WOLVES: Controversy ruled by emotions

I would like to make a comment about the wolf problem in Idaho. There seems to be a large amount of bad information being tossed around.

Yes, there are people like Noah Greenwald writing articles about something he knows nothing about. From what I see, 90 percent of the comments I have read are based on emotion, not reality. It’s a fact wolves are carrying a bad disease that is transmitted to other mammals. They are brutal killers of other wildlife and will at times attack humans.

When over-populated they kill cattle, elk, deer, etc. Idaho Fish & Wildlife agrees they’re causing major damage to elk and dear herds — even Obama removed them from the endangered species list.

Humans are at the top of the life chain and must keep things balanced or one species will destroy another. Some people want to claim the wild horse (mustangs) are being wiped out, but that’s all emotion too. Neither the wolf nor wild horse is being wiped out, just controlled. It’s not cruel to kill some wolves or to capture some wild horses to maintain balance. Without balance, species will wipe themselves out.

If you haven’t dealt with wolves or wild horses or any other wildlife, as I have, you’re just blowing emotional garbage into the wind. A major problem in America today is too many liberal-minded people are always right in their minds and won’t accept truth from anyone who doesn’t think like them. Sorry, but killing wolves isn’t near as bad as killing babies, which so many think is OK. Now, that’s brutal and cruel.

If you want to be liberal-minded, OK, but don’t be close-minded. Find some common sense, leave off the name-calling. Trust me, you’re not always right. Yes, I have spent many hours in the woods and mountains of Idaho.

GARY WITHERSPOON

Waxahachie, Texas

(formerly Rathdrum)