"Funny thing is, native wolves WEREN'T eradicated from Idaho by humans.
These introduced wolves did it."
Let me guess, some anti-wolf organization told you that one?
"They should never have been released here in the first place."
They should never have been killed off by people in the first place.
"Idaho HAD indigenous wolves, but they were smaller and less aggressive. These wolves imported from Canada wiped out actual endangered American wolves."
Im all for hunting, but Im all for having our native ecosystems intact, which includes (heres a wolf education for you) the top predator which belongs here in America, the gray wolf.
I cant stand to see this misinformation being spread on internet forums about introduced wolves being bigger, more aggressive, hungrier, and the biggest lie which is that they killed off the native wolves. Thats like saying that the nazis didnt kill the jews in Europe before and during WW2, its like saying that the other jews killed them, give me a break, at least try to make it sound closer to the truth.
Some more wolf education for you..
In North America, Europe, Asia, the canis lupus (gray wolf) are all the same species, aside from canis lupus arctos (arctic wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf), canis rufus (red wolf), canis lupus baileyi (mexican gray wolf), all gray wolves in North America are the same exact subspecies. The term "Canadian grays" came from the anti wolf demonstrators, and the beef industry when the wolves were first brought back here.
Heck the domesticated dog is less than 2 tenths of a percent different genetically than a gray wolf (these differences are for a wolves more intense behaviors). The physical differences have to do with genetic switches (contained by both) that are activated or not activated by environment, need and behavior.
By all means, hunt them legally, do so with reason, respect their place in our country, they were here long before us, and hopefully long after us.
Gorgeous animals.
These introduced wolves did it."
Let me guess, some anti-wolf organization told you that one?
"They should never have been released here in the first place."
They should never have been killed off by people in the first place.
"Idaho HAD indigenous wolves, but they were smaller and less aggressive. These wolves imported from Canada wiped out actual endangered American wolves."
Im all for hunting, but Im all for having our native ecosystems intact, which includes (heres a wolf education for you) the top predator which belongs here in America, the gray wolf.
I cant stand to see this misinformation being spread on internet forums about introduced wolves being bigger, more aggressive, hungrier, and the biggest lie which is that they killed off the native wolves. Thats like saying that the nazis didnt kill the jews in Europe before and during WW2, its like saying that the other jews killed them, give me a break, at least try to make it sound closer to the truth.
Some more wolf education for you..
In North America, Europe, Asia, the canis lupus (gray wolf) are all the same species, aside from canis lupus arctos (arctic wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf), canis rufus (red wolf), canis lupus baileyi (mexican gray wolf), all gray wolves in North America are the same exact subspecies. The term "Canadian grays" came from the anti wolf demonstrators, and the beef industry when the wolves were first brought back here.
Heck the domesticated dog is less than 2 tenths of a percent different genetically than a gray wolf (these differences are for a wolves more intense behaviors). The physical differences have to do with genetic switches (contained by both) that are activated or not activated by environment, need and behavior.
By all means, hunt them legally, do so with reason, respect their place in our country, they were here long before us, and hopefully long after us.
Gorgeous animals.