folks who constantly exhort "family values" and the right to life are many times the first ones to go out and "kill the varmint".....hypocrisy runs amuck as it relates to us human animals and our holier than thou proclamations.
I will come out and say that in our modern 300 million plus human USA, having Ranches exist is a good thing versus them going away and Ranchettes and Western Suburbia popping up all over our wild ground. I believe that our tax structure should be made over so that Ranchers are given tax breaks to "keep their livestock" penned and watched over and incentives provided for keeping the West (and East) wild with our native fauna. Incentives to actually rewild our Ranches.........get the Cowboys and Ranch owners thinking profit in them "critters".
I do not want the Ranchers out...........I want a new way of thinking about their objectives of profit making and I want them to acquire a new way of thinking about watching over their piece of Wild America and fervently protecting and restocking thier Ranches with the full suite of wild creatures that existed in America cira 1500.
Right on George for all of your creative and insightful writings!!
By Nancy, 8-26-10(commenting on Rick Meril's suggestions
++ I believe that our tax structure should be made over so that Ranchers are given tax breaks to "keep their livestock" penned and watched over and incentives provided for keeping the West (and East) wild with our native fauna++
Rick! Love that thought process, we'd save millions in predator control and at the same time encourage those that want to really continue to ranch "like daddy or granddaddy did" and, offer incentives, other than destroying anything that gets in the way of their lifestyle.
Rick! Love that thought process, we'd save millions in predator control and at the same time encourage those that want to really continue to ranch "like daddy or granddaddy did" and, offer incentives, other than destroying anything that gets in the way of their lifestyle.
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