The Mexican Gray Wolf

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.

Wolf recovery would be a big step in maintaining wildlife. For instance, in Yellowstone a

On March 29, 1998, captive-reared Mexican gray wolves were released into the into the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area. Consequently, this plan has drawn much controversy and many public concerns about the reintroduction of the wolves. Although there are many supporters of the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolves into the Blue Range territory of Arizona and New Mexico, this rewilding is negative because of the depredation of livestock and game animals with no real plan to control the wolf population, and another concern is the massive amount of money to achieve the desired results of the rewilding project of the Mexican Gray

Through the years, there has been an ongoing argument on whether or not the reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolves will benefit or destroy wildlife. The articles show that Mexican Gray wolves will benefit due to the reintroduction, and help the local surrounding lands. Because wolves are so miss understood, people assume the worst. Wolves are just like people living with families and trying to survive. The Mexican Gray wolves are a great way to help bring back balance in the local ecosystem. They will also improve the local ecotourism. They will help with the re-vegetation and help the bird population return to its former glory.

The red wolves are an endangered species. Right now they are only 45-60 left the wild. If people don't do something soon they might become completely extinct.

Even if the lands are protected, they are not safe from the ecological burden of protecting our borders. Due to changes in legislation the Border Patrol Agency is exempt from stringent environmental laws. This is true in any of the areas surrounding the border, and they are looking to expand the radius of exemption, to better protect our borders. The Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, and the Northern Jaguar Project are looking to reinstall a social rule which the United States already implemented with the Endangered Species Act. This legislation created the social rule that no species should be forced into extinction due to human activities. Riders on the Illegal Immigration Act and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and the Real ID act of 2005 allowed this social rule to become obsolete. Social rules changes in favor of the environment occur when the public is largely in support for saving the environment. However this support can be splintered by another need of the country especially when the opposing discourse has a crisis wave to ride. This case shows how the issue of border security triumphs environmental needs due to the pertinence of immigration reform along with the crisis impact caused by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

As a deer hunter, I never like to hear about whether another fellow hunter’s herd is much smaller this year. To understand what the author is conveying and whether the reader is engaged and informed of the issue, we need to look at the points Honeycutt is making. Coyotes predatory behaviour on white tail deer is the main reason why herd numbers are so small. Furthermore to understand if his message is getting across we need to look at the importance of the points he is making. Not many hunters realize that coyotes are having a significant impact on herd numbers. This is the point the author of the article How Coyotes Killed Deer Hunting makes.

Gray wolves can live all over the world. Gray wolves live at Yellowstone national park. They also live in Alaska, and the mountains. Gray wolves like meat as elk,deer,moose and caribou. Then, they feed it too their young or other pups.

Grey wolf Habitats: They are normally found in North America.Today, their range has shifted to Canada, Alaska, the Great Lakes, northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest and Yellowstone park.

The area of Yellowstone National Park has a long history of inhabitants, even before it became the nation’s first national park. In the area now known as Yellowstone National Park, wolves were once very prominent. However due to westward expansion in the 1800s, agriculture began to increase. This led to the wolves that once thrived in this area to being practically completely removed. The increase in agriculture in this region led to a lot of the wolves’ prey becoming reduced or eliminated. Since the wolves had a decrease in prey, the wolves began to prey on domestic animals, which then resulted in humans eliminating the wolves almost completely. By the 1930s the wolf was eliminated from the area. This was before people had an understanding of how ecosystems work and the interrelation of species. Now that the wolves were gone, elk then became overpopulated. A lot of the vegetation began to disappear as well due to the overgrazing of the elk. However after about a 70-year absence, in 1995 the wolves were carefully brought back to Yellowstone. When they brought the wolves back to the park, there was not just an effect on one species or one area but rather they affected the entire ecosystem of the area. I will discuss their effects on areas such elk, beaver colonies, scavengers, aspen trees, willow trees and cottonwood trees.

In Yellowstone National Park, scientists have been carefully documenting the impacts of wolves on the ecosystem, noting many changes for the better since reintroduction, (Berger et al. 2008; Beschta and Ripple 2010). As the ecosystem depends on the Gray Wolf to properly function predation, the wolves also regulate distribution and group size of each species, which impacts overall native biodiversity. Wolves primarily prey on large hoofed mammals such as deers, elk and moose. By preying on the most vulnerable (diseased, young, old, weak or injured) individuals, wolves can help keep prey populations more healthy and strong, (Carbyn

For years, the Gray Wolf has been a sore subject for many. The controversy comes with those who fight for the protection to conserve this species and those who see the Gray Wolf as a threat to humans and their form of survival. Both arguments are logical and both sides seem to be supported by evidence. The biggest controversy comes with the first proposed delisting of the Gray wolf. This paper will outline the biology and ecology of the Gray Wolf as well as the causes for the decline of the species and the reasons to keep this species alive.

The Red Wolf Canus rufus, is an endangered species that can mostly be found in eastern North Carolina, the Albemarle peninsula. The Red Wolf is a part of the large Canid family, which includes Wolves, jackals, Coyotes, Foxes and domestic Dogs. They are known to be smaller than a Grey Wolf Canis lupus, but larger than a Coyote Canis latrans. The Red Wolf has broad muzzles, wide heads, tall ears, and large paws. They are mostly brown, with black across their back, and red on the ears, head, and legs. The adult wolves can be anywhere from fifty three to eighty four pounds and stand around twenty six inches in height at their

It is only being recently that Mexico’s wildlife was considered a national priority and with the help of private landowners, communal property stakeholders, and wildlife organizations, wildlife can be managed and protected from over

Red Wolves are originally from Southeastern USA. Because of habitat loss and the control predator programs, red wolves, that were left, migrated to the Northeastern part of USA. Which was harmful to them, because of the vast populations of coyotes in Northeastern USA. The incorporation of small Red Wolf population, vast Coyotes population, and small area causes the two species to interbreed. This interbreeding causes the breakdown of natural barriers (“Red Wolves and Coyotes” USFWS). The minor threats, such as vehicle and illegal mortality and diseases such as hookworms and heartworms, are also extremely bad for Red Wolves. They happen to them when they are in the wild. These blessed animals should be saved from the threats of habitat loss, predator control programs, reproduction with coyotes, and other minor