What is so bad about wolves ?

[sidereus]

"they should be hunted"? There is something like natural selection, you know?
(...) They have their rights for life, like humans.

We need to control the population by regulated hunting, otherwise the population would skyrocket, then collapse because of a lack of food/territory. Then the same would happen to the elk/deer, the population would explode, then die off.

Regulated hunting only effects around 15% of the wolf population, whereas 25% is needed to even affect them at all. This is why we established hunting seasons. Out of season poaching of any species is illegal.

They die quickly; a fast, clean shot to the head is lethal before their brain even registers pain.

[Hideś]

You are right. But i will be always by natural selection.
btw, i've read that gray wolves are endangered

[Ninya]

Sorry if this is a total non sequitur (and you might have to click on it to see the full image), but:

[sidereus]

You are right. But i will be always by natural selection.
btw, i've read that gray wolves are endangered

In some cases with other animals, natural selection would work, but not with grey wolves, as I've said before, the population would explode, then suffer and die out, taking down other animals with them. Note I'm not against natural selection, it just doesn't work with wolves.

Grey wolves are definitely not endangered. They are least concerned, not even at low risk (I'm talking about the total population). In some areas, the grey wolf is almost non-existent, but the total population is fine. Also a few other wolves are endangered, such as the Ethiopian wolf, which is very critically endangered.

[two.stride]

What about bears? Arent THEY endangered too?

[sidereus]

What about bears? Arent THEY endangered too?

Aye, pandas, sun bears, Andean bears, sloth bears, and Asiatic black bears, among others. I absolutely adore Andean bears (aka spectacled bears) <3.

[.:!!RANDOM!!:.]

articwolf wrote:
Why do people assume just because someone loves wolves, they think the animal is an angel that does no wrong? (...) Honestly, I'm getting sick of people assuming wolf-lovers are shallow idiots who only care about that species.

I agree.
I love wolves, they are my favourite animal, I know they DO attack and kill people,
but they do have their reasons, you know.

[Saracirce]

I don't know if this has been pointed out yet or not (too sleepy to read all the posts right now) but I'm fairly sure it's illegal to KOS (kill-on-sight) any animal, no matter what species, unless you feel you, your family, or your property (aka livestock animals) are at risk. Otherwise, you could be charged with a misdemeanor or something like that, depending on how many animals you kill and what the evidence points to.

[Soruc]

Plants are more misunderstood than wolves.

[plum]

Plants are more misunderstood than wolves.

As are many other things more misunderstood than wolves.
I honestly think Dholes are better than wolves, being that they let their young eat first(or so I've read.).