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| Two Large Wolves right on the ass of a Moose |
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| To conserve energy the wolf tries to stay in the made footprints. |
We believe we encountered these two wolf tracks 12 days ago 3 km east of us. At that time they were working the hillside like a grid pattern, trying to flush out a moose, grouse or rabbit.... but they were full. You can tell full wolves when they don't want to investigate your marten boxes.
We watch a lot of BBC Earth dvd's narrated by David Attenborough. (Life) (Nature's Most Amazing Events) (Blue Planet).....plus all the rest. They show the kill. It is hard to watch but it is nature. But the pack of Lions attacks that zebra, or ostridge and goes for the jugular and the prey is dead within minutes. A wolf can not kill a moose outright.... it has to bleed it, try to tear out it's asshole and pull the intestines out.Wolves do not go near the front or they get killed or maned badly. First they keep it running,,, and running and running until it is tired. Then they take a bite out of the back end...and another bit. It takes 4 days at least of torture...
There is a good article by John Thompson in the Yukon News. go to /http://yukon-news.com/news/21266/ about Bob Hayes opinion on trying to control wolf populations. His book is called Wolves of the Yukon and we are looking forward to reading it.
Here is our point that no one has commented on. WOLVES CAN OUT MULTIPLY UNGULATES BY A RATIO OF AT LEAST 3 TO 1. We agree with Bob Hayes that large scale wolf culling, done periodically, is not the answer. It may even cause greater fluctuations in predator-prey populations than if left unattended. Small scale trapping and shooting of large predators, does work, if it is ongoing. We are totally against using aircraft or vehicles to shoot from to kill any kind of animal. Poison is even worse.
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Hey Bryan&Vikki control of any predator is necessary if the balance is all in their favour.Then intervention is needed by competent sympathetic people not driven by hysteria.In the UK our predator's are the Red Fox,Wildcat in Scotland, Stoat, Weasel,Pine Marten.We also have colonised north American Mink that have escaped mink farms and were released by the huggers into an environment where they flourish due to being top of the food chain.All Mink caught in the UK are destroyed as an alien species.They have helped to put smaller mammals and some bird life nearer to the endangered list.My answer would be yes :)
Thanks for your well thought out article Bryan and Vikki.
I agree with you that full-scale "culling" is inappropriate and unnecessary. As "caretakers of the land" and being people that are on the front line I believe you are in a much better position to opine on this than the one sitting at a desk making the decision.
I'm curious if these decisions are made for the benefit of the wildlife population or are intended to placate the human hunters that show up each fall.
I'm not convinced that bureaucratic decisions are necessarily preferable to the natural order of nature.
Again, thanks for your article.
My heart just sank everytime I saw wolf tracks following a moose or caribou. Yes, its nature but sometimes its a little hard to take. I wish the wolf lovers could see what actually goes on out there, especially when they just kill for sport.
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