SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Olympic National Park has released a mountain goat management plan:
The mountain goats at Olympic National Park in Washington have worn out their their welcome and park officials are moving ahead with plans to get rid of them. On Monday the National Park Service released a mountain goat management plan, laying out three methods of dealing with the population, which park officials say not only is damaging the environment but is dangerous to people.
One method is killing the animals with shotguns or high-powered rifles. The other is relocating them. And the last option is a combination of the two. That is the preferred plan but would likely take years, said Louise Johnson, the park's chief of resources management.
First helicopters would capture the goats in drop nets. Next a crew would tranquilize the animals, putting them in slings under the helicopter, which would carry them to a staging area. From there, they would be placed in trucks and driven hours to their natural habitat in the North Cascade Mountains. Some of the goats — roughly half — Johnson estimates, would have to be killed because crews wouldn't be able to access them in remote, rugged terrain.
There are an estimated 600 mountain goats in the park today and the population is growing by about 8 percent a year, Johnson said.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by frojack on Tuesday July 25 2017, @11:08PM (2 children)
Exactly. [outdoorsdirectory.com]
This whole problem is solvable by issuing hunting licenses. People would Pay for the privledge, do all the work, and put the harvest to good use.
Leave it to the government and they will waste both treasure and goats, and accomplish nothing.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by rondon on Wednesday July 26 2017, @03:17PM
I wonder how much of the problem is the side of government making the rules, or the side of government enforcing them.
For example, are they doing these dumb things because the rule makers say so, or because the game/forest/park marshals all want to play Billy-BadAss and fly helicopters and shoot goats when they should just sell game licenses instead?
From my (admittedly anecdotal) evidence, I would guess it is a problem with the latter and not the former. I've known people on both sides of that divide, and the former are usually game to earn a good dollar or two on wildlife where it is responsible.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 26 2017, @06:35PM
Have you ever seen where these goats hang out? There's a reason helicopters are involved....