A world without wolves
I have been an admirer of
wolves since I was a small girl. When they were returned to Yellowstone
National Park I was thrilled and have made an annual trip to the park to
seek out these majestic animals in this wonderful wilderness area.
I am very concerned to learn that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is bowing to the pressure from livestock growers and are currently considering taking wolves off the endangered list. The number of wolves in the U.S. is just now beginning to reach a small level of success. They are vital to assure the natural environment in our parks and wildlife areas have an appropriate balance of all species.
Why is it necessary to delist these natural predators? Why is it necessary to hunt wolves in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana? Is it for “sport”? It certainly is not out of fear for humans being in harm’s way of wolves, as they typically avoid man unless they are baited into a trap.
Hunters and ranchers want to perpetuate the misconception that wolves will attack people. There is no data to verify wolves hunt or attack people, however but we have allowed them to be included in legal hunting seasons. Is this to so people can brag they “bagged” a wolf? What a sad statement that makes about humans and how we take care of the animals that share the land where we all live.
It will be another dark day in the history of the U.S. environmental policy if wolves are allowed to be removed from the Endangered Species Act. Will we then let all animals become extinct so the only way our grandchild will see them is from a book or computer pictures? I strongly urge you to keep the wolves in our lives and on the Endangered Species list so we do not lose any more of these intelligent animals.
— Patricia Pierce, Flossmoor
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I am very concerned to learn that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is bowing to the pressure from livestock growers and are currently considering taking wolves off the endangered list. The number of wolves in the U.S. is just now beginning to reach a small level of success. They are vital to assure the natural environment in our parks and wildlife areas have an appropriate balance of all species.
Why is it necessary to delist these natural predators? Why is it necessary to hunt wolves in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana? Is it for “sport”? It certainly is not out of fear for humans being in harm’s way of wolves, as they typically avoid man unless they are baited into a trap.
Hunters and ranchers want to perpetuate the misconception that wolves will attack people. There is no data to verify wolves hunt or attack people, however but we have allowed them to be included in legal hunting seasons. Is this to so people can brag they “bagged” a wolf? What a sad statement that makes about humans and how we take care of the animals that share the land where we all live.
It will be another dark day in the history of the U.S. environmental policy if wolves are allowed to be removed from the Endangered Species Act. Will we then let all animals become extinct so the only way our grandchild will see them is from a book or computer pictures? I strongly urge you to keep the wolves in our lives and on the Endangered Species list so we do not lose any more of these intelligent animals.
— Patricia Pierce, Flossmoor
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