SPOKANE, WASHINGTON (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Kelly Susewind, the head of Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, visited Spokane today to field questions and share his concern for protecting cows on Washington’s national forests for generations to come, in spite of wildlife and public opinion challenges.
Based on his remarks, Kelly Susewind sounds like a man with a passionate concern. “Our wild places are there for our rancher’s cows and for our hunters to kill wild things,” he said. “Protecting cows on public lands is the unwritten core mission of WDFW. Our cows define Washington state power in politics in spite of the growing public animus towards our beloved ranchers.”
“We’re at critical point to kill any endangered wolves that get in our way protecting cows grazing on all Americans national forest lands,” said Susewind.
Director Susewind was candid on what is at stake telling the filled room, “We need to pay special attention or our grandkids may not know what it is like to see riparian areas decimated, streams polluted, or be able to play hopscotch on cow patties on hikes in our forests.”
Accompanying Susewind on his appearance in Spokane was his close spiritual advisor, Len “My Holy Cow” McIrvin. McIrvin’s cult, “My Holy Cow,” has a strong following among Washington state politicians and state wildlife leaders, as exposed in recent investigative Seattle Times expose articles.
The first question from the Spokane audience for the new Director was from Len “My Holy Cow” McIrvin’s son, Bill, who asked about the feasibility of moving wolves from Northeast Washington to Canada. Susewind said the agency is starting an environmental review of that proposal, but said it’s unlikely that will happen.
“I don’t know how realistic it is with the feds, to be honest,” he said. “We’ll give it a fair shot to see if it’s realistic. However, we are more comfortable following Len’s recommendation to have our ranchers put out salt blocks near denning and rendezvous sites to assure the Wolf Advisory Group (WAG) is complicit with our ‘kill orders’ to eliminate packs.”
Susewind added, “Our mission to protect cows on public lands gets more challenging each year as more of the public sides with the wolves. Honestly, I can’t tell you how much WDFW appreciates WAG’s conservation members for making our kill orders easier to combat the public outcry.”
The second question to Director Susewind was from wildlife conservationist, Hank Seipp, Executive Director of Western Wildlife Council. He began to ask, “Kelly, if the WRITTEN mission of WDFW is to ‘protect and preserve wildlife’ then how do you justify…”
Before Seipp could finish asking his question, rancher Len McIrvin grabbed Susewind by the arm and directed him out the back exit door into a waiting black Ford F150 driven by state legislator Rep. Joel Kretz.
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