Restore The Balance: The Case for the Wolves in the Rockies

[chrisclay1000]

Humans are the cause for the decrease in population for all animals in this world, everything was going fine till humans appeared.

[chrisclay1000]

WTF is wrong with that old women with horses, if you care for wildlife then why say we dont need wolves, saying that means you dont give a fuck about wildlife, dumbass.

[sable28326]

Decrease demand. The majority of wolf killers in these areas are rancher trying to protect there stock. Eat less meat = less demand.

[ArcticWolf4570]

What Balance do you speak of? If we dont hunt wolves- they kill all the deer, elk, etc. Its that simple. How that for a balance. Now for the extremists out there; Multiple species are extinct, instead of none. Hunting keeps the balance- not predators.

[Rockholm66]

This whole video is a lie. Stop your propaganda. Prior to the illegal introduction of the Canadian Grey wolf, there was strong opposition to their presence. There was already a stock of wolves in Minnesota that was similar in size to the wolves the Northern Rockies had. Now we have a much larger Grey wolf that is an absolute killing machine. The Grey wolf is not endangered. There are estimates between 50-70 thousand wolves in North America. Stop lying!!!

[Rockholm66]

Hal, these extremist lunatics push their lies non stop. That is why we need to expose them. The central Yellowstone elk herd is down by 73%, once their numbers were 800, now only 200 survived. Wolves will soon remove the elk from Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.

[wolfgirl167]

why cant the people live around there see these wolves were here before them and trying put back not gonna eat all there stock there just being blind

[itsyournature]

its kind of wild what a hot issue this is amongst locals-- some truly hate the wolves and just want them gone. no matter what the balance is they bring to the ecosystem.

[TheBlueRainWolf]

@itsyournature The ecosystem Needs wolves. No matter what they say, nature will always need them. We shouldn't be destroying them out of fear or because they're hunting they way they've been hunting for over thousands of years. Humans are finding it difficult to live with them because they don't understand them. They don't respect them. They only care about the profit thats made from they game they kill.

[JohnnyDeppRox]

Great video. 5/5

[goose1077]

Isn't the endangered species list supposed to be for animals that are about to go extinct. Why is this a political process at all. Either they are about to be extinct or not. Which is it?

[itsyournature]

Wolves were "extinct" or more accurately "extirpated" from the Yellowstone ecosystem in the 1940's. Only a small number of wolves were reintroduced in the mid-90's, and therefore in need of endangered species protections. After protections were removed in April, mass hunting parties were assembled in Wyoming, and wolves were being killed at one per-day until they were relisted in July. they're STILL under threat from groups who seek to push wolves into extinction in the Northern Rockies.

[goose1077]

So if they are endangered, why take them off the list? This is ridiculus. It shouldn't be a political issue. I have no problem with hunting but it makes no sense to kill of an entire species. Even the hunters should agree with that. What will they hunt if they are all dead?

[Suzbekistan]

Love the video!

[SCODgreenhood]

SCOD supports nature conservation *****

[AdamHintz]

I wish all parties the best of luck in finding a sustainable resolution to the problem.