1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. Do 5 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: naked mole rats hold the key to the fountain of youth? 6 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: It sounds incredible, but it just might be true. Scientists 7 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: working at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: are trying to figure out why naked mole rats are 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,319 Speaker 1: the Methuselahs of mice. Methuselah, for those of you who 10 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: skip Sunday school, is the oldest person in the Bible. 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: He was taken to heaven at the ripe old age 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: of nine hundred and sixty nine, and naked more rats 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: aren't too far off. While your average rat might live 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: one or two years, naked mole rats can live as 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: many as thirty. To put that in human perspective, if 16 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: home sapiens had a cousin with that kind of longevity, 17 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: they'd lived to be about four hundred and fifty in 18 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: human years. One University of Cambridge scientists told the BBC 19 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: that he's never seen a more rat die of natural causes. 20 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: In captivity, they're more likely to die in a fight 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: with another more rat than of any kind of disease. 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: In the wild, snakes are their biggest concern. Their habitat 23 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: in underground burrows helps them avoid cold and rain, But 24 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: scientists say these amazing little creatures don't exhibit signs of aging. 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 1: Even when naked mole rats get older, they don't appear 26 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: to experience significant changes in cardiac function, body composition, bone quality, 27 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: or metabolism. If humans were like naked mole rats, we'd 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: also be immune to cancer. It's unclear whether this is 29 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: the result of their genetics or their environment, but scientists 30 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: are understandably curious. Some think naked mole rats have an 31 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: anti cancer mechanism called cellular senescence. This is an evolutionary 32 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: adaptation that prevents damaged cells from multiplying and turning into cancer. 33 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: Another theory suggests that naked more rats secrete a complex 34 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: quote super sugar that stops cells from clumping together and 35 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 1: forming tumors. Still another theory suggests that the naked mole 36 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: rats and micro environment is preventing the disease. That'd be 37 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 1: like a nature versus nurture situation. Whatever is causing their longevity. 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: I think I speak for everyone when I say that 39 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: I hope the cure for cancer doesn't make us all 40 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: look like naked mole rats. These little gritters look a 41 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: bit like a small sausage wrapped in the skin from 42 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: your grandpa's bald head, you know, like when you really 43 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: squints at you. They have faces like Voldemort, they don't 44 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: have eyes to speak of, and they chew with four 45 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: outsized buck teeth. The good news, unlike a lot of 46 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: the animals we cover on this podcast, is that naked 47 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: mole rats aren't threatened or endangered. In fact, some studies 48 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: suggests that they may help their local ecosystem. They live 49 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: in burrows and colonies underneath the semi arid grasslands in 50 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: eastern Africa. One recent study found that these burrows might 51 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: help biodiversity by excavating the soil, bring nutrients to the 52 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: surface and allowing water to penetrate deeper underground. Will naked 53 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: mole rats allow our grandchildren to live to be four 54 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: and fifty. Maybe maybe not, But in the meantime, we 55 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: can keep learning about one of the coolest and uh 56 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: you know, take some mother, the loveliest critters on the planet, 57 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: the Boy who Come to Die. This week, we've got 58 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: foreign affairs legislation, ancient man, and so much more. But 59 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: first I'm gonna tell you about my week, and my 60 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: week well it's been packed. I'm currently writing to you 61 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: from sixty degree mosquitoes are out, Arkansas, where I was 62 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: hosted by the Whittaker family to try my hand at 63 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: real green timber Arkansas raised your back suit duck hunting 64 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: my biggest surprise of the week. It's gorgeous. Those flooded 65 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: woods are beautiful as the sun comes up. Super fun 66 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: and you'll see this one on a future waterfowl episode 67 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: at the meat eater dot Com. I guess my second 68 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: biggest surprise Arkansas is Tamali country. Been pigging out on 69 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: homemade duck Tomali's who knew? I didn't? Oh One more thing. 70 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: The dogs use tree stands. That's a fun one. Take 71 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: an old climbing tree stands sticking on a tree so 72 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: the dog can have a spot out of the water. Yeah, 73 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: new one on me. I was thinking the other day. 74 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: Arkansas is such white tail country that even the Labrador 75 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: retrievers use tree stands. Squirrel all right, tons to cover 76 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: Montanas or folks who like to hunt elk or hunt 77 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: in general in Montana, perk up your ears. No person's 78 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: hunting opportunity is safe when the state legislature is in session. 79 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: If you care about the future of wildlife management and 80 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: our access to the great outdoors, please join us at 81 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: the Montana Capitol Building on Tuesday, January at eleven thirty 82 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: in the a m for Elk Camp at the Capitol. 83 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: Celebrate the legacy and share the future. This is our 84 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: day to remind lawmakers that Montana seeks solutions, not conflict, 85 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: to improve wildlife management, public access, and are cherished hunting opportunities. 86 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 1: You can r s v P at www dot Montana, 87 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: elk dot org. There's complementary bus transportation available from Billings, Bozeman, Livingstone, 88 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: and Missoula. Again, if you care about the future of 89 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: wildlife management and our access to the great outdoors, make 90 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: some time be there. It's a rally. You can wear 91 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: your hunting guard bs with hunter talk about the issues 92 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: that are going on right now in the great state 93 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: of Montana, and we'll take care of the transportation. Be there, 94 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: let your voice be heard. Now is the time to 95 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: make it happen. Moving on to a packed foreign affairs desk, 96 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: The state of Western Australia has banned recreational fishing of 97 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: demersal fish species for six months out of the year. Now. 98 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: If you like to play scrabble with your grandma like 99 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: I do, demercial would be a great word to remember. 100 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: Demersal fish are bottom feeding species that include popular recreational 101 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: fish like grouper, snapper and do fish. Fisheries Minister Don 102 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: Punch told the reporters that the band is designed to 103 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: help avoid a complete closure of the fishery. This is 104 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: about the sustainability of this fish for the future and 105 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: if we don't act now, if we don't put these 106 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: measures in place, then we may well be facing a 107 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,239 Speaker 1: much more challenging situation in two or three years time 108 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: that could even lead to the closure of the fishery. 109 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: The new band closes the fishery to recreational anglers from 110 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: February to March, from August to the beginning of September 111 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: and October school holidays and the end of the school 112 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: holidays until December beginning on February one. The new rags 113 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: also impose a limit of four demersal fish per boat. 114 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: The original plan released last year called for a nine 115 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: month closure of the fishery, but recreational anglers are still 116 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: understandably upset. Charter boats and the accompanying restaurants, hotels and 117 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: tackle shops make up a huge part of the coastal 118 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: economy on Western Australia's eight thousand miles of coastline. While 119 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: many agree that the long term health of the fishery 120 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: needs to be protected, they would have liked to see 121 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: bag limits reduced as opposed to a total fishery closure. 122 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: Hunters in France are also facing new restrictions, but it 123 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: doesn't look like those new rags will be as bad 124 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: as some had feared. Hunting has become a point of 125 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: contention in France following several accidental shootings over the last 126 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: few years. Anti hunting activists had hoped for a total 127 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: hunting ban on Sundays, but it doesn't look like Prime 128 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: Minister Emmanuel Macron is ready to alienate that many rural 129 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: constituents quite yet. The Ecology Minister announced proposed reforms that 130 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: would outlaw hunting under the influence of alcohol and drugs 131 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: and provide extra protections for walkers and residents. In areas 132 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: used by hunters. In case you're wondering, and I know 133 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: you are consuming alcohol and drugs while hunting in the 134 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: United States is not a game violation in many states, however, 135 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: discharging a firearm while under the influence will land you 136 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: in jail pretty darn quick. It's also worth pointing out that, 137 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: just like in the US, hunting is safer than it's 138 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: ever been in France. Hunting accidents have declined over the 139 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: past twenty years, but the accidents that do occur are 140 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: widely publicized. Moving across the channel, England's Labor Party, which 141 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,719 Speaker 1: they like to spell l A B O you are, 142 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: is calling for stricter laws surrounding fox hunting. Fox hunting 143 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: has been banned in England and Wales since two thousand four, 144 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: but simulated hunts still occur throughout the country. A sock 145 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: placed with fox urine is dragged through the woods and 146 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: the dogs follow the scent until they reached the trails end. 147 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: Trail hunting, as this has come to be called, is 148 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: a sad substitute for the real thing, but it allowed 149 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: hunting clubs to retain their infrastructure, hounds, and some of 150 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: their traditions. Anyway, the anti hunting contingent in England's Parliament 151 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: isn't satisfied with the current ban. They claim some clubs 152 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: are using trail hunting as a smoke screen for actual 153 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: fox hunts, and they say there haven't been enough convictions 154 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: under the two thousand four bill. Even though trail hunting 155 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: was billed as an acceptable substitute back in two thousand four, 156 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: anti hunting activists now want to ban the sport as well. 157 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: Staying in jolly old England, the former head gamekeeper to 158 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: the Earl of Shaftsbury found himself in hot water recently 159 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: after officials raided his home and found dead buzzards and poison. 160 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: Paul Allen pleaded guilty to seven wildlife related offenses after 161 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,199 Speaker 1: police discovered six dead buzzards, the remains of three more buzzards, 162 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: and bottles of cyanide and Strict nine, which kind of 163 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: takes the mystery out of the old Arthur Conan Doyle's 164 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: you know mystery novels. When everyone has Strict nine and 165 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: Cyanide around, it's like there's bound to be a murder. 166 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: The donut hole has a hole in its center. It 167 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: is not a donut hole, but a small a donut 168 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: with its own hole anyway. They had launched an investigation 169 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: following the discovery of a dead red kite near the 170 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: Earl's home. A dead rat was also found near the body, 171 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: and officials believed the rat was laced with the poison 172 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: in an attempt to kill the kite. As all good 173 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,239 Speaker 1: British gamekeepers know, buzzards and kites kill and eat partridges 174 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 1: and pheasants, which gamekeepers are charged with protecting. Alan had 175 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: apparently been trying to keep his game birds safe by 176 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: removing birds of prey from the landscape. While Upland hunters 177 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: can sympathize with Alan's mindset, killing predatory birds is illegal 178 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: in pretty much every country with well managed wildlife populations. 179 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: No surprise here that the gamekeeper is getting the shafts 180 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: bury on this one, and not the Earl himself. Over 181 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: in Sweden, hunters have embarked on the country's biggest wolf 182 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: cull in recent history, and the European Union isn't happy. 183 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: Swedish wildlife officials concluded that hunters can take seventy five 184 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: wolves from a total population of about four hundred and sixty. 185 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: The hunt began on January second and runs through the 186 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: end of the month, hunters can take wolves in several 187 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: areas where they've been deemed to pose a risk to farmers, livestock, 188 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: and residents. Opponents of the hunt say that removing so 189 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: many wolves will threaten the entire population. They argue that 190 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: the number of wolves will drop during the winter anyway, 191 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: and the isolated population isn't genetically diverse enough to withstand 192 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: the blow. Political reports that these activists are hoping the 193 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: European Union will step in to stop future hunts. The 194 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency argues that it only needs to 195 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: keep its population above three hundred to avoid running a 196 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: foul of EU laws, but the Union has twice sent 197 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: formal warnings to Sweden over its wolf calls. The EU 198 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: has stopped short of referring the country to the Court 199 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: of Justice, but they say they're monitoring the situation closely. 200 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: Wolves have been extinct in Japan since nineteen o five, 201 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: but the small island nation is facing another set of 202 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: wildlife challenges, some of which will sound familiar to those 203 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: of us. In North America. Rural depopulation, urban sprawl, and 204 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: an aging hunter class has increased human wildlife conflict and 205 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in agricultural damage, 206 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: while boar and deer are the main culprits. But according 207 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: to a great report in the Japan Times, residents are 208 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: turning to technology to address these issues. Hunting drones, for example, 209 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: are fitted with speakers that play the sound of dogs 210 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: barking too scared deer and pigs within range of hunters shotguns. 211 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: Some drones are even outfitted with fireworks in case the 212 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: dog sounds aren't scary enough. Other farmers have dispatched a 213 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: robot whose name translates in English to monster wolf. This 214 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: contraption looks a bit like one of those werewolf costumes 215 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: on wheels. It has red eyes, a shaggy gray coat, 216 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: and the wheelbase is covered in foliage. It's apparently pretty effective, 217 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: so much so that the inventor is now working with 218 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: carmaker Suzuki to produce a four wheeled mobile version of 219 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: the mechanical beast called the Wolf Mover that can patrol 220 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: designated areas autonomously. Japan has been wars to resort to 221 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: technological solutions, in part because their hunter population has shrunk 222 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: an aged significantly after peaking at five eighteen thousand and 223 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy five, the total number of hunters in Japan 224 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: is now only about two hundred thousand, and six are 225 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: over the age of sixty. Now listen up, Japanese listeners, 226 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: if you're needing some younger legs to go after deer 227 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: and bore. I have an idea. One of those drones 228 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: costs about twelve thousand dollars, but a plane ticket from Bozeman, 229 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: Montana to Tokyo is only about two thousand. So for 230 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: all of my Japanese listeners again, if anyone wants to 231 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: fly me out to Japan, host me for you know, 232 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, I'd be happy to offer my services, 233 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: but that you get the head, the tail, the whole 234 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: damn thing. Will end today's Foreign Affairs desk with a 235 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: story we've been tracking closely over the last few years. 236 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: Italy is facing a serious wild boar problem. Pigs have 237 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: been feasting on garbage, disrupting traffic, and stealing panini's from 238 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: partgoers in Rome. Officials have hoped that the growing wolf 239 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: population can keep the pigs in check, but now Italy's 240 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: ruling coalition wants to let human predators in on the action. 241 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: By loosening hunting regulations in urban areas. The measure was 242 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: included in the country's draft two thousand twenty three budget, 243 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: and it would allow the capture and culling of wild 244 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: animals and protected areas by wildlife officials and licensed private hunters. 245 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: The farmer's lobby welcomed the proposal, but Green Party leaders 246 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: abowed to fight it. They say it goes against the 247 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: Italian Constitution and EU nature conservation rules. I have to 248 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: think that the country that invented purshudo, panchetta and lardo 249 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: pig hunting would be kind of a national sport. Maybe 250 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: city pigs that live on garbage are slightly less appetizing, 251 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: but it's hard to go wrong with cured meat. Moving 252 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: on to the ancient history desk, archaeologists at Oregon State 253 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: University have uncovered what they say are the oldest known 254 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: projectile points in North America. Thanks to Carl Kaufman for 255 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: sending this one in the thirteen full and fragmentary projectile 256 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: points were discovered in Idaho and arranged from about a 257 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: half an inch to two inches long. Carbon fourteen dating 258 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: indicates that that these points are roughly fifteen thousand seven 259 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: hundred years old. That's about three thousand years older than 260 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: the Clovis fluted points found throughout North America and twenty 261 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: three hundred years older than the points previously found at 262 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: the same Cooper's Ferry site along the Salmon River. The 263 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: slender projectile points are characterized by two distinct ends, one 264 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: sharpened and one stemmed, as well as a symmetrical beveled shape. 265 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: It looked at head on. They were likely attached to darts, 266 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: and the leader of the research team says they could 267 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: have been used to hunt both large and small game. 268 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: These projectile points are similar to other points found in Hokkaido, Japan, 269 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: dating to sixteen thousand to twenty thousand years ago. Their 270 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: presence in Idaho adds more detail to the hypothesis that 271 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: there are early genetic and cultural connections between the Ice 272 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: Age peoples of Northeast Asia and North America. It's also 273 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: another nail in the coffin to what's known as the 274 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: Clovis First theory. According to this theory, the first people 275 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: groups in the Americas came across the Bearing Land Bridge 276 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: around thirteen thousand years ago. They could be identified by 277 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,479 Speaker 1: their signature stone points, which we now know as Clovis points, 278 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: but over the last few decades that timeline has been 279 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: pushed back farther and farther sites were found in the 280 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: America's dating between fourteen thousand and eighteen thousand years ago, 281 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: and the latest site, known as the Hartley Site, claims 282 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: to have found evidence of humans dating back thirty seven 283 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: thousand years. These new projectile points don't seem to be 284 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: quite that old, but they definitely predate Clovis. If you 285 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: want to learn more, you can check out the article 286 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: and the journal Science Advances. And another groundbreaking piece of 287 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: anthropology and independent researcher in London claims to have discovered 288 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: the first examples of writing in the history of Homo sapiens. 289 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: These Ice age cave drawings appear to record the mating 290 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: seasons of animals, broken down into lunar months. They record 291 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: and predict seasonal information to determine the times when animals 292 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: would be most vulnerable, such as during the rut. They 293 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: were essentially using cave paintings like we use trail cameras today, 294 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: which is pretty stink and cool. Cave paintings frequently depict 295 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: recognizable animals, but many during the European Upper Paleolithic period 296 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: also include hash marks, dots, and y shaped markings. Archaeologists 297 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: have noted these markings and they've assumed that they were 298 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 1: used as some kind of memory device, but until now 299 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: they haven't known exactly what those markings mean. Ben Bacon, 300 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: a furniture conservator based in London, noticed these markings while 301 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: admiring images of European cave art, and he started to 302 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: develop a or. Working with archaeologists at Durham University and 303 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: the University College of London, he analyzed a database of 304 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: more than eight hundred of these images and discovered a 305 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: pattern that no one had ever noticed before. He realized 306 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: that there are never more than thirteen lines or dots 307 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: in any image, which suggests that they denote lunar months. 308 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: He also hypothesized that the y symbol, which is one 309 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: of the most frequently occurring signs in Paleolithic non figurative art, 310 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: has the meaning to give birth. When they tested their 311 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: theory against the database, they found quote a remarkable degree 312 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: of correlation between the lunar months indicated by the lines 313 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 1: and dots, and the mating and birthing behaviors of the 314 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: animals depicted they conclude, quote, our data indicate that the 315 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: purpose of this system of associating animals with calendar information 316 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: was to record and convey seasonal behavior information about specific 317 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: prey taxa in the geographical regions of concern. If this 318 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: theory holds water, which is a big if it could 319 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: represent the first examples of Homo sapien writing and demonstrate 320 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: that these ancient humans were quote as cognitively advanced as 321 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: we are, big shock, and that they are fully modern humans. 322 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: Bacon told, they'll let motherboard if it turns out that 323 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: hunters invented writing to help themselves be successful, I honestly 324 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: won't be surprised. The hunters I know are all obsessive 325 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: enough to create a groundbreaking new technology if it gives 326 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: them an edge in the tree stand. I don't know 327 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: why our ancient ancestors would be any different. Here's just 328 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: some like thinking I've been doing on topics such as this. 329 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: It's generally accepted that modern humans appeared two hundred thousand 330 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: years ago. Our first mistake. For some reason, when talking 331 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: about humans, we like to think that the modern form 332 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: just showed up through a magical evolutionary process that evolves 333 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: to a point and then all of a sudden, at 334 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: that point it spits out the new form, and that 335 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: new form this until the next one pops out, being 336 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: you know, kind of like the microwave going off and 337 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: your popcorn kernels have transformed from little yellow seeds to 338 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: fluffy white pillows. Never mind the fact that both gets 339 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: stuck in your teeth. It's odd to me that we 340 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: don't presuppose that ancient humans wouldn't keep tabs on the 341 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: natural world in such a basic way as to note 342 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: when babies show up. Childbirth is a big deal. It 343 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: was then two Now. I don't know that for a fact, 344 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: but I kind of do. Now. Think about this t 345 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 1: Rex Tyrannosaurus Rex, the big dinosaur that we love to 346 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: talk about, lived on this planet for as long as 347 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: possibly three and a half million years. The super popular 348 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: sport fish, the tarpan. They have been on this planet 349 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: in the form that we know them today for possibly 350 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: as long as eighteen million years. Now. I'm not entirely 351 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: sure why I think it's important enough to tell you this, 352 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: other than when I'm out in the woods, I just 353 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: absorb everything. I'm constantly taking mental notes of my surroundings 354 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: and thinking back to this time last year. Was it 355 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: like this? Am I seeing the same stuff? Why is 356 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: this this way? Why are the birds flying that way? 357 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: And maybe that type of thinking is because in context 358 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: to the turpin as just another long lived species, but 359 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: one that's been here more than the blink of an 360 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: eye that we modern humans have. I'm thinking in this way. 361 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: I'm taking these notes because we've got a lot to 362 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: learn about the natural world and we've got a long 363 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: way to go. Moving on to the legislative desk, state 364 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: legislatures are back in session, which means it's time to 365 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 1: start tracking the hunting, fishing, and public land bills in 366 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: your state. I'll do my best to stay on top 367 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: of everything, but if you see something you think we 368 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: need to address, send it over to a s k 369 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: C A L. Let's ask out to me to eater 370 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: dot com. First up, in Wisconsin, lawmakers on the state's 371 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: Finance Committee are blocking what would be the largest land 372 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: conservation effort in Wisconsin history. The Conservation Fund is a 373 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: national environmental conservation group. They bought seventy acres of private 374 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: forest land across northern Wisconsin in two thousand twenty one 375 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: and called it the Pelican River forest. They want to 376 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: set it aside for recreational use, but they also plan 377 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: to allow ongoing logging and commercial activities a k a. A. 378 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: Working forest. Lawmakers are objecting to the plan because they 379 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: say that the agreement means that the land can never 380 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: be developed in the future, which I think most supporters 381 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: of the Pelican River Forest would say is exactly the point. 382 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: We don't have a list of every legislator on the 383 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: Joint Finance Committee who blocked the project, but Republican Senator 384 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: Mary Felskowski has made her opposition public. She argues that 385 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: conserving these parcels takes them off the tax role. She 386 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: also told Wisconsin Public Radio that the northern part of 387 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: the state already has lots of public land and that 388 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: local governments are worried about a lack of space to 389 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: build new housing. The Pelican River Forest includes sixty eight 390 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: miles of streams and twenty seven thousand acres of forested 391 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: wetlands straddling the divide between the Lake Superior and Mississippi 392 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: River basins. Some of this land will continue to be 393 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: logged and contribute to the tax roles, but Felskowski says 394 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 1: the tax rates are lower than if the land remained 395 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: entirely under private ownership. If you live in Wisconsin, it's 396 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: time to put down your old fashioned and your brought 397 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: worst and get involved in this one. The project can't 398 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: move forward until the Joint Finance Committee schedules a meeting 399 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: with the d n R to discuss the proposal, but 400 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: so far they've refused to schedule that meeting. Get in 401 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: touch with the members of the Joint Finance Committee and 402 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: let them know what you think. You can find their 403 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 1: contact info on the Wisconsin State Legislature's website or are 404 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: by going to the meat eater dot com forward slash cow. 405 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: In Connecticut, HB five zero seven seven would allow sunday 406 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: hunting on all state public land. Current regulations only allow 407 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: archery deer hunting on Sundays, and this must take place 408 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: at least forty yards away from blazed hiking trails. There 409 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: are a handful of states that still don't allow sunday 410 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: hunting on public and private land. All of these states 411 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: are on the Eastern Seaboard and include Maine, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. 412 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: If you live in one of these states, be on 413 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: the lookout for bills similar to this one from Connecticut 414 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: They get introduced every year, and they just need enough 415 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: support from you to get them across the finish line. 416 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: In North Dakota, HB one would prohibit the state Game 417 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: and Fish Department from banning baiting deer for lawful hunting. 418 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: Even though the state's Chronic Wasting Disease Plan calls for 419 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: baiting bands in certain instances, this bill would strip that 420 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: authority be from the biologists at the North Dakota Game 421 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: and Fish It's true that c w D spreads even 422 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: in areas where baiting is prohibited, and baiting bands alone 423 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: won't stop c w D, and I know it's frustrating 424 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: when hunters lose that strategy to bag deer. At the 425 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: same time, we know that baiting unnaturally congregates deer, it 426 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: unnaturally shrinks their home ranges, increases home range overlap, and 427 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: condenses feeding areas, which is why the North Dakota Game 428 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: and Fish Department, as well as many many, many other 429 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: Game and Fish departments, wants the authority to band baiting 430 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: in certain areas when they deem it necessary now. Even 431 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: though we know that baiting associated behavior helps spread disease 432 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: and not just chronic wasting disease, People still say stuff 433 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: like yeah, but you know, dear follow each other around 434 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: and deer use licking branches and deer sniff each other 435 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: during the rut. So why stop baiting? Well, it's real simple. Uh, 436 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: it's because we can. That's something we can do, and 437 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: we can't ask dear to quit licking each other, right, 438 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: I mean we can, but they're not going to do it. 439 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 1: It's something we can do. It's a tool that we 440 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: can manipulate amongst a bunch of other things that we 441 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: just cannot. It's pretty darn simple when you think about it. Now, 442 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: if that tool doesn't work, phishing game can turn that 443 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: tool back on. But if you give that job to 444 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: the state legislature, well, laws are much harder to change 445 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: than regulations, as old Jim Heffelfinger pointed out in a 446 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: great article for the n r A S Hunters Leadership. 447 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: For him, the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act 448 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: was supported by virtually every conservation organization, including the National 449 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: Rifle Association. It doesn't make much sense to support more 450 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: funding for cw D management if are going to hamstring 451 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: our game and phish agencies from managing. That's just my 452 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: two cents If you'd like to weigh a M and 453 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: I encourage you to do so, look up house Bill one. 454 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: It's a very short read. Or visit the meat Eater 455 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: dot com forward slash cow. That's all I've got for 456 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: you this week. Thank you so much for listening, and 457 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: remember to write in to a s k C. A L. 458 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: That's asked Cal at the meat Eater dot com to 459 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: let me know what's going on in your neck of 460 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: the woods. And don't forget to go to www dot 461 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: steel Dealers dot com. Do find a local, knowledgeable steel 462 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: dealer near you. They'll get you set up with what 463 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: you need and they won't try to send you home 464 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: with what you don't. Thanks again and i'll talk to 465 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: you next week.