{"id":26376,"date":"2012-02-12T23:27:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T06:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/sigh-wolves-get-a-bum-rap-again.html"},"modified":"2012-02-13T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T22:31:06","slug":"sigh-wolves-get-a-bum-rap-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/sigh-wolves-get-a-bum-rap-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Sigh. Wolves get a bum rap. Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I get it. Scary predators.  But also predators that are effectively down the predation scale from humans.  So why the need to pump them up as uber-threats in a way that will (assuming the movie has any success) lead to more support for wiping them out? Again.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/newswatch.nationalgeographic.com\/2012\/02\/03\/would-real-wolves-act-like-the-wolves-of-the-grey\/'>Would Real Wolves Act Like the Wolves of \u2018The Grey\u2019?<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe nominal star of The Grey, America\u2019s top-grossing film, is Liam Neeson. The real stars are the hungry wolves that pursue him and his fellow plane-crash survivors through Alaska\u2019s pristine wildernes&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I get it. Scary predators. But also predators that are effectively down the predation scale from humans. So why the need to pump them up as uber-threats in a way that will (assuming the movie has any success) lead to more support for wiping them out? Again. #ddtb Embedded Link Would Real Wolves Act &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/12\/sigh-wolves-get-a-bum-rap-again.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sigh. Wolves get a bum rap. 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