I've been to Yellowstone every year of my life. You used to see herds of elk EVERYWHERE. Now, you're lucky to see even a couple – let alone the other game animals. When you figure half the park is still burnt twigs from the '88 fire – the only reason to go is if you want to look at the mud pots or old faithful for the 100th time. It's ruined the park. I hate city people. (The only people who would ever think reintroducing wolves is 'no big deal'.) Don't get me started on 'experts'.
"It is already a proven fact that, where wolves in have been reintroduced, the population of every big game species from mule deer to elk and moose has been reduced. Idaho had what was probably the highest elk population in America per square miles of habitat. But wolves were introduced, and their population flourished. At the same time the elk herds diminished. If you go to that state today it is difficult to see any elk herds, but wolf howls can be heard at just about any hour of the day or night. Yellowstone National Park is another excellent example of wolf mismanagement. The Park brought in a total of 31 wolves in an attempt to manage both bison and elk. The “buffalo” immediately reverted to an ancient defensive tactic of circular defense, and fended off the wolves for the most part.
Only those buffalo that strayed from the herd (most often done by birthing cows) were in real jeopardy. Calf numbers fell as did cows, but the herd did not suffer too great a loss.
Elk populations did not fare as well. The overall population began a downward spiral. That situation increased in its downward trend as the wolf population increased.
Today, many visitors to the park are disappointed as they look for elk in the spacious meadows and see very few. The primary remaining herds are high in the mountains during the summer months and rarely visible to those tourists that cannot climb up to see them." For the record.
The sale of Live Stock guardian dogs such as Kangal, Central Asian Ovtcharka, Caucasian Ovtcharka, Great Pyrenees, Spanish Mastiffs is exploding because they have proven effective for centuries in deterring wolves from predating sheep, goat, cattle, humans. I studied Canadian Wolves while in college, and never did I once feel threatened by them. Now if my huge CAO dogs ever mated with a wolf, offspring might be produced that would permit these hybrids to take down just about anything, scary. Many people quote wolves as weighing 180 lbs, but that is a rare specimen, most Canadian wolves weight between 90 – 130 lbs. Belgian Malinois are used exclusively by the USA Military. They are not close to a wolf, they are much newer, breeds closer to a wolf in intelligence and genetics would be the ancient land-race of dogs, livestock guardians. Great Pyrenees do not think they are sheep, they know they are guard dogs, there to protect the sheep. The Great Pyrenees are considerably smaller compared to large CAO dogs, so they may not fair as well against wolves as would a CAO, Kangal, Aboriginal Caucasian Ovtcharka, Spanish Mastiff.
Mesa county is home for me .we use the triple sss in Colorado
I trust the experts not the butthurt farmers .
I've been to Yellowstone every year of my life.
You used to see herds of elk EVERYWHERE.
Now, you're lucky to see even a couple – let alone the other game animals.
When you figure half the park is still burnt twigs from the '88 fire – the only reason to go is if you want to look at the mud pots or old faithful for the 100th time.
It's ruined the park.
I hate city people. (The only people who would ever think reintroducing wolves is 'no big deal'.)
Don't get me started on 'experts'.
"It is already a proven fact that, where wolves in have been reintroduced, the population of every big game species from mule deer to elk and moose has been reduced. Idaho had what was probably the highest elk population in America per square miles of habitat.
But wolves were introduced, and their population flourished. At the same time the elk herds diminished. If you go to that state today it is difficult to see any elk herds, but wolf howls can be heard at just about any hour of the day or night.
Yellowstone National Park is another excellent example of wolf mismanagement. The Park brought in a total of 31 wolves in an attempt to manage both bison and elk. The “buffalo” immediately reverted to an ancient defensive tactic of circular defense, and fended off the wolves for the most part.
Only those buffalo that strayed from the herd (most often done by birthing cows) were in real jeopardy. Calf numbers fell as did cows, but the herd did not suffer too great a loss.
Elk populations did not fare as well. The overall population began a downward spiral. That situation increased in its downward trend as the wolf population increased.
Today, many visitors to the park are disappointed as they look for elk in the spacious meadows and see very few. The primary remaining herds are high in the mountains during the summer months and rarely visible to those tourists that cannot climb up to see them."
For the record.
The sale of Live Stock guardian dogs such as Kangal, Central Asian Ovtcharka, Caucasian Ovtcharka, Great Pyrenees, Spanish Mastiffs is exploding because they have proven effective for centuries in deterring wolves from predating sheep, goat, cattle, humans. I studied Canadian Wolves while in college, and never did I once feel threatened by them. Now if my huge CAO dogs ever mated with a wolf, offspring might be produced that would permit these hybrids to take down just about anything, scary. Many people quote wolves as weighing 180 lbs, but that is a rare specimen, most Canadian wolves weight between 90 – 130 lbs. Belgian Malinois are used exclusively by the USA Military. They are not close to a wolf, they are much newer, breeds closer to a wolf in intelligence and genetics would be the ancient land-race of dogs, livestock guardians. Great Pyrenees do not think they are sheep, they know they are guard dogs, there to protect the sheep. The Great Pyrenees are considerably smaller compared to large CAO dogs, so they may not fair as well against wolves as would a CAO, Kangal, Aboriginal Caucasian Ovtcharka, Spanish Mastiff.