However, “roughly 62% of Western Slope voters, who will live with the actual consequences of wolf importation, said no to the measure, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Front Range voter advantage.”
Programs cost more than estimated, and wolves eat more animals than previously thought.
“According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, after the 1994 forced wolf introduction to Yellowstone National Park, through 2012, elk herds decreased by more than 80%.”
“In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Alaska moose calves are a favorite food source for wolves, particularly in winter, and moose populations have suffered under wolf-protection laws.”
Link at maggiesfarm.
Like all other wild animals, wolves have been cutesied up by wildlife groups. There is money in cute animals.
Numbers
can be thrown around by all parties in a question. Wolf advocates point to
increased vegetation and small animals in places where wolves have been
introduced. There might not be an answer, except let the animals go where they
will and admit people are part of the process.
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