kill an elk or two. In 1995, 14 wolves were brought from Canada into the Yellowstone National Park, in an effort to see how they would affect the ecosystem if they were reintroduced into America. The two decades after the wolves were integrated into the park has been filled with conflict as citizens fight for or against reintroducing wolves country-wide. Wolf activists, farmers, and hunters are the main players in the fight for or against wolf reintroduction. Wolves are a vital part of our ecology
numbers. In 2009, a law was enacted allowing people to go out to the local Fish and Game office and buy a license to hunt wolves. In Idaho, this only costs eleven dollars and seventy-five cents. Native Americans have a very high respect for the wolf; they have a great love for them and are implemented in their everyday life. They as well as many citizens think that Fish and Game should control the population of the wolves humanly instead of the public going out and killing them for sport. In 1996 the
wildlife areas and are controlling the animal populations within those certain areas. While increasing a wildlife species population and removing from the endangered species list, a predator such as the gray wolf, is sure to be seen as a success to some and a threat to others. Juliet Eilperin’s informative article “Once Nearly Extinct, Wolves Now Fair Game” explains that when they brought the wolves population back, protester are happy that the wolf population has thrived, but hunters and ranchers see
animals, the wolves were hunted to near extinction. However, now Wisconsin faces a new problem. With the reintroduction of the wolves to the state, and their continued endangered status federally, the population has increased well beyond expectations, reaching what could be considered a problematic state. A regulated hunt and a population control procedure has become necessary in Wisconsin to protect state's economic endeavors of game, wildlife, and agriculture, and also the wolves themselves,
hunting and trapping however killed off most of the indigenous wolves and drove the rest into Canada. The eastern timber wolf stands between 26”- 36” tall, and weighs between 65- 85 pounds for a female and 80- 95 pounds for a male. They stretch from between 5- 6.5 feet from nose to tale. The eastern timber wolf travels in packs of 2-8. The pack consists of the breeding male and female and their offspring it may also have subordinate adult wolves that recognize the breeding male’s leadership. Only the dominant
managing wildlife populations. However, hunting opponents argue that more hunting regulations are needed to prevent animals from being hunted into extinction. Recently, the most controversial issues with hunting that have come up include: the wolf populations in the northern states, hunting in wildlife refuges, and hunting animals into extinction. Hunting should definitely not be banned or controlled because of the controversy in these areas. Since the early 2000’s, the wolf population in the northern
Reuniting the Grey Wolf In 1914 the United States Congress approved the funding to destroy wolves. Many of the Government bounty hunters decided to help farmers to protect there livestock from the destructive creatures. Sixty years later the wolves are considered as endangered. In 1973 the United State Congress passed another law (Endangered Species Act) this act stated that all endangered species could not be killed by anyone or they would face a fine of one thousand dollars and as much as one
Wolves were once the most widely distributed mammal on the planet. With their exceptional ability to adapt, wolves occupied almost every habitat except tropical jungles. But with the arrival of humans, wolves numbers diminished. Systematic eradication programs were aimed at top predators; this, along with over-hunting of prey populations and habitat loss due to population encroachment, wolves were eliminated from most of the contiguous United States by the 1940s. In 1973 wolves were finally put
surrounding western states; these derbies are held for the purpose of reducing both predator and rodent populations, as well as for fundraising. Coyotes, fox and, of course, rock chucks, are all subjects of these derbies; famed rock chuck Punxsutawny Phil would get no special protection here. What has made this derby so different, however, is the addition of one specific animal - the wolf. Since wolves were reintroduced into the Idaho wilderness in 1995, they have been surrounded by controversy. Animal
Service 2013). Unfortunately, European settlers began occupying much of the land that gray wolves habited (Weiss et al. 2007). By the latter half of the 1800’s, a full scale war was waged against the gray wolf (Perry 2012). This was attributed to European settlers over hunting bison, which at the time was one of the wolves primary food sources (Perry 2012). According to Perry (2012), the wolves began relying on game species and rancher’s livestock to sustain their diet. This led to extensive predator