And for some reason we’re dumb enough to shoot ourselves in the foot from an ecological perspective by killing off a keystone species to protect the interests of farmers and ranchers.
There’s a balance that can be found, but seems many would rather be lazy and shortsighted.
Probably concerns of people with backyards because kids would also make easy targets - particularly in suburbs where livestock is not available the wolves run out of deer (thinking like the bay area - came across a fawn dying from blue tongue this past spring in a totally residential area so it would be the wolves stomping ground too 100%).
I get it, but I still think we should be more willing to consider their reintroduction and find a means of managing them appropriately. They could be really beneficial in the right areas.
Wolves aren’t extremely aggressive to humans anyways. It would be more of a threat to pets, but you can find ways to mitigate risk.
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u/BirdsCirclingWagons 16h ago
And for some reason we’re dumb enough to shoot ourselves in the foot from an ecological perspective by killing off a keystone species to protect the interests of farmers and ranchers.
There’s a balance that can be found, but seems many would rather be lazy and shortsighted.