Do you know how many gray wolves remain in North Dakota? As a result of so few packs of gray wolves left, there is no accurate total of how many still survive. The gray wolf has resulted in a threatened species as a consequence of predator-control eliminating them and destroying their habitat. Supposedly, they are killing too many livestock so predator-control is aiming additionally towards gray wolves. Though not commonly seen, gray wolves, usually mistaken for coyotes, are located everywhere in North Dakota.
Sadly, many Americans believe that losing the wolves would not be a bad thing for the prey’s sake, but in all reality losing the wolves would be devastating. One major thing that is present in all ecosystems, the place in which animals live, is a trophic cascade. A trophic cascade is explained in the essay as a “sequence of impacts down the food chain” (578). Hannibal gives the reader this example: “…In Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park … wolves were virtually wiped out in the 1920’s and reintroduced in the ‘90s. Since the wolves have come back, scientists have noted an unexpected improvement in many of the park’s degraded stream areas”
Losing Oregon’s wolves is one of our biggest tragedies. Which is why, Oregon should reintroduce wolves. There is a saying about wolf country that some people may like. It was written by a great philosopher, writer, forester and former supervisor for Carson National Forest in New Mexico, named Aldo Leopold. For he once said, “Those unable to decipher the hidden meaning know nevertheless that it is there, for it is felt in all wolf country, and distinguishes that country from all other land.
The focus groups will be structured to gather information that can be used to develop a successful educational campaign on wolf reintroduction that people will want to support. Topics for the groups should include methods of wolf kills, livestock and domestic animal losses by wolves, societal pressures to oppose reintroduction, and historically negative views perpetuated about wolves over the years. Data should also be collected on land use and its effects on wolf populations. Effects on the natural ecosystem due to a lack of top-level predator species like wolves is important to include in this research project. It is important to show the connection of wolves and the health of lesser predators and the animals they feed on.
There is a lot of legislation and planning that must be done before a project like reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone can be implemented. There are many issues that have to be carefully considered and taken into account; one of the major issues that stops rewilding projects taking place is human attitudes to reintroductions of top carnivores, such as wolves. One particular issue raised by local residents was that the wolves would predate their livestock (FWS, 1994), one of the main reasons wolves were extirpated from the Yellowstone area originally was the conflicts with livestock (FWS, 1994). However, there is reliable data that suggest wolves very rarely predate livestock (Fritts, 1984). This has since been found to be true, in the Yellowstone
I'm a 20-year-old Right-Wing Activist from Raleigh, North Carolina, and I'm trying to spearhead a new political movement called Wolfsanglism. Currently working with only 6 regular members, I'm hoping to attract a wider audience in the coming months. The philosophy can be simplified as progressive nationalism meets traditional environmentalism. Wolfsanglism is in the strictest sense an ideology based on a native population and the homeland of the native population; protecting, promoting and if necessary reviving the customs, traditions, worldview, values and religion that naturally came from each particular population in their homeland.
Some of these animals are (but not limited to) tigers, alligators, and rhinos. Many species have also become extinct, one of these species is the passenger pigeon. Some points you can argue against this are that it helps populations, and that it gets rid of older animals. But both of those are wrong because if you kill an animal, that animal cannot have offspring tons of animals that would have been born from that animal
Issue Whether or not to list the gray wolf in Wyoming on the endangered species list has been and still is a debated topic because of the species close proximity to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (Fig.1). The government of the State of Wyoming, one of the stakeholders in the debate, believes that state legislation successfully protects the species from being endangered without federal intervention. Contradictorily, the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Fund for Animals, Humane Society of the United States, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club (“Defenders of Wildlife, et al.”), all opposing stakeholders in the debate, believe the state legislation threatens the Wyoming population of gray wolves and needs federal intervention. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) has changed sides multiple times on the matter but is aiming to remove the species from
Supporters claim that their sport helps conservation efforts and helps bring money to the communities in which they are hunting from. Opposers claim that occasionally there is a fine line between trophy hunting and poaching, because much of it is illegal. They also claim that only a small percent of the money made goes to help conservation efforts, and it causes a decrease in the wild life population. I consider myself as an opposer in most cases. I don’t believe it is our job to decide whether an animal should live or die, and I don’t see how killing an animal is supposed to help the population.
With this I hope that people understand more of how much animal hunting permits help out wildlife. For people to understand what 's really going on when these hunters pay all the money they pay to go hunt a animal. Stop people to just see a negative side and understand these hunters that are trying help wildlife in their way. All the habitats , and breeding programs that come from these hunting permits to help
Sixty years after the extirpation of wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains of America, biologist and ecologist in Yellowstone National Park reintroduced wolves into a declining ecosystem that once thrived during their presence. The reintroduction brought immense controversy into the West and continues to stir outrage among anti-wolf groups. These anti-wolf supporters argue wolves are ruthless predators that cause destruction to natural environments and livestock. Conversely wolf advocates and scientists suggest that wolves are a keystone species that are essential to the natural regulation of our Western ecosystems. Although pro and anti-wolf advocates can agree that wolves have an effect on livestock, ungulate populations and ecosystems,
After the statement that the gray wolf was protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1974, wolf recovery became possible in new areas. The public 's interest and fascination grew in leaps and bounds as the American culture became more and more removed from nature. They became more involved with the saving of the wolves. It was only after the wolves were gone and people had
How would you feel to have your dog or your cat to be gone all of a sudden and him never coming back? The wolf population is rising and we should be able to hunt the wolves and be able to regulate their population. Wolves have been around for millions of years and our ancestors were able to hunt them so why can’t we? Wolves can be very dangerous especially when it comes to baby livestock when they aren’t able to protect themselves.
Hunting has been a part of our society since the first man set foot on this continent, but animal rights movements have become popular in our society recently that has questioned the necessity of hunting in our modern times. Because of this, animal populations are left freely to where they can multiply at an alarming rate. Hunting is a great means of controlling animal populations’ growth, although greatly opposed by many. While hunting is a very controversial topic in our society, there are great points for being for and against it. Hunting is a way that humans see to keep balance of the ecosystem.
Wildlife Conservation is often seen as a bad thing, but if you look at it from my perspective, then it is actually a good thing. People think of it as holding wild animals captive, but we are actually protecting them from poachers. The purpose of Wildlife Conservation is to protect the animals in danger, which I am in agreement 110%. Other people argue that we shouldn’t have conservations, but they don’t know the harm that can happen to unprotected animals.
