Undue Burden: The real cost of living with wolves
There is brand new documentary film about the plight of Americans beset by government-dumped wolves, Undue Burden. It tells the story of regular, law-abiding citizens powerless to halt government-protected wolves from killing their livestock and pets, stalking their children, and destroying the livability of their communities and private properties.
Undue Burden is a shocking, gritty, graphic, and real. Not a Hollywood production, Undue Burden is short on glitter, long on honesty. The folks interviewed are just like you and me, shy in front of the camera, but they convey a story of oppression and hurt that is medieval and absolutely unconscionable in our modern society.
The villains are the radical anti-humanist urban eco-elite and a despicable US Fish and Wildlife Service. They are not interviewed, refusing all offers and requests to present their twisted side.
The victims sit in plain dress in their own homes and tell a harrowing tale of a government gone mad with malice and greed.
Numerous wolves are filmed, and it is readily apparent that the animals are not pure wolves but hybridized wolf-dogs, though just as vicious and deadly as the real thing. The wolf-dogs kill for sport. They are human-habituated. They do not fear man; instead they stalk to kill men, women, and especially children. They also sport-kill elk, and are extirpating local herds.
No one in America should have to endure attacks by killer wolf-dogs in their yards, at their school bus stops, in their school playgrounds. Children as young as 3 years old are suffering nightmares and other symptoms of clinical Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The role of government should be to protect the citizenry from deadly predators, not to breed and release killers in our midst.
Undue Burden tells the story of real people, nice people, our neighbors, suffering relentless depredations at the hands of an insane, belligerent, and hate-filled Federal government.
It is a very powerful documentary, and must viewing for everyone who cares about this country, about wildlife, and about our fellow human beings.
Undue Burden was written, produced, and directed by Mr. Bruce Hemming, a hunter, fisherman, and rural resident of North Dakota. The documentary is filmed largely in New Mexico. Mr. Hemming did his homework, and found historical records of over 100 people killed by wolves in the U.S. His anger leaks in here and there, but it is more than justified.
Undue Burden may be purchased [here]. A DVD costs $25, a small amount to defray the costs of production. Additional donations are welcome.
Pictures tell a thousand words. No writer can express the emotion and reality of the situation better than this film does. Undue Burden is a very important documentary. Get a copy and show it to your friends.
A year ago Catron County, NM, enacted County Ordinance 001-2007:
directed at the removal of documented habituated, fearless, and aggressive wolves. Upon documented evidence of physical and/or psychological effects by medical and/or mental health professionals, the Catron County Commission will issue a dispatch order and demand the immediate removal of the identified offending wolf by US Fish and Wildlife Service, and USDA Wildlife Service. If the offending wolf is not removed within 24 hours, the commission shall direct the County Wolf Interaction Investigator to remove the wolf immediately through the dispatch order.
see Wolf Crossing [here]
The purchase link for Undue Burden is:
http://www.prosts.com/Documentary-Undue-Burden.htm
by Erin
Every American should see this film!!! Get it today.
by Sarah
Bruce is a complete nutjob, his youtube and this proves it. He doesn’t look at the logic at all, just makes wolves look like killing machines. There is no studies, only stories.
If you want correct information I wouldn’t watch this video. Its like saying buy this product that doesn’t work and you know it doesn’t work because a fan told you to.
Sarah,
I know Mr. Hemming, and he is anything but a complete nutjob. He has done extensive scholarly, historical studies of wolf-human interactions.
In Undue Burden, however, the subject is the effect that wolves have on human beings (men, women, and children) who live with wolves in their midst today.
Some of those interviewed in Undue Burden are also friends of mine, and I can vouch for their integrity, authenticity, and intelligence. The story they convey is real, not embellished, honest and straightforward.
It may not be Disneyesque, but Undue Burden is real, which is what a documentary should be.
by Sarah
Maybe on the outside, but have you seen his youtube? He is scary stuff. People usually say what’s really on their minds on the internet, because it is not face to face, there is no boundary when it comes to your thoughts.
I don’t doubt one bit that Undue Burden is real, but I believe its over exaggerated. If it was really as horrifying as Mister Hemming describes in his article, in the reviews for his video, and people were being killed as much as they supposedly are, I do believe the media would be on it over exaggerating it even more.
Look at Mister Bruce Buckshot Hemming’s actual website, see how much of a wolf, and animal lover he is, as well as how much he cares about wildlife.
There is just many pieces to the puzzle that either don’t fit or are missing. I’m sure many people will disagree with that, including Bruce himself and his fans, but its just what I believe.
by YPmule
Sarah - do you live in wolf country? Do you have wolves chasing your animals? Have you had a wolf challenge you in your own driveway? We have experienced all that here in central Idaho. I have not seen the film, but plan to order it. From our personal experiences of having a pack of wolves living around our town for the last 3 years, I can assure you that wolves are NOT afraid of humans! Wolves are “killing machines” - nature intended it - they are the top of the line predators.
I don’t appreciate you “pooh-poohing” people’s personal experiences if you are not part of the picture.
by Sarah
Really? I live in Idaho too. I find it so funny anyways that people think just because you don’t currently live in an area with wolves you don’t know anything about them and you’re purely an idiot. I mean really, that’s all you have to back up your story and excuses?
I’ve lived with wolfdogs, for two years in fact, the only reason we don’t still live with them is because my mother isn’t able enough to care for them anymore. I’m not dead, they never escaped, and we lived in an area full of people, and it was actually illegal that we owned them.
Yeah, I was attacked and bit maybe three times, but did I go cry in the corner and hate wolves forever? No, it was MY mistake, and mine alone. The one I remember was I was on my back smiling at our alpha wolfdog, I was submitting, and showing my teeth, a threat. So he bit me in the face and I bled from my nose. Yeah, I was scared, but I learned didn’t I? I didn’t go yelling off of rooftops that wolves are all demonic and servants of the devil and anyone who wants to protect them is a cold blooded murderer and should get off the planet ect.
I have lived with wolves dear sir/man, so maybe you should rethink what you’re talking about. Idaho just needs some wildlife safety classes on wolves, did you go running and screaming into the house at that wolf? That would activate its predator instinct, but if you backed away slowly without making eye contact at the wolf and went back into your house I’m positive you’d be fine.
Many of these wolf attacks I’m sure are from fast moving objects or people running away screaming acting like an idiotic injured animal.
So yes, I am part of the picture, and I will continue “pooh-poohing” people’s illogical stories until I die, and that’s a very long time so you better get used to it.
If you have your animal properly contained and actually protect and shelter it, you’ll be fine. A wooden fence blocks visual and physical contact from a wolf, and a wolf won’t be jumping a big wooden fence. You can also secure your yard as if you had a wolfdog, as a wolf can’t get in or out.
Really its just excuses excuses, research wolves, and be a good pet owner.
You Idahoans genuinely piss me off so sorry if I really got out of hand there, I was born in oregon so I guess I really don’t fit in with rude people.
by YPmule
Sarah, I see it is impossible to have a reasonable discussion via the internet. Your experiences were with wolf/dog hybrids. Our experiences are with actual wild wolves. I think there is a big difference, could you agree with that? We also know quite a bit about wolf/dog hybrids and they are totally different animals.
To answer your accusations, we are not flatlanders, and have always lived in harmony with the local wildlife. Protecting our animals from solitary predators like big cats and bears is a way of life in the mountains.
Since you are saying a person should read up and get educated, perhaps you would be interested in reading this study:
Mark E. McNay. 2002. Case History of Wolf-Human Encounters in Alaska and Canada. Alaska Dept. Fish, Game, and Wildlife Tech. Bull. 13. [here] (2.1MB)
We have a lot of incidences of curious yearling pups investigating people and taking pets when they can. They are not elusive mystical creatures, they are top of the line predators. We are seeing all the progressive signs of habituation: following, stalking, approaching, and taking of pets from yards.
So please take your own advice and get educated.
Ed Note: Please also see Predicting Predator Attacks on Humans [here] and When Do Wolves Become Dangerous to Humans? [here], both by by Dr. Valerius Geist, Ph.D.
For more about the individuals in the film and their struggles with wolves, see Wolf Crossing [here]