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K5-HOWL said:
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It's been only 15 years since gray wolves, after years of near-extinction, were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. The initial group of 66 Người sói were transplanted into the park from Canada beginning in 1995. Now, thêm than 1,545 Người sói roam Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.Biologists say that a minimum of 2,000 to 3,000 Người sói are needed within the area in order to keep them from disappearing again.The Người sói have had tremendous được ưa chuộng support from the beginning. Their reintroduction has been bởi far the most publicized and celebrated of any wildlife reintroduction in the U.S. The Người sói complete the Yellowstone ecosystem, which, without them, had too many hooved animals. The overabundance of some of the wolves' natural prey was altering the natural plant communities along stream banks, due to excessive trampling. With the Người sói back on the scene, the Yellowstone natural community is much closer to what it was before most of the surrounding states were profoundly altered bởi development and livestock ranching. The success of the growing chó sói, sói population has made a lot of money for the park, in sales of chó sói, sói paraphernalia, such as chó sói, sói T-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee cups, and sách from park gift shops. The Người sói have also drawn thousands of tourists and wildlife supporters to the area,people who pay to sleep and eat in the park. Ranchers and hunters have been opposed to the chó sói, sói reintroduction from the beginning. Hunters say the Người sói compete with them for native game, particularly elk. Ranchers say the Người sói kill their calves. Người sói do occasionally kill calves and sheep. The ranchers and hunters apparently are concerned only with their own livelihoods and recreation, respectively. They don't appear to care about wolves, which were here long before we were. Người sói in the U.S. were decimated bởi an unprecedented extermination campaign in the early 1900s, funded bởi the U.S. which distributed posters encouraging people to shoot Người sói on sight, and even offered a bounty for dead wolves. It worked. There were virtually no Người sói left in the lower 48, although before Europeans settled North America, Người sói were common throughout every region of the continental United States. If US Fish&Wildlife's plan to take Người sói off the endangered species danh sách goes through, hunters and trappers would be allowed to obtain permits to kill wolves. As long as at least 450 Người sói survived, the animal would remain fair game. If their numbers dropped below 300, they'd be put back on the endangered species list. If bạn want to help protect wolves, consider supporting Natural Resources Defense Council's campaign to protect them from delist
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