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The Pros And Cons: The Destruction Of Honey Bees

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The long term effects of wiping out a species in the environment and natural habitats can have catastrophic and have unforeseen consequences for many generation s to come. One of the biggest things is the news now is all about honey bees and the effect that it will and has had on the world. The outcome being devastating on many levels from the honey to the pollination process that is essential to growth of plants, that can decimate the worlds food surplus from plants, animals, and humans, causing a world crisis. Wolves may not have the same impact as bees, but that’s because we may not see the danger in letting this species go extinct. There are “some” state and federal parks, mostly in Idaho, Wyoming , and Montana, who are try to get a …show more content…

The actual number of livestock that may have been killed by wolves was far less than what was to be expected. There was a documented loss of 256 sheep and 41 cattle between the years of 1995 through 2003. With the removal of an apex predator, the rise of lesser predators, and the balance between predator and prey becomes unstable. Cougars have become more territorial and have been known to encroach within city limits and have actually attacked livestock (Knickerbocker, 2008). Wolves are needed to keep the lesser predators in check. As stated before, it is feasible that sheep and other livestock may be safer with the wolves around to prey on coyotes. There is also some debate over whether wolves are even endangered to begin with. Wolves were removed from the endangered list in Montana and Idaho in 2009, and also in Wyoming in 2012. However in 2014, they were back on the endangered list in Wyoming (NPS, 2017). As recently as 2012, the wolf population in Wyoming was a total of 328 wolves, with 224 outside of Yellowstone Park (Jonsson, 2012). In order to be taken off the endangered list, there is a requirement of a minimum of 300 wolves and at least 30 breeding pairs over a three year period (NPS, 2017). The actual numbers of wolves is at the bare minimum to be considered for removal from the endangered species

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There is an estimated 60,000 wolves in Canada. Farley Mowat studies the grey wolf in his book Never Cry Wolf (1963). Throughout the book, Mowat uses the rhetorical strategies pathos, logos, and personification to disprove the misconception about wolves. The book is about a scientist (Farley Mowat) that flies into the Canadian Barrens in order to research wolves. His goal is to prove that wolves are killing thousands of caribou for sport, but he find that the wolves are not to blame for the decrease in caribou populations.

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Over the past few years, a rise in concern for endangered species has emerged. There have been many animals that were mistreated by humans who wanted them as pets. Problems of potential extinction, unsatisfactory living conditions, hunting, and trading in the market have put special species of animals in danger. Many people have started to wonder if some species will still be alive in a few years. If this problem continues to heighten, it will not look good for some populations of endangered animals.

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They were listed as endangered species. Then in 1976, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Mexican wolf as an endangered species. They were completely wiped out from Arizona and New Mexico. In 1997 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduce Mexican wolves in eastern Arizona within the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area (BRWRA). They decided to released wolves and their offspring for a nonessential experimental population.

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Farmers like to have the capacity to control nature, which is one regular reaction to the kind of life they lead. At the heart of the wolf reintroduction level headed discussion, is the issue of control, and dread of not being in control. The control issue goes past wolves too. The issue regularly gets to be one of 'us against them'. "I wholeheartedly trust that a great deal of the backing behind these endeavors are originating from these radicals and that their definitive objective is to annul most types of outside movement, for example, hunting, trapping, fishing, perhaps even trail riding, and outdoors in our wild

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Theodore Roosevelt said “speak softly and carry a big stick” some people have no idea what he means by this quote, We never thought wolves would become as much of a problem until now. I believe the wolf population is happening right under our noses and we don't even know it yet. Even though the wolf numbers might not recover, wolves should be hunted because wolves are killing large numbers of deer and livestock and wolves are endangering humans and farmers. Many people believe that the wolf population will not recover if the humans continue to hunt them,or increase our hunting on them. ”The latest population survey results estimate that 470 wolf packs lived in Minnesota's wolf range this past winter, 212 more wolves than estimated on the survey conducted in winter 2013”.(DNR).The wolf population is increasing when people are worried that it won't be able to recover from hunting and that they should be endangered.

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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.

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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,

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