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    Post A Very Old Man for a Wolf - Oregon Wolf Management Story

    A Very Old Man for a Wolf. Interesting and somewhat sad story on the management of wolves in Oregon. We've got coyotes and foxes in Ohio. Wolves, I don't know.


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    The Female Mate:

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    The Alpha male:
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    It was a mistake to take the gray wolf (Canus lupus) off the endangered species list. Wolves are critical to preserving the natural balance of wildlife. It is well established that wolves subsist primarily on mice and voles; which otherwise would rapidly increase cyclic population growth causing damage to the ecosystem, adversely affecting reindeer (Rangifer tarandus "caribou") and other grass-feeding animals that inhabit the northern hemisphere, and the indigenous peoples that depend on them. Wolves also play an important role in culling weak or sick animals necessary to maintaining the health of these migratory herds. It is also known that the major threat to the caribou has not been due over-predation by wolves; but rather the oil pipeline that has interrupted their migration to calving grounds resulting in herd decimation. There is evidence that the caribou is adapting to this man-made obstacle by adjusting their migratory patterns; however this has taken time and taken its toll. Likewise the claim that wolves pose a serious threat to humans and domestic livestock is apocryphal. Wolves are shy and afraid of human contact; and a single Pyrenean dog is sufficient to keep a whole pack of wolves away. In sum, if we kill off the wolves, we change the environment - and not for the better. We should be wary of our short-sighted opinions, and the more mindful of the consequences of our decisions affecting our environment, for opinionum commenta delet dies, naturae judicia confirmat "time obliterates the fictions of opinion, and confirms the decisions of nature." - Cicero, De Natura Deorum, II, ii: 5.

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