I recently read an article that spoke of wolves being slaughtered in hopes to safe a species of caribou. Truthfully I think it is a load of crap that the naturalist believe removing a top predator will help the numbers of caribou increase. What I failed to mention was in Canada, where this is happening, there is an increase in the development of tar sands and oil and gas fields that are encroaching on the caribou's habitat. The people in charge believe that by removing wolves the caribou will come back. Unfortunately they are messing with the nature of things.
Canada spent over $1 million to poison and snipe from the air wolves, killing over 500 of these beautiful animals. I find this to be down right appalling. If I were able to do something, raise awareness...anything to help the wolves I would. Where to start is the question?
The article can be found at:
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/alberta_canada_energy_boom_places_wolves_in_the_crosshairs/2459/
No comments:
Post a Comment