Wolves are bad???

[eyeguy]

Wolves are bad???? easy YES

 

[Blowdowner]

Much of the destruction that was done to the natural world and resources of this continent was done with little oversight or forward thinking for future generations at the time. Now, subsequent generations are feeling the effects of industrialization and settlement decades and even centuries later. The comment didn’t mean to imply any monetary payment due to those actions although they certainly have at times cast pretty significant financial burden.

Yes but killing almost every wolf was one of our greatest accomplishments.

 

[7RemMag]

Yes but killing almost every wolf was one of our greatest accomplishments.

I’m really unclear if this is a troll comment or if you genuinely think that way. If wanton destruction/devastation of the natural world and ecology is your idea of an “accomplishment” I truly don’t know what more to say to you.

Prior to “European contact” this nation was plentiful with game of all kinds, and the ranges of many species spanned far broader than they do now such as the case with American Bison. Even whitetails are estimated to have had a significantly higher population density than we currently see. This was all possible with predators such as wolves spanning broader ranges as well. Grizzlies and wolves were no different. Now, the ecological structure of this country post-industrialization and Western Expansion is obviously very different than before, but it is my belief that had the same foresight we apply to game management today been applied to the 1800s and early 1900s, we would likely be much better off.

We didn’t know then what we do now. We’ve come a long way in righting some of the old wrongs and mending some of the damages made, but much of the damage can’t be undone. I suppose it’s possible that hunting so many species to near eradication or extinction was the right move, but I certainly wouldn’t think so.