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Wolf killer lures female wolf out of Yellowstone with fake pup distress call.
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sinkingfeeling
(51,461 posts)and then sitting in a 'blind' and shooting them.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)The contrast between the ugliness of the spirit of the killer and the beauty of the wolf is obvious in that terribly sad photo.
Numbers to call and report the killing of that beautiful animal:
Mr. Castagno is a Outfitter and Guide registered with the Wyoming Outfittrers and Guide, and their telephone number is: 800-264-0981
Wyoming Wildlife Enforcement, as this is a clear cut case of Poaching off of a Sanctuary, similar to fishing within a fish hatchery and just wrong, but we will see how they attempt to cover this up: 307-733-2321
The Administrator of Wyoming Enforcement, Eric Kescler can be reached at: 307-777-4594.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)I wonder how much his permit cost him.
Like it or not almost every state preserves wildlife, maintains grounds, and pays staff with the proceeds from park usage fees, and hunting and fishing licenses.
notundecided
(196 posts)Yellowstone National Park outside the jurisdiction of Wyoming.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)The feds sell permits to hunt on national parks too. Controlled hunts go on all the time, if they didn't our parks would be much different than they are today.
There is no hunting allowed in Yellowstone!
pipoman
(16,038 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)National parks are the most restrictive of federal lands...not sure where you got that misinformation.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)no hunting in the park..most refuges allow controlled hunting, that controlled hunting helps keep the national parks safe...problem animals are usually moved into refuges.
Robb
(39,665 posts)IIRC if you were to legally shoot an animal outside the park boundary, even with the proper tag and what-not, and it loped across the border to die inside, you'd be in violation of federal law if you went to go get it and take it out.
I don't get wolf hunts, though. I mean, I understand controlling numbers and all, but I can't imagine personally taking a shot at something I wasn't going to eat -- unless it was about to eat me, or was about to eat something I planned to eat.
H2O Man
(73,567 posts)the next time I see you in a grocery store, and am tempted to grab the last package of anything. (grin)
Robb
(39,665 posts)Thanksgiving: no longer a spectator sport.
renie408
(9,854 posts)People who just like killing things is fucked up. I imagine it makes this guy feel like a big man to kill the big bad wolf...that he had to cheat and lure out with a distressed pup call and shot with a high powered rifle.
Yeah, he's a big man, alright.
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)sheep and cattle .... this is one reason ppl hunt them down....
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)pipoman
(16,038 posts)the feds have jurisdiction on the park, the state of Wyoming outside, there is a fenced boundary. If he shot the wolf outside the fence, and it ran inside the fence, he could be arrested if he crossed to collect the animal..if one comes out... There are more wolves outside of Yellowstone in Wyoming than there are inside, but all were placed in Yellowstone originally in the 1990's.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)RIP beautiful creature.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)definitely tests my principles. Right now I want to agree with you, but better would be if he is shamed into understanding how wrong it is to kill these beautiful creatures.
How can anyone do that?
We have their fate in our hands!
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)It always seems threads like these and hunting in general come down to peoples percptions towards certain animals. The cute ones get humanized or imbued with souls and the annoying ones and ugly ones dont.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)was so protective of me that my family and friends were a little afraid of him.
The reality is that people who are cruel to animals don't care whether they are 'cute' or not, they are simply sick people.
And the other reality is that some animals ARE cuter than others. And if you want to appeal to the public to stop animal cruelty, you won't get far using cockroaches to do so. But people can learn to empathize more with animals when they are 'humanized' as you called it.
I don't see it as humanizing them. I don't want to humanize them, just stop the cruelty towards them and all animals.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Otherwise it is all about what animals people as an individual find acceptable to kill. For the record i hunt fish and kill pests that invade my food crops.
renie408
(9,854 posts)It wasn't bothering his cattle or eating his food crops. It was on protected land and had to be lured out by a distress call.
And what 'record' are you talking about and who gives a shit if you hunt?
And COCKROACHES AND YELLOWJACKETS???
Seriously??
Yeah, I can see how a cockroach and a wolf are equivalent.
The cow thing, yeah, there is an argument there.
I don't have anything against hunting. I have something against cheating.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)I advised i hunt etc to show that this was the direction i was coming from and unless you can show differently the wolf was taken legally outside of the sanctuary. The whole conversation between sabrina and myself was about people getting all upset if one animal is killed but seem to not care about a cow or roach or cod being killed. Now i can see the level of anger when its a protected species such as a white rhino but there is hypocracy in the majority of people getting upset that one culture kills and eats one animal while they kill and eat others.
renie408
(9,854 posts)You said that you killed things that were pests. The wolf wasn't being a pest. It was being an animal and not understanding the boundaries of its federally mandated sanctuary and responding to a total douchebag who lured it outside of its safe area to kill it. That might be legal, but it is still completely fucked up.
The guy didn't EAT the wolf. He lured it out and killed it and showed off to the world holding his 'prize' with a big grin on his ugly, idiotic face. Do you kill things for the fun of it? Cockroaches carry diseases. Cows are eaten for sustenance and provide valuable protein. Killing a wolf is just douchebaggery. Defend it all you want.
And this is a message board. If you want to have a private conversation, send her a private message. Otherwise, everyone is open to comment.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)reason other than to provide entertainment for the killer.
I don't go out of my way to kill bugs either, and often take them outside rather than kill them whenever possible. But there is no comparison between killing something because it has become a threat and killing an animal just for the fun of it.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)don't enjoy hunting as I used to..
navarth
(5,927 posts)assholes like this fuck make me ashamed to be human.
notundecided
(196 posts)There is some question as to what makes us human. I suppose, technically he's human.
renie408
(9,854 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)KNR
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)6788 Riverview Road
Riverton, WY. 82501-9321
I do not hunt, any more, but I have never killed an animal that I did not eat.
I do, however, draw the line at consuming human flesh.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Bet Mr. Castagno hates human women too. To use the recording of a pup in distress as a lure makes him seem a dickless creep who I wouldn't want within miles of any human children for fear he'd harm them in a similar fashion.
I predict he has cursed himself to die a painful death with accompanying loss of dignity in his final moments. Karma is a mother wolf.
renie408
(9,854 posts)and take a few pot shots at him when he comes outside.
littlewolf
(3,813 posts)and "someone" goes to jail .. assault w/deadly weapon ... felony conviction
yeah .. that will really show this guy ... shesh