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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 1996729" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>I agree with your comment about unchecked proliferation of any species being bad - but that goes for all species, not just predators. Long before humans came along, nature had its own systems of checks and balances. If for example the elk population exploded one year because of abundant rainfall and subsequent emergency of plentiful forage, wolf populations would likewise go up a year or two later, and the elk populations would be reduced due to increased predation. The numbers of each rose and fell in synch.</p><p></p><p>Then humans came along, and that system went out the window to one degree or another. Ranchers set up cattle and sheep populations where there were none before, and started trapping and killing the wolves in their own habitat, and hunting the elk for food or sport. After a while, the wolves started attacking cattle and sheep because their natural prey base - the elk - were being displaced by humans. Then people started complaining that their livestock were being decimated and demanding removal of the wolves, without considering the effects humans have had on the ecosystem. Taking the short view, in other words.</p><p></p><p>These days, it's even more important that we learn to strike a balance between our livelihoods and the need to let nature take its course as much as possible. I for one am glad the wolves are back in <em>some</em> of their historical range, and I support any and all efforts by all parties involved - ranchers, farmers, wildlife management professionals, the public, etc. - to try and seek a compromise where all can live together without undue expense on the part of any. It's not a perfect process by any means, and mistakes will be made, but we owe it to posterity to do our best to accommodate nature - not just part of it, but all of it - while making a living.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 1996729, member: 7157"] I agree with your comment about unchecked proliferation of any species being bad - but that goes for all species, not just predators. Long before humans came along, nature had its own systems of checks and balances. If for example the elk population exploded one year because of abundant rainfall and subsequent emergency of plentiful forage, wolf populations would likewise go up a year or two later, and the elk populations would be reduced due to increased predation. The numbers of each rose and fell in synch. Then humans came along, and that system went out the window to one degree or another. Ranchers set up cattle and sheep populations where there were none before, and started trapping and killing the wolves in their own habitat, and hunting the elk for food or sport. After a while, the wolves started attacking cattle and sheep because their natural prey base - the elk - were being displaced by humans. Then people started complaining that their livestock were being decimated and demanding removal of the wolves, without considering the effects humans have had on the ecosystem. Taking the short view, in other words. These days, it's even more important that we learn to strike a balance between our livelihoods and the need to let nature take its course as much as possible. I for one am glad the wolves are back in [I]some[/I] of their historical range, and I support any and all efforts by all parties involved - ranchers, farmers, wildlife management professionals, the public, etc. - to try and seek a compromise where all can live together without undue expense on the part of any. It's not a perfect process by any means, and mistakes will be made, but we owe it to posterity to do our best to accommodate nature - not just part of it, but all of it - while making a living. [/QUOTE]
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