Should We Do To Kill A Wolf

What are your thoughts about the damage Wolves cause in Oregon? The damage wolves do to Ranchers livestock a year is extraordinary. Wolves kill nearly 150 cows a year and if you add that up that roughly equals 300,000 dollars a year in damage. Eight wolves have been killed in Oregon due to livestock attacks. Although some people may oppose or disagree with this action the wolves do cause a lot of damage and cost a significant amount of money when they do injure or kill livestock. That's why it is the right act to do for Wildlife Officials to kill Oregon wolves when they are injuring and killing livestock. It is not the right act for Oregon State Wildlife Officials to kill Wolves when they are killing livestock and other animals. A piece of evidence to support this reasoning is “If a wolf becomes seriously habituated to preying on livestock, it can be very hard to break the habit, and the wolf is often killed as a result” (Helping Ranchers Coexist With Wolves1). This quote supports the claim by telling that it's not necessarily the wolf's fault. Preying on livestock specifically it just becomes a habit to them like how us humans have habits. The livestock become an easy and fulfilling meal for the wolves. That's one reason why they chase the livestock. Another piece of evidence to support this opposing claim is “A new study has found that—paradoxically—killing a wolf can increase the risk that wolves will prey on livestock in the future”(Cornwall1). This piece of evidence supports the opposing

People see them as a problem and others don't. Some think that we should kill them and others don’t and then there's people who disagree and agree with reasoning. This topic is an important issue because these wolf attacks cost us Americans money and most of us can't afford our food and money just being swallowed up by something that doesn’t need that food