farmers whinging about wolves killing their livestock is stupid, they've just come back and are still extremely low in numbers and do not have a thriving population yet in most parts of America. maybe if in one area the wolf population reaches several hundred then yes I can see the reasoning for a possible season of wolf hunting to limit the numbers a bit, but damn give the wolves a chance to actually populate first; the moment their introduced people are calling on them to be culled immediately.
and it's not like wolves are constantly on the lookout for livestock to kill, they fear humans and aren't that inclined to go near human structures or where humans frequent; generally a wolf that resorts to killing livestock is either old and frail and too slow to catch wild prey like deer, is sick, or the local prey in the area had declined/left and there is nothing else to eat.
if you live out in rural land like a farmer and raise livestock expect to lose a couple to the local predators, it's not the farmers home after all it's the wildlife that lives there.
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farmers whinging about wolves killing their livestock is stupid, they've just come back and are still extremely low in numbers and do not have a thriving population yet in most parts of America. maybe if in one area the wolf population reaches several hundred then yes I can see the reasoning for a possible season of wolf hunting to limit the numbers a bit, but damn give the wolves a chance to actually populate first; the moment their introduced people are calling on them to be culled immediately.
and it's not like wolves are constantly on the lookout for livestock to kill, they fear humans and aren't that inclined to go near human structures or where humans frequent; generally a wolf that resorts to killing livestock is either old and frail and too slow to catch wild prey like deer, is sick, or the local prey in the area had declined/left and there is nothing else to eat.
if you live out in rural land like a farmer and raise livestock expect to lose a couple to the local predators, it's not the farmers home after all it's the wildlife that lives there.