Comments on: Wildlife Group Buys More Time for Pro-Wolf, Anti-Palin Ad

By: Kitsuna

Kitsuna — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:21:34 +0000

lets look at a place where wolves are scarce

in Canada in the comox valley BC

the area is lacking wolves

and

Deer are so populated I see at least 10 every week they are not afraid of humans

they destroy trees plants and crops

and crap every where

when one entered my yard

it severly injured my dog

if wolves are eliminated

the same thing will happen

every where

By: Former Logger Protects 16 Million Acres in Northern Canada : Planetsave

Former Logger Protects 16 Million Acres in Northern Canada : Planetsave — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:48:01 +0000

[...] and “North America’s Serengeti.” Teeming with grizzly, black bear, wolf, lynx, caribou, elk, moose, bison and stone sheep, it is the largest intact wildlife habitat in the [...]

By: Timothy B. Hurst

Timothy B. Hurst — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:44:59 +0000

Adam-

The only reason I could see being a legitimate one would be if the wolves were somehow overpopulated. You are absolutely correct about messing with the ecological systems by eliminating the wolf, which some might consider a "keystone species."

To take your example one step further, wolves were completely eliminated from Colorado (though there is a reintroduction program now in place), and the deer and elk populations have grown at must faster rates than local flora can tolerate.

By: Adam Shake

Adam Shake — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:54:12 +0000

I'm interested to know you're personal opinion on this subject. I've done some research into this subject, having lived in Colorado and Michigan and being an advocate of the outdoors.

Nature has a life cycle, of course, and when you kill off one species of animal, it can effect other species within the area.

A good example is the killing of wolves in area's where caribou and elk moose are. Wolves like to stealth hunt from thickly covered area's. When you kill off the wolves, these animals are free to forage those area's where wolves like to hide. When this happens, the hunted species not only expand, but they start to forage in those area's, killing the trees and bushes. This in turn effects the fruit of those trees and bushes which feed birds and rodents.

Why are the tree's and bird's dying? Because the wolf has been taken out of the ecosystem.

You're thoughts?