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I don't even know where to start with this one. I have lived with wolves around my whole life. I have seen entire moose populations wiped out in watersheds and then they hit everything else, elk, deer, sheep....until there is virtually nothing left.
Fabs contrary to what everyone wants us to believe.......full grown healthy elk and moose will be routinely taken by a pack of wolves. I've seen it.........many times. They have parts of the Yukon Territory where the wolves have knocked the hell out of the caribou herds so bad that the fish and wildlife branch actually stepped in and captured some caribou to put in a breeding pen to protect the local genetics.
Why does this happen...............well we are in the equation now. It is not like it was hundreds of years ago. In the old days hunters and trappers killed wolves.........they still do today up here and yet we do not have a shortage of them. When you protect them completely.....as your government boys are doing they can get out hand quickly.
You can leave it like that sure, and when the game population gets so low that the wolves have to start hitting cattle.......and actually they will do that anyways,even if there is lots of game......then you will force ranchers to break the law and shoot them........practice the 3 S's....shoot, shovel and shut up.
One other thing that you should consider is if the wolves decimate the elk and moose populations it means less opportunities for hunters. Is that what everyone wants......let the wolves run rampant and just cut the hunters off. Somehow I don't think that is what the majority will want.
I like wolves and firmly believe they have a place in the wilderness areas, but they need to be managed like all of the rest of the wildlife. Until you guys get your federal boys to hand the wolf management over to the states things will just get worse. Then you will need state wildlife officials with something between their legs as well...........cause when yo start killing a few the wolf lovers will go crazy.
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