No trapping
I read the front page article on Jan. 25, about Birdie, the dog that was killed in a trap.
Nothing on this planet should be trapped. Animals or humans. What are these idiots trapping? They need to find a new hobby. To set a trap and think that an animal or person could be caught in it for who knows how long and suffering probably a slow painful death is barbaric!
Put yourself in that poor family’s place. What if it was your family pet or child? Sure doesn’t sound like Minnesota Nice to me. Knock it off!
And while I’m on the soap box — whoever installed the roundabouts on College Drive please come back and fill in the manhole covers. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is trying to avoid them while driving and knocking my tires and everything else out of alignment. Have a great day!
Sonja Coleman
Brainerd
More local editorials
As a regular reader of the Dispatch I would like to make a few comments about the editorial page of the newspaper.
I was a member of the Dispatch advisory board a few years ago. We had about eight to 10 members that showed up for the meetings.
Everyone had the opportunity to voice opinions about the Dispatch. We had some spirited discussions about the content of the paper. We all had a chance to express our concerns about making the paper better. It was a fun time listening to the group as they made suggestions to improve the content.
The Brainerd Dispatch has been a great paper for the area and I for one want it to continue to have a positive influence for its readers.
I would like to make a suggestion. Start writing editorials that local people are concerned about. Monday’s editorial by Mike O’Rourke about the food trucks is a prime example.
Ray Gildow had a program on Public TV about Brainerd High School kids getting directions on how to make decisions concerning career choices. It’s a great project, it needs all the publicity it can get. We have drug problems, educational problems, welfare problems, and a host of others.
The paper has a wonderful opportunity to do some positive things about every one of those issues. Don’t waste the chance to bring positive change to many of the problems we are confronted with each day in our area.
Pat Miller
Staples
Don’t tax my care
Please everyone write a letter to your state representatives and state senators concerning the governor wanting to place a tax on everyone’s chiropractic care.
Insurances are enough to deal with concerning their chiropractic limits and what insurances have for their deduct1bles. I for one chiropractic patient feels this tax is a cost chiropractic patients do not need, nor do the chiropractic doctors need for more paperwork.
Chiropractic care has gotten me out of wheelchair, off crutches and the life I am able to live is all a continuous thank you to the wonderful caring chiropractic doctors I have, as the one I did have and the almost 20 years I’ve had, has been without pain medications.
See READER OPINION, Page 7A
I deal with fibromyalgia from injuries that had me a prisoner to my home, so useless, so hopeless, until the right chiropractic care was found for me. How lucky I am it’s been here in this area.
I truly believe the governor needs to be educated about chiropractic care as so many people do. It’s not only about back pain but a whole load of symptoms the spine, muscles and nerves can cause and takes time for the muscles to get the strength to do their job and do their jobs correctly and the nerves relaxed. Ignorance has to stop.
It is absolutely horrible the suffering there is when people can’t afford chiropractic care and when they can’t find any doctor to help. This has to stop.
Please help.
Pat Olson
Nisswa
Comments (13)
Add commentSooner or later FAUX fur will catch on
When trappers gut the critter population .
Every week the MN DNR reports comments from COs on their conversations with trappers who have trapped and killed animals they didnt intend as their targets.
Whoops !
the above is an uneducated individual
a little information for you oh my uneducated friend...there are more fur bearing animals in this county now than there has been in centuries...actually several critters have migrated across this country due to several reasons that include migration, lack of control, DNR introduction.
Every week there are unintended vehicle kills of animals that the driver didnt want to kill...oops. WAY MORE than trappers kill.
Your ignorant comments are whats wrong with this country. You run your pie hole without any knowledge on the subject whatsoever.
There will never be a "lack" of fur bearing critters EVER. The height of trapping occurred during the 1930's-1970's and many people made tons of money. Yet we still have those furry little animals all over the place.
The downfall of the fox in many areas happened when coyotes were introduced. Why? Its factual information that us educated folks have that a canine will hunt and eat a lesser canine. The wolves are doing it tot he coyotes now.
We now have mountain lions all over the place due to not only reintroduction but natural migration. I dont know about you, but I do not want those things anywhere near my children. They have a place and it isnt here.
As for unintended kills...we are, after all an animal, therefore I will mark trappers killing unintended animals as a selected animal in the natural selection process.
nuthin' more need be said....
From a comment above.....
"....actually several critters have migrated across this country due to several reasons that include migration...."
Disagreeable One
It seems your arrogance once again is only superseded by your lack of knowledge and sweeping generalizations.
( = stupidity)
Based on your telling comments " uneducated & ignorant "
REALLY ?
Why dont you enlighten me & others about just 1 critter that seems to become an unintended victim to trappers in MN way too often.( not to mention people pets)
Since you seem to be guided by the KISS principle
will keep this real simple for you since your special , one critter - Fishers.
What has happened to the population of Fishers in MN , why has that happened , and whats the projected future of this species based on what (actual real life experts ) in the field say and what they forecast about their survival ?
Whoops !
cap
Just one critter?? How about libs!!!!
Pharm Boy , Guess Ive never met a liberal with a bunker
So therefore its pretty likely they are not updating their bunker guides to include taking an innocent hostage in there with them since bunkers dont seem a logical solution.
To answer your question after your sky falls , and the bunker mentality folks are still hunkered down ,they will be easy to contain..
( The Japanese learned that the hard way in WWII
think Pacific)
Unfortunately species on this planet become extinct every day . It would be a shame if some mindless "conservative" who cant comprehend Conservation ( among other things)
would continue to kill peoples pets and my favorite wild creature The Fisher.
Maybe they are all over your property ,but Ive only ever seen one in the wild in my neighborhood alive.
Cap
Do you really think a lib would assult a bunker?? Man maybe F&B is right. You smoke the illegal stuff?? & Yes I am a very lucky person. I have 600+ acers of land somebody else owns behind my place so yes I have the pleasure to see Fishers,mink,deer,(turkey's/libs/weasels) & by golly one night was even fortunate to hear(not see) a Lynx I was told. It scared my dog. 2 cats & Me!! I was watering a tree after dark that night. One sound I will never forget!!!
What I was told a bobcat & lynx sound different. I described the sound & was told a lynx.
Here we go again
Trappers, they are bad bad boys. If they wouldn't have come here in the first place it would still be the same as it always was. No liberals. They would have been eaten up quickly because they have never done anything productive. They are like a big blood sucker feasting on the people that made this country something. Now it's back to the trappers. Who by the way keep certain species of animals alive today. So the Coon hunters can run them down with their dogs and watch while the dog rips the thing to pieces. It is never one dog, always a pack like liberals.There would not be any Tweety birds or Grouse if trappers didn't keep the Fisher and Fox thinned down. Same for skunks, except the city people keep them fairly culled by squashing them on the highway. What will you liberals do with out trappers to pound on and pretend you are some animals friend when you live in a house that takes away the habitat these friends of yours need. Why don't you live in a high rise apartment building and save the animals you claim to love?
Natural Selection
Pretty certain thats what the Native peoples who occupied this entire nation inluding this neighborhood used to hope for.
Sounds like the Hudson Bay Company should start recruiting in the Brainerd Lakes area.
Their Ad would read : Attend our fur school learn a new trade before 1758 fades into the past......
captron?
Are you OK? Should I call for an ambulance? The big shame here is Brainerd tore down the nut house and they could really use it now with all the liberals they have. 12.7% unemployment tells it all. Native peoples starved out much of their population every year by the way. And the fur trade did not start with the Hudson Bay Company,
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OK Liberals, just relax. It will be spring soon. You all sound like you have "cabin fever"