Colorado Wolves Reintroduction

[SkaredShtles]

You know what has killed 2 people since 1981? Coyotes
You know what lives in the greenbelt right next to my house? Coyotes
You know what I don't irrationally fear? Coyotes

So please - continue to wax poetic about how peoples' irrational fear of wolves is not irrational.

[LURE]

What if a pack of wolves attacks an Instagram model trying to feed them Doritos at Turquoise Lake?

you're saying this is a bad thing?

feels like a rare moment where'd we'd all find some common ground

LOL just wait until you realize wolves listen to heavy metal, worship satan, are communists, AND play violent video games!

We'll really stoke up the moral panic. Oh the hysteria!

soon they'll be trafficking fentanyl.

just wait.

[summitrunner]

Learning lessons is good without death. I don't want dumb people to die 3 miles from my home...or dumb people to die at all. Tourists dying in my community is really bad for my community. If the death is caused by a wolf and our Euro-centric cultural relationship we have with wolves, it will be catastrophic. Sharks sharks sharks.

[SkaredShtles]

What if a pack of wolves attacks an Instagram model trying to feed them Doritos at Turquoise Lake?

you're saying this is a bad thing?

feels like a rare moment where'd we'd all find some common ground

I mean - I wouldn't take pleasure in it, but I wouldn't be heartbroken by such an incident of blatant stupidity.

LOL just wait until you realize wolves listen to heavy metal, worship satan, are communists, AND play violent video games!

We'll really stoke up the moral panic. Oh the hysteria!

soon they'll be trafficking fentanyl.

just wait.

Until we accept the following fact, wolves will continue to traffic illegal drugs:

[LURE]

boy, i just don't know how that community up in Jackson, WY is able to get by with no economic injection from tourism because of the nearly annual grizzly bear attacks and all those woofs running around scaring everybody away.

sure is a puzzler.

[summitrunner]

You know what has killed 2 people since 1981? Coyotes
You know what lives in the greenbelt right next to my house? Coyotes
You know what I don't irrationally fear? Coyotes

So please - continue to wax poetic about how peoples' irrational fear of wolves is not irrational.

Great point! We want to respect the scary creatures and live with them and not fear them. Euro-centric folklore and mainstream media don't include coyotes. You're not scared of coyotes because they haven't done anything to you or anyone. The Old World is filled with wolf attacks and myth. European wolves have found it easier to eat garbage than deer. How long will it be until wolves figure that out in Colorado? The bears in the mountains have figured it out, too. People fear wolves because of stories and tales.

[summitrunner]

boy, i just don't know how that community up in Jackson, WY is able to get by with no economic injection from tourism because of the nearly annual grizzly bear attacks and all those woofs running around scaring everybody away.

sure is a puzzler.

Totally. One resort area in Wyoming makes the same amount as Summit County (quick Google search). 1. Just 1. Oh, and wolves can be hunted in Wyoming. Grizzlies can't be hunted. And we aren't talking about Grizzlies yet...just wolves? Right?

[SkaredShtles]

boy, i just don't know how that community up in Jackson, WY is able to get by with no economic injection from tourism because of the nearly annual grizzly bear attacks and all those woofs running around scaring everybody away.

sure is a puzzler.

Not only that - but bison too! Probably should finish what our predecessors started and eradicate those vicious beasts.

[SkaredShtles]

You know what has killed 2 people since 1981? Coyotes
You know what lives in the greenbelt right next to my house? Coyotes
You know what I don't irrationally fear? Coyotes

So please - continue to wax poetic about how peoples' irrational fear of wolves is not irrational.

Great point! We want to respect the scary creatures and live with them and not fear them. Euro-centric folklore and mainstream media don't include coyotes. You're not scared of coyotes because they haven't done anything to you or anyone. The Old World is filled with wolf attacks and myth. European wolves have found it easier to eat garbage than deer. How long will it be until wolves figure that out in Colorado? The bears in the mountains have figured it out, too. People fear wolves because of stories and tales.

So you're saying the fear of wolves *is* irrational?

[supranihilest]

boy, i just don't know how that community up in Jackson, WY is able to get by with no economic injection from tourism because of the nearly annual grizzly bear attacks and all those woofs running around scaring everybody away.

sure is a puzzler.

Not only that - but bison too! Probably should finish what our predecessors started and eradicate those vicious beasts.

Humans kill more humans than all other animals combined, I propose we eradicate all humans.

[SkaredShtles]

boy, i just don't know how that community up in Jackson, WY is able to get by with no economic injection from tourism because of the nearly annual grizzly bear attacks and all those woofs running around scaring everybody away.

sure is a puzzler.

Not only that - but bison too! Probably should finish what our predecessors started and eradicate those vicious beasts.

Humans kill more humans than all other animals combined, I propose we eradicate all humans.

[HikesInGeologicTime]

LOL just wait until you realize wolves listen to heavy metal, worship satan, are communists, AND play violent video games!

We'll really stoke up the moral panic. Oh the hysteria!

Well hell, if that’d been part of the pro-wolf campaign, my granola-crunching queer Jewish atheist Denver-residing self would’ve totally voted yes on that initiative.