The above link is not for the weak of heart. It depicts what is really happening from the introduced wolves in Idaho. It is indeed a sad story.
I don't know what goes on in the minds of those who want these introduced wolves to run rampant through our states. They should plant them in their own backyards. I'd like to see them charged for all this wanton killing they have caused.
Keep in mind that the average wolf kills 20 plus Elk per year. I don't know if they count a cow elk killed to remove the fetus as one, two, or three kills in that accounting.
Keep in mind also that wolves have MUCH higher reproduction rates than Elk. Wolves can have six or more pups. Elk only one or two. Elk calf survival is in the range of 30-50%. That is why the wolves so effectively devastate Elk herds.
Of course eventually the wolves eat themselves out of house and home, and their number decline. This leaves a situation such as Lewis and Clark found when they traversed this country: essentially no game. That seems to be where the wolf proponents want to go. I can't understand why. But then I don't understand the motivations of terrorists that kill innocent people either.
No comments:
Post a Comment