I am against trapping.\u00a0Traps pose a threat and danger to people, domestic pets, and wildlife (targeted and non-targeted).\u00a0It is not humane, requires little to no skill and does not respect the fact that public land belongs to the 1.9 million Idaho citizens (and growing)\u2014not just the 2,000 registered trappers.<\/p>\n
We are the number one fastest growing state in the country.\u00a0Arizona is in second place. Arizona, along with New Mexico, Colorado and California, has disallowed trapping on public land.<\/p>\n
I have had the privilege of knowing many of the wolf experts, traveling in our wonderful wilderness and experiencing wolves first-hand.\u00a0That is coupled with acquired knowledge based on fact and science.\u00a0Wolves are a vital part of our ecosystem and often demonstrate characteristics that are more exemplary than some of humankind.\u00a0Regrettably and wrongly, they have become “political tools.”<\/p>\n
In [Idaho Department of Fish & Game] Units 48 and 49, we have repeatedly proven that trapping wolves is contradictory with our values of coexistence and respect for wildlife and our value of outdoor recreation in its many forms, year-round.\u00a0This a major cog-in-the-wheel for our economy, bringing tourists\/guests from all over the country and the world to Idaho!<\/p>\n
Sincerely, <\/span><\/p>\n Jennifer Montgomery<\/b>, I am against trapping.\u00a0Traps pose a threat and danger to people, domestic pets, and wildlife (targeted and non-targeted).\u00a0It is not humane, requires little to no skill and does not respect the fact that public land belongs to the 1.9 million Idaho citizens (and growing)\u2014not just the 2,000 registered trappers. We are the number one fastest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-commentary","7":"category-letters-to-the-editor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15568,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15567\/revisions\/15568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHailey<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"