El Loco Lobo
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The hunted population of the animals may not be as numerous as they were in the "glory days", but the human population has increased and taken over the original habitats. The need for using the animals for primary food source, shelter is also not as big of an issue either.
Elk & buffalo have been pushed into areas that we have decided not to populated yet. Yellowstone is a great example. When the herds became to large for the park, instead of letting hunts go on in a National Park, hay is brought in to feed in the winter. Forcing the animals into a set area increasing the numbers infected with brucilosis making a dying herd.
Then some desk jockey got this hair balled idea to buy wolves from Canada and introduce them back into this area. many have already been destroyed for killing domestic live stock.
With proper use of human predators the herds could be brought back to healthy numbers and the Canadians can have the wolves back (if they really want them). You bet put in quotas,I not for full out eradication of every game animal, but lets get these herds healthy for our kids and grand kids. Trying to tell my kids what animal acts like with chronic wasting disease is something I don't want to do!
As for gophers, or p-dogs if all of us shot one each day for the rest of our lives we might dent there population so lets shot 2
Elk & buffalo have been pushed into areas that we have decided not to populated yet. Yellowstone is a great example. When the herds became to large for the park, instead of letting hunts go on in a National Park, hay is brought in to feed in the winter. Forcing the animals into a set area increasing the numbers infected with brucilosis making a dying herd.
Then some desk jockey got this hair balled idea to buy wolves from Canada and introduce them back into this area. many have already been destroyed for killing domestic live stock.
With proper use of human predators the herds could be brought back to healthy numbers and the Canadians can have the wolves back (if they really want them). You bet put in quotas,I not for full out eradication of every game animal, but lets get these herds healthy for our kids and grand kids. Trying to tell my kids what animal acts like with chronic wasting disease is something I don't want to do!
As for gophers, or p-dogs if all of us shot one each day for the rest of our lives we might dent there population so lets shot 2