10-26 IAN Otter Wolf Rants

 Governor Otter is justifiably fed up with the federal wolf waffling and acts upon it. I’m David Sparks and I’ll return shortly with that story. I received a last minute phone call from the Governor’s press secretary, John Hanian,  the other day telling me that the Governor was going to have a press conference on…and before he could utter another word I beat him to the punch. I said “He’s furious at this federal judge for changing the rules on the wolf issue, right? John said “You got it!!” Turns out the Governor vented over the fact that the State of Idaho, or Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon…you name it cannot enjoy sovereignty when it comes to the issue of controlling their own wolf populations. That means wolf hunts probably no longer exist. That means that livestock producers animals are vulnerable to these noble, highly intelligent and aggressive predators that the feds see as endangered. Showing his frustration Mr. Otter said: “rules and regulations have worked great for years. What’s wrong with us? Why are we trying to fix something that isn’t broken? If the U.S. government would just get out of the way.