Potato Attacks Wolf

 I Just received an irate phone call about a potato attacking a wolf (laughter).  You just heard my opening remark to Frank Muir, President of the Idaho Potato Commission. Frank’s a good friend and I was pulling his leg. While he laughed at my comment, he knows it isn’t about a funny issue. Here’s the background.

Friends of Animals is a non-profit, international animal advocacy organization that works out of their International Headquarters in Darien, Connecticut. Their goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world. Meanwhile, they have urged those opposed to Idaho’s wolf hunts to fight back — with a boycott of Idaho potatoes.

“As long as Idaho is in the business of killing wolves, the nature-respecting public should stop buying potatoes there,” said FOA president Priscilla Feral, explaining that consumers could look for potatoes grown in Maine, Colorado, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and other states.

A group out of Darien, Connecticut, one of the wealthiest communities in the U.S., trying to exert what amounts to financial terrorism on Idaho. Frank Muir’s reaction tomorrow.