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Index of Subjects --001a11c24edae256b104f29ccdeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is there any evidence that humans, specifically Europeans, were responsible for the wolves being absent from NS? Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 17 February 2014 12:23, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: > Except that human hunters do a much less efficient job, they do it > seasonally, and use very different selection criteria. And wolves eat more > than human-preferred game animals. We are no substitute for wolves as the > top of the food chain. Bring back the wolves to NS! > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > >> A key point about the wolf reintroduction project in Yellowstone >> National Park is that there is no hunting allowed inside the park. Outside >> of a national park hunters would have taken care of the overpopulation of >> elk and/or deer. This is what is happening throughout most of the former >> range of the wolf. Human hunters have replaced it as the top predator in >> the terrestrial ecosystems. >> Dusan Soudek >> >> <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> >> >> >> --001a11c24edae256b104f29ccdeb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Is there any evidence that humans, specifically Europeans,= were responsible for the wolves being absent from NS?<div><br></div><div>R= andy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>_________= ________________________<br> RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 February 2014 12:23, Blake Maybank= <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com" target=3D"_bla= nk">bmaybank@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_= quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1= ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,s= ans-serif;font-size:large">Except that human hunters do a much less efficie= nt job, they do it seasonally, and use very different selection criteria.= =A0 And wolves eat more than human-preferred game animals.=A0 We are no sub= stitute for wolves as the top of the food chain.=A0 Bring back the wolves t= o NS!<br> </div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmai= l_quote">On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Dusan Soudek <span dir=3D"ltr">&= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">soudekd@ns.= sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> =20 <div> A key point about the wolf reintroduction project in Yellowstone Nationa= l Park is that there is no hunting allowed inside the park. Outside of a na= tional park hunters would have taken care of the overpopulation of elk and/= or deer. This is what is happening throughout most of the former range of t= he wolf. Human hunters have replaced it as the top predator in the terrestr= ial ecosystems. <br><span><font color=3D"#888888">=A0=A0 Dusan Soudek </font></span></div><br> <a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank"> </a><br> <br> <br></div></blockquote></div> </div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --001a11c24edae256b104f29ccdeb--
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