Hunting And Trapping Research Paper

First of all, we should pass the Red Wolf Protection Act to repopulate them. The Red Wolves, are currently with 50 Red Wolves out in the wild roaming the lands. We need to repopulate

Wolves lived in the park for forty years, with claimed increasing nuisance to outsiders. The people around Yellowstone were complaining that the wolves, basically a nuisance to society, were killing animal. Thus after discussions and studies, congress agreed and the wolf extermination began. In 1914, the "Yellowstone wolf extirpation campaign began after congress appropriated funds for 'destroying wolves, prairie dogs, and other animals injurious to agriculture and animal husbandry' on public lands" (defenders). The killing of wolves continued until 1926 when the last two wolf pups of some 136 wolves were killed on a poisoned bison carcass (defenders). The eradication of wolves by hunting and other means soon cleared out most wolves in all areas of the United States. "By the 1940's humans had eliminated red and gray wolves from almost all of their historic range in the contiguous 48 states" (Noecker).

Hunting is a common activity all around the world, and if performed properly, can have many benefits to us and the rest of the planet. The art of hunting has been around since the beginning of time. Living off of the land used to be a necessity across the world, until the mass production of food came along. In America, people do not usually need to hunt to survive. However, the population of animal species needs to be controlled. Too many of one type of animal can cause a drastic change to any ecosystem. Food supplies decline quickly, leaving many animals without food. Hunting can help keep the population of a group of animals at a good number, making the lives of the other

Hunting Gray Wolves should be illegal because they are interesting animals, that many become extinct if hunting continues. “Gray Wolves were once common throughout all of North America, but were exterminated in most areas of the United States by the mid 1930s” (“Basic Facts”). Gray Wolves are being killed by people hunting them. People hunt these wolves for the fun of it or because they’re afraid of them, but what so fun about killing innocent creatures and wolves rarely attack humans. Hunting Gray Wolves will make them become extinct. “There are an estimated…. 3700 grey wolves in the Great Lakes Region and 1675 in the Northern Rockies” (“Basic Facts”). If wolves became extinct; generations later wouldn’t be able to see them. Wolves are also in many fictional cartoons like “Three Little Pigs,” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” These two entertaining

Also, the government wanted to step in and help the economy, so bounties were set in order to encourage the hunting of the creatures. Communities began to see the "bounty hunters" as heroes, and these men felt as such. The attitude towards wolves spiraled out of control, causing hunts based on vengeance and hatred, and inhumane practices of poisoning, trapping, and torturing began. Even a former governor of Alaska, Jay Hammond, felt that flying in a plane and shooting down hundreds of wolves was necessary to protect the citizens of the state. Wolf furs were coveted, the animals were loathed, and the image of the wolf as a cowardly murderer stuck based on old-fashioned beliefs and legend-based fears. Nothing was done to stop the practices, and the hunts continued to be encouraged, until there were basically no wolves left to hunt (Lopez 139-145). It was nearly too late once the problem was noticed, but the government finally stepped in to address the problem. The wolves were going extinct, and it became clear that the animals were an important part of the ecosystem. The timber (gray) wolf was placed on the endangered species list, and severe consequences were put into action for anyone who hunted the animals illegally. The Wisconsin DNR began a very carefully regulated action plan to reintroduce the wolf to the state, which included radio collars and careful tracking of the animals in order to monitor their progress, as well as make sure they stay in

In “Scared to Death” by Ed Yong and Sharon Levy’s “Wolf Family Values,” we read about the need to protect the population of wolves in North America. These two articles have very different ways to go about this. Ed Yong talks about the wolf effects on elk as well as the rest of the environment. Levy’s approach is about wolf social structure and how it is impacted by hunting. Both of these make some valid points on why more conservation efforts should be made; however, I believe Ed Yong made the stronger case.

The declining wolf population has turned around and is now increasing at a steady pace. The National Park Service says “During the 1980s, wolves began to reestablish breeding packs in Northwestern Montana; 50-60 wolves inhabited Montana in 1994.”(NPS) We are very fortunate for the quick acts of transferring the wolves from Canada down to the Yellowstone National Park and to the intense research that has been done

Wolves need to be managed and if they are not addressed they will continue to roam free of charge and deplete the livestock herds. Even beyond that our generation of families won't feel safe letting our grandchildren run around. The wolves have mass killed 19 elk in one night, slaughtered countless numbers of livestock and in places threatened people. “In the rural town of Reserve, New Mexico kids wait for the bus in wooden and metal cages, meant to protect the kids from wolf attacks.” (Toft, 2016). You may think is this is unnecessary, until you see and hear about the wolves growling and snarling at the frightened children. If this doesn’t change your opinions on wolves maybe you should sit in the cage and live in the wild with them. It's a sad time when the most important thing you walk out of the house with is not your coat or anything it’s your weapon, so you can defend your family, home, and livelihood. As communities and stewards of the land our duty is to protect as well as manage, we as hunters are managing, however the wolves are not being managed correctly, and are getting away with the minor scolding of words that they cannot comprehend from the government. I’m not saying eradicate them but certainly allow the ranchers and such to shoot wolves, and for the government to take charge and trap, shoot, and dart these arithmetically growing wolf

In North America as far back as the 19th century, 200,000 to 500,000 wolves lived among the Native American people. Wolves played a major part in nearly all legends and mythology of the Native American tribes. Since that time, many things have changed; today, the Native American people tell these stories, many of which involve wolves, in art and songs. They speak how the wolf saved the people from the Great Flood, and how they provided fur to the Native American people to keep warm.

Wolves are a vital part of animal's well being. In the book Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, Mowat goes to study wolves in the middle of barren Canada. In Canada he meets an Eskimo named Mike and he stays in his cabin while he finds a wolf den to study. He studies how pups grow up and how the wolves hunt, also their diet. He finds out how the caribou are disappearing, and estimates how many are killed in a certain amount of time. Along with many other things Mowat uses Logos with Personification and Characterization to explain how the wolves are not savage killers.

Hunting the wolves can be very entertaining to some of the hunters because, it is a challenge. Also it gets rid of them, stops farmer’s sheep and

According to the documentary, “How Wolves Change Rivers”, wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park for about 70 years until being reintroduced in 1995. They were killed by hunters and tourists at first because it was legal, to the point where there was none left, even though they were so beneficial to the environment that they changed rivers from the effect that they changed populations of some animal species by hunting them. However, humans hunting would be able to do the same job as wolves, which is too hunt for a specific species to balance the ecosystem and, like the wolves, change rivers in the aspect that the forests which were regenerated would stabilize the banks of rivers. To add, some people would agree that removing wolves from Yellowstone National Park was a good idea to balance animal populations and keep animals away from specific areas of the park, but I disagree because I believe humans would be able to control these populations by hunting for the proper species according to the food chain. To paraphrase, in the documentary wolves killed deer because they overpopulated the ecosystem, leaving almost no vegetation. This hunting by the wolves had later affected the environment as the population of birds

So as you can see the best solution for tourists, farmers, the ecosystem, and the wolves is to let us keep the wolves in the wild where they belong and not in some sanctioned area where no unauthorized people are allowed to even gaze upon these marvelous

The cause of the local big game population dropping isn’t because animals are not reproducing. It is because wolves are killing too many big game animals and killing the ecosystem of the North Western United States. The population of Mule Deer in SouthEastern Idaho was cut in half in only 8 years, from 1995 to 2003 (IFG, 2006). What caused this sudden decline? Wolves did. Deer are not the only species suffering. Elk populations are seriously struggling to keep their numbers up. Wolves are killing them too fast and elk cannot keep up.

For example, the more roads we built, the less space animals could have. The more cities expand, the less shelter animal has. That means if the animals has less space, they have also less shelter and less food resources. For instance, a Wolf issue is still controversy in Minnesota. In the 1800th, Wolf lived in all over state of MN. In the early 1900th, the Wolf actually pushed out by either hunting down or the habitat was not longer in the area because of farming. As a result, now everywhere is almost farmed. Whenever a farmer sees the Wolves, the farmer shoots at them because as you may already know, the Wolves are going after the livestock’s such as sheep, goat, etc… As a result, Minnesota had lost too many Wolves. However, good news is Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) has reintroduced the Wolf into MN and these Wolves are in save habitat at