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AuH20
03-06-2015, 01:41 PM
OMG..... I guess they could but that's not something you would put on anyone's platform. ;):D

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/05/rep-don-young-wolves-would-solve-homelessness/


Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young, famous for his salty tongue and brusque demeanor, suggested Thursday that if he let loose wolves in some congressional districts, they “wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.”

The strange comment was made during a halting five-minute exchange with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell during a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on her agency’s budget. He accused her and her department of making decisions without consulting the states they’d affect.

Young, who supports taking gray wolves off the endangered species list, mocked a letter 79 members of Congress sent urging Jewell to protect the gray wolf population. (In Alaska, for what it’s worth, you can hunt wolves.)

“How many of you have got wolves in your district?” he asked. “None. None. Not one.”

“They haven’t got a damn wolf in their whole district,” Young continued. “I’d like to introduce them in your district. If I introduced them in your district, you wouldn’t have a homeless problem anymore.”

Dr.3D
03-06-2015, 01:43 PM
So he thinks the wolves would provide homeless folks with a place to stay?

Ronin Truth
03-06-2015, 01:46 PM
"A nation of sheep eventually begets a government of wolves."

sam1952
03-06-2015, 01:47 PM
So he thinks the wolves would provide homeless folks with a place to stay?

I'm not sure what the age cut off is for "being raised by wolves" is but it might work...

Dr.3D
03-06-2015, 01:48 PM
I'm not sure what the age cut off is for "being raised by wolves" is but it might work...
Yeah, as long as the wolves have some extra room in the den.

Carlybee
03-06-2015, 01:50 PM
So he thinks the wolves would provide homeless folks with a place to stay?


In their bellies?

AuH20
03-06-2015, 01:50 PM
Anyone remember this film? It was about an advanced pack of wolves that fed on the sick, old and homeless in and around New York City....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDv35dDlaag

squarepusher
03-06-2015, 02:07 PM
So he thinks the wolves would provide homeless folks with a place to stay?

"wolf technology and engineering"

Dr.3D
03-06-2015, 02:08 PM
"wolf technology and engineering"
Must be better than Don Young can come up with. I'm surprised he would admit it.

Ronin Truth
03-06-2015, 02:11 PM
How close to extinction is the US wolf population estimated to be now?

How close to extinction is the US homeless population estimated to be now?

AuH20
03-06-2015, 02:23 PM
Homeless people would probably be a really easy meal for a pack of wolves, but humans aren't really considered a part of their regular prey rotation.

http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Wolf-Attack