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pdxstraycat

Something Happy

Feb 21, 2008 17:50

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A different perspective. spoonboy514 February 21 2008, 23:35:02 UTC

While the folks over at Defenders of Wildlife are happy to see the number of wolves growing, they aren't all that thrilled with the lack of protection that comes with this new status.

Whether they're being alarmist or grimly realistic is open to debate, but I guess this illustrates the potential for a negative to accompany every positive.

Glad to see you're still alive. candle February 23 2008, 22:54:35 UTC

That said, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree on Wikileak ( ... )

not endangered, but are they still? ccangels February 24 2008, 06:40:53 UTC

With the removal from the endangered species list, they got put on the hunter's list (legally). I don't quite think it's time for that in the continental US or in Alaska. Beautiful animal that is seemingly so misunderstood. But yay that the numbers are up... but perhaps we (the ones who love em) can keep them off the legalized hunting list.

Re: not endangered, but are they still? pdxstraycat February 24 2008, 13:56:35 UTC

Hunting is not always a bad thing. The US Fish and Wildlife Service heavily regulates hunting as a way to control populations. One of the things this does is that it prevents a population spike that could damage the ecosystem of the animals in question. Another thing it does is provides resources (money) to study animals and habitat to ensure that the slaughter of animals like the grey wolf doesn't happen again. Legalized hunting means that federal and state agencies are responsible for maintaining the health and wellbeing of species, their habitat, and the ecosystems they support ( ... )