Montana's Two National Embarassments

[douglas9]

Two of Montana’s top Republican elected officials made national news last week — and both for scandalous behavior that left people across the nation asking “what’s wrong with these guys?”

Gov. Greg Gianforte made the news for shooting a Yellowstone National Park mountain lion that had been treed by hounds. Known as Cougar M220, it was first collared by park biologists in 2019 when it was 3.5 years old — and thanks to Gianforte’s predilection for killing collared research wildlife, it won’t get any older.

Since that’s the second collared Yellowstone National Park animal Montana’s governor has shot — the first being a collared wolf that was already caught in a trap — it’s no surprise the reaction to these needless deaths of top predators in the immediate vicinity of Yellowstone is drawing widespread condemnation and revulsion.

No ethical Montana hunter would intentionally shoot a collared animal for one very good reason — because they know the research coming from the collar’s GPS unit is what biologists rely on to responsibly manage the public’s wildlife for the benefit of the ecosystem and the public.


https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/10/montanas-two-national-embarassments/

[Bristlecone]

1. People across the nation are asking, but do the people of MT care?

Voters can correct this. Will they?

[exboyfil]

2. No

They have an R after their name. That is a get out of jail free card.

This clown is also celebrated for assault and battery on a reporter. Doing something that would get you stand your ground justifiably shot if it happened with a black person.