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They were not erased by the modern hunter, but by farmers who didn't want them eating their sheep and, in many cases, by professional wolf-killers hired by stat
by floren 6y ago
They were not erased by the modern hunter, but by farmers who didn't want them eating their sheep and, in many cases, by professional wolf-killers hired by states. The renowned conservation writer Aldo Leopold's earliest work was killing bears, wolves, and mountain lions for the forest service.
Unfortunately it wasn't until we'd nearly erased wolves and grizzlies (cougars have always been too wily to be wiped out) that we decided it was actually good to keep them around. Now we've got them back--but being back, they will need to be managed, and that includes hunting. Not wanton extermination, but rather a season tailored to remove a specific number of wolves in order to reach what the state fish & wildlife department considers appropriate.
- NewOrderNow 6y agoA farmer that protest his livestock is, guess what, a hunter. What is up with the semantics on murdering livestock?
- Grakel 6y agoWolves are not livestock, which is a term for animals useful to humans.
- NewOrderNow 6y agoWolves murder livestock. Perhaps we should get rid of all the guns and forget history so wolves can murder again huamns again
- fmakunbound 6y agoMurder? Really?
- NewOrderNow 6y agoI am using the language of GP, but you are attempting to use it to undermine my point. So... really?
- josefresco 6y agoWhile you are correct that modern hunters are not to blame. Eradication by farmers was actually the final straw to an otherwise stressed population that had already lost a majority of it's natural habitat.
- ainiriand 6y agoState-sanctioned kills + poachers + roadkills + farmers + smaller habitats... It does not sound like conservation to me... It is worth noting that a predator like the wolf needs a huge hunting area to thrive. Otherwise they starve. If you manage the habitat there is no need to kill them in cold blood.