To the Editor:

Wolves in sheeps clothing is the Fabian-Marxist-socialist-communist motto meaning to present a utopian idea to people while plotting their destruction. There is no mistaking the agenda of the wolf lovers and their ilk in the state and federal fish and game departments.

The wolf was introduced in the West to drive the livestock producers out of business. Animal activists, allied with the government, are actively working to destroy the livestock industry. The Canadian gray wolf was introduced in the West illegally and with stolen federal funds under the guise of the Endangered Species Act. The wolf is another pawn in the game to drive rural resource users off of the land.  

Unelected bureaucrats who have no stake in the livestock industry enforce unconstitutional laws down our throats and expect us to take it. Tyrannical rules and laws that steal our freedoms, livelihoods and western way of life that has endured for generations. The sheep producer, the logger, the miner, the big game guides, and commercial fishermen, farmers and ranchers.   

Here in Wallowa County we have people who side with the wolf and are against the livestock producers who have been the mainstay of our economy since the 1870s. Well, it is time to stand up and get behind our cattle-raising neighbors. We need to show our support for them in every way we can.

If the ranchers go under we will never see their like again. Recently Andy Kerr, who was involved in destroying logging and sawmilling in the Northwest, wrote an article in the Chieftain saying that we must save the few sawmills that are left in Eastern Oregon and that he would like to see the forests restored to their former health. Well, by golly Andy, do you think we can expect Wally Sykes to come back in 30 years and say he would like to see cattle-raising restored in the West and maybe the wolf wasnt the best idea after all? And Wally, what do you think about the wolves killing off the deer and elk and moose?

Jim Hubbard

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