Who are the real killers??

[stanc]

The video explained very clearly why predator control was important if the balance between wolves and ungulates was to be maintained. It explained the causes and reason for the unbalance with unchecked predator population in non wilderness areas. How would you obtain a balance between the wolf, ungulate population and ranching community?? I actually like wolves, Grizzly bears and mountain lions, but I also understand they have to be managed.

My best friend is an avid hunter, but he doesn't use politically correct euphemisms like "manage" and "harvest" when he talks about wanting to kill animals.

I rather doubt that anyone who truly likes wolves would actually advocate killing them.

What would your solution or ideas be Stan?? People also need wood products, minerals and beef. If predator control is not the answer, please enlighten me on better management ideas.

During my college years, my chemistry lab partner (who coincidentally later went to Minnesota or Wisconsin to work with wolves) talked me into going with her to see a documentary titled (IIRC) Predators of the Sea. The opening scene with the title was not a shark or some such critter, but a scuba diver swimming in the deep blue. I was the only person in the audience who laughed out loud at the irony.

As A5B noted, wolves and other animals seemed to coexist quite well before Europeans came to this continent and decided that they needed to "manage" wildlife. If you really wish to engage in predator control as a preferred solution, I'd suggest that you "manage" the apex predator: Man. This problem -- and many other issues -- would solve themselves if the human population were greatly reduced.