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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 10:42:29 -0500
- From: Phil Andrews <pa0q+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Possible return of gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A.
- In-Reply-To: <123510004@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
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- >From: krause@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Mike Krause)
-
- >Why don't they just institute the same policy that they already have in
- >Minnesota where the rancher is compensated and wolves that roam too far
- >are tracked and killed? The rancher has nothing to bitch about since
- >s/he get compensation and the wolf population is kept in check.
-
- As a farmer I can testify that most compensation systems of this nature
- have
- lots of loopholes (e.g., sheep kills by dogs are covered at 80% of
- market value,
- but there is no coverage for coyote kills, can you prove it was a dog,
- sir ?),
- never cover the true market value, nor the cost of dealing with the
- carcase, etc. Certainly the numbers I heard for the Minnesota farmers
- ($400 for a full-grown cow) didn't sound like fair market value. I'd be
- interested to hear from anyone who has
- first-hand experience.
-
- -Phil Andrews
-