letters
TO THE EDITOR
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE
BACH OFF, NIKE
Imagine the lonesome howl of a wolf
on a starry Eastern Oregon night. Does
it curdle your blood or inspire you? Do
you feel hate or love? Do you want to
kill the wolf or protect it? These are the
extremes and politics of our human-wolf
relationship.
Characteristic of hate, anti-wolf
arguments are based on misunderstanding
and lies. Ranchers decry wolf depredation
of their publicly subsidized cattle and
sheep. Hunters claim more wolves means
fewer deer and elk for them to kill. The truth
is that livestock depredation by wolves is
statistically insignifi cant and, thanks in part
to the wolves, deer and elk populations are
healthy. There is enough for everyone if
everyone could learn to share. But for some
it seems there is never enough.
Congress has just reduced federal
protections that barely allowed wolves to
recover from the brink of extinction. Now
states are killing wolves by the hundreds. If
you think this is bad policy, then get active.
I may never hear a wild wolf howl. But
I can imagine it. And I can imagine each
of us doing something today to ensure
the howl of the wolf, the call of the wild,
forever.
Benton Elliott
Eugene
Thank you, OBF, for not allowing Nike
to get its Mitts on you. We would’ve had
to endure The St. Matthew Knight Passion,
otherwise.
Jeff Albertson
Springfi eld
NEUTER FOR NO KILL
I was taken aback by the title and tone
of Tamara Barnes’ letter about Greenhill
Humane Society’s euthanasia policy.
EXILED
When people marginalize those that
cause them discomfort — especially
when it is done harshly and/or unfairly
— it endangers the shunned individual to
harassment of all kinds like isolation, rape,
kidnapping, getting pimped out, stalking,
getting robbed, home invasion, mental
abuse, assault, etc., etc. Think about this
before you ever marginalize anyone. If it
can happen to one person, it can happen to
ALL OF US. Thinking you are immune to
marginalization is only going to make you
more vulnerable. Just saying …
Nicola Noetic
exiled in Eugene, Oregon
DEATH TO OYSTERS
Every time someone attacks Greenhill
— or any other organization — for doing
the heartbreaking work of cleaning up after
a throwaway society that thoughtlessly
buys, breeds and discards animals, the
puppy millers, breeders and irresponsible
guardians who create the homeless animal
overpopulation crisis get off scot-free. As
a dedicated animal rights activist myself,
I know that the only way to a “no-kill”
nation is to stop bringing more puppies
The kids, groceries, potting soil…
Take it all with you.
Yuba Mundo, Xtracycle, Surly Big Dummy
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and kittens into a world that does not offer
them the chance for a home. Pointing a
fi nger at Greenhill does nothing to help
the animals suffering today and won’t
stop animals from having to be euthanized
tomorrow. The only way to stop euthanasia
is mandatory spaying and neutering and a
full-scale ban on breeding — a fact that
Barnes’ letter, unfortunately, ignored.
Curtis Taylor
Eugene
Like the three proverbial monkeys who
see, hear or speak no evil, those who deny
that man is causing global warming are
becoming the very defi nition of the word
“denier.”
They deny the 41 million acres of trees
killed by overwintering pine beetles. They
deny the 4,000 heat records set this year.
They deny the record 35-1 ratio of heat to
cold records. They deny that the waters of
Washington State, “the oyster capital of the
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JULY 19, 2012
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