Reintroduction of Mexican Gray Wolves
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.
To start off; the first viable reason is that they are a great way to
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The reintroduction of the wolves will attract more tourism to national parks. "A survey of visitors to Yellowstone National Park conducted by John Duffield of the University of Montana from 2004 to 2006 found that more than 150,000 people from all over the world come to the park each year specifically because of wolves" (defenders.org). The increase in tourist will increase the number of jobs and money communities earn. Wolf-related tourism brings in $35.5 million annually to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, stimulating economic activity through local communities. With the increase of tourism, money, and jobs they will then lead to a better economy. The United States has made an income of over $70 million in 2013, which has greatly helped their economy. With the reintroduction of the wolves, the United States makes over $70 million in just one year, has increased the amount of jobs, and tourist around the …show more content…
Reforestation will provide food and shelter to birds which rely on trees, shrubs and grass in order to survive and increase its population. Reforestation will not only increase the amount of air produced but will provide high above ground perches to protect the birds. With wolves being reintroduced into the forest the carcasses of the dead animals will decay and will provide nutrients to the soil for new plants to grow and flourish. Thus, the growth of new plants will increase the amount of small animals for the larger growing bird population. With wolves changing deer and elk feeding paths which then results in an increase of riparian vegetation which lowers water temperatures. In which improving habitat conditions for trout, thus creating more food and fishing
To begin with, Mexican Gray wolves are also referred to as “lobos” which means wolves in spanish. The Mexican Gray wolves are a subspecies of the Northern gray wolf. They were very popular during the early 1900’s mostly in the southern states such as southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western Texas and northern
The gray wolf is one of the world’s most well known and well researched animals with more documentation on them than any other wildlife species. It is a canid whose main habitats are in the wilderness of remote areas in North America, Eurasia and North Africa. It is the largest member of the wolf family, usually weighing between 70 and 120 lbs, and closely resembles in general appearance and proportions to a modern day breed of dog known as the German Sheppard, although they typically have a larger head, narrower chest, longer legs, straighter tails and bigger paws. The narrow chest of the gray wolf allows for swift and efficient movement through the common elements of their environment such as snow, brush and other conditions. Their larger heads indicate their higher level of intelligence and their large paws, webbed with fur aid in movement across mud and snow. The colour of a gray wolf’s fur lives up to its name and is predominantly a mottled gray although the gray wolf can also have fur that is nearly pure white, mixes of red, brown, or black. Being very social animals, gray wolves do mostly everything in packs of 2 – 15 animals; living, traveling and hunting. They can hunt and feed off smaller game, yet with their large pack size, they can work collectively to bring down large game such as deer, moose or bison. There are 37 recognized subspecies of the gray wolf in total ranging across six continents with familiar names that one
The gray wolf packs continue to be rarely seen in North Dakota. We can’t count how many packs there is today because there is only an exiguous amount left. Gray wolves remain threatened in North Dakota in addition to some of endangered in other areas of the United States of America. Clearly, ranchers are one of the primary reasons that gray wolves stay threatened. They are killing gray wolves for the reason that the wolves are killing off their livestock. Another reason why the gray wolves remain vulnerable is because the poachers set traps to kill the gray wolves. Gray wolves keep the ecosystem healthy by keeping the elk and deer population intact. However, some hunters could see this as not helping them so they would want to kill wolves.
It's a cold December night on the ranch, and you are slowly drifting off to sleep, when a sudden howl brings a shiver up your spine. You look out your window and see a Gray Wolf, the snow caresing its soft, eligant face, beautiful. When morning comes you go out to your livestock pen, one dead, that could cost you up to $20,000, that beautiful creature no longer seems so beautiful. In 1995, on accord of the Endangered Species Act, the Gray Wolf was introduced to Yellowstone National Park, Since then the ecosystem has flourished and more animals have come, rivers are not caving, trees are blooming and more plants are growing and tourism has exploded. So was wolf reintroduction really a good thing.
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
Long before the settlers started to make the United States their home, “American Indians lived long beside the Gray Wolf before settlers started to come here.” (Rowe, Mark) The wolf is native to the North American continent and has been inhabiting its land for centuries. It is a canid species, or member of the canine family and is a cunning, smart, fast, and sly animal. Gray wolves range in color from black, brown, gray, and white and also look like a grown German Shepherd. They are well known for traveling in family sizes from 7-9 wolves, led by the alpha male and have a mate. They are a fierce animal that has been researched extensively because of their unique qualities and that they are near extinction.
The Mexican gray wolf is a large predator that, in the past, preyed on livestock, which led to their near extinction by humans because they were tired of the wolves eating their livestock, they were a danger to people, and there were land use conflicts. However, the decline in the Mexican wolf lead to an overabundance of plant life which had a direct effect on other wildlife. There are many challenges involved with re-introducing wolves to other stakeholders such as to academics, mangers, ranchers, or landowners such as the reasons listed above which led to their near extinction. It is not as simple as taking the Mexican wolf from where they are now and placing them in different areas in Arizona, New Mexico, the US, and across the border in Sonora, Mexico. This is a very large area of land that policies would have to cover. The best ways to illustrate that the re-introduction of the wolves in the many expected areas is not as easy as it may seem are best described by nature culture dichotomy, social-ecological systems, and in the Anthropocene humans are seen as agents of change.
In Mark Twain?s novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the main character, Tom, is best friends with Huck. Tom and Huck seem very similar. But of course, everyone has their differences. They both have many freedoms and experiences, which differ. Their friendship means different things to each kid. There is also the factor of experience and intelligence. The boys are similar and different in many ways, but I think that it does not effect their friendship.
One of the most legendary creatures of the northern hemisphere is the wolf. One of the most popular places to spot a wolf safely is Yellowstone national park. But, the wolf is one of the most feared creature as well therefore the wolf was starting to be killed and removed in the early 1800s from Yellowstone. By 1926 they were all gone from Yellowstone national park. then some wolf lovers decided to take a stand and make sure that wolves would be put back into the park because its apart of the culture of the wolves. Many rancher think this was a horrible idea because of their livestock. But it is a good idea because Yellowstone national park could potentially be saved because fo these beautiful creatures. It could also help the economy around the area. it would also help because it would give scientists an opportunity to study what happens when a preditor returns to the area.
Yellowstone became a national park in 1872, it is a proud monument to America’s wilderness and an incredibly vast park, over 3,500 miles. This park was once characterized by the Grey Wolf whom presided over it. Now, as you and I understand National parks are protected from hunting, fishing, forestry and other man made interferences in mother nature’s design. When Yellowstone was established officially there was no legislation preventing the hunting of the pack predator, so in the way humans tend to, the wolf was over hunted and made locally extinct in the 1930’s. At the time there was no evident reason for the protection of wolves, in fact they were a menace to American
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