Managing wolf populations

Dan Stark, wolf management specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, talks about managing wild wolf populations in Minnesota

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Wolf
• wolves
• conservation
• biology
• management
• Minnesota
• DNR

[Shadow510Warrior]

Why do we humans feel we need to control everything? We are moving into the animals land and we get mad at them for coming into our land? Doesn't make sense. There are better options then hunting I hope these people "managing wildlife" know

[Amidat]

@animals77777 - I laugh at people who say predators kill for sport. Predators kill for competition or to eat. Wolves generally eat the carcass where they kill it. Duh! If humans come the wolves will get out of there. If I was a gambler I would be willing to bet that if persons stay away from the carcasses the wolves would go back and eat the rest of it.

[kriteekme]

@animals77777

You are a self-proclaimed wolf expert yet you deny surplus killing...thats like a climatologist not believing that low pressure causes violent weather.

Blatent denial of obvious life history characteristics doesn't advance your agenda...well maybe it does.

[animals77777]

You go ahead and keep up your lies, Bruce, because we are all becoming aware of your true agenda, along with other hunters like yourself. Not just youtube individuals, but it has now been published on the New York Times.

[animals77777]

...I do consider myself and expert in wolves and what I do know is that wolves tend to be an opportunistic hunter and they are labeled as surplus killers. Taking advantage of deep snows, or injured animals, or sick animals or new born animals. Even the chimpanzee has never been labeled as a thrill killer and they have the most bizarre and erratic hunter behavior or all mammals. Hope this answers your question.

Happy Holidays,

Rob Lessnau"

[animals77777]

There has NEVER been documented evidence that Wolves kill for a sport. A email response sent to me from Mammalogist and Zoologist Rob Lessnau says, "There have never been document publishings that wolves kill for a sport." Here is the entire email response. "Hi Phillip:

I have never seen it written that animals merely kill for sport. Killing for sport would defeat the concept of expending much needed energy. Energy is usually replaced after a successful kill...

[animals77777]

Bruce: You are a genuine moron! Wolves do not sport kill because it would be wasting needed energy they do not have for high stamina. Yes, Wolves have stamina, in a jogging formality, but not excessive actions. To kill for a sport, it would mean they would waste energy they probably need, let's say within an hour or so, basically a short time span from the kill to the next time they need to use their energy for survival. This is a learned behavior that they experience in not wasting energy.

[carnypimp]

Screw for the benifet of people. It was for the benifet of people that wolves almost went extent!

[jaimeanna1412]

Isn't it time to manage human populatio/overpopulation?

[BruceH59]

@221nixon Wolve sport kill documented fact exposed coward LOL