Killing the wolves?

Question

If you anyone, the animals lovers like me have read my old post question as previously, and www. petitionsite .com of " don't strip ESA Protection from Wolves" Now the officals are starting the ariel gunning in Alaska, will soon follow into WY and Idaho. If you have not seen the letter of defender of wildlife. They sent me this. Please paste and copy this to pass around to the ones who are the animals lovers. I don't need the answers from you on this one.
Hope you all have a nice day.

Dear Julie,

Another season of aerial gunning is underway in Alaska. And this year could be the bloodiest in decades, with the state seeking to eliminate as many 664 wolves through aerial gunning and other means in areas slated for aerial control.

Last year, more than 150 wolves were killed, shot down by gunners using low-flying aircraft. At least ten wolves have already been killed this year.

You can help put an end to this brutal practice. Please donate now to support our Campaign to Save America’s Wolves.

Because they are such social animals, each wolf’s death can be damaging to its pack’s ability to hunt and survive. Yet gunners can indiscriminately kill any wolf, including pack leaders and pregnant mothers.

Allowing private individuals, rather than state personnel, to conduct aerial gunning also leads to increased wounding and suffering.

We need your support to end aerial gunning. Please make a donation online now to support our work in Alaska, on Capitol Hill and in the courts to help save wolves.

Defenders of Wildlife opposes aerial gunning, and we’re not alone.

Alaskans have twice voted to restrict the use of aircraft to shoot wolves. Not surprisingly, many wildlife supporters and hunters alike consider airborne wolf killing to be unsporting and cruel.

Scientists and conservationists worry that the programs’ goals of artificially inflating game numbers threatens not only Alaska wolves but also the long-term health of local ecosystems that wolves help keep in balance.

Please help us end aerial gunning in Alaska.

Our emergency action to save wolves in the Northern Rockies and our ongoing work in Alaska have stretched our time, resources and funds to the breaking point. That’s why we need your help to raise $25,000 by January 31st to support these and other efforts to save wolves…
Grassroots mobilization. In Alaska and around the world, we’ve mobilized hundreds of thousands of dedicated activists in opposition to aerial gunning. Working with local conservationists and sportsmen, along with our sister organization, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, we’ll also do everything in our power to support an upcoming state-based ballot initiative to restrict aerial gunning.
Legal advocacy. Along with our ongoing litigation to end Alaska’s aerial gunning programs, Defenders is seeking a preliminary injunction that would ground the aerial gunners until the courts hear our case.
Federal lobbying. The new Congress offers a remarkable opportunity to finally spur federal action to end aerial gunning in Alaska. We’re already working to introduce and pass legislation to strengthen and clarify the Federal Airborne Hunting Act, the law passed in the 1960s to prevent programs like Alaska’s.
Wolves are dying right now. Please make the most generous donation you can to support this important campaign and help us save wolves.

For the Wild Ones,

Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife

Answer 1

this is ridicules!! i have no idea where people get this mad idea that wolves are blood thirsty creatures who kill just for the sake of it!
for goodness sake, when was the last wolf attack on a human? Wolves are shy creatures who keep themselves to themselves and only kill human live stoke to survive.
Also, when wolves hunt, they bring down the weaker of the animals, those with limps that wouldn't survives much longer anyway!
So before everyone starts listening to rumors that have been going around for hundreds of years, just watch a documentary on wolves and their habits.

Answer 2

1. Unfortunately yes. Butonly in the case of farm animals. Because farm animals are easy to kill and trapped within the field so they have no escape. 2.As long as nature is taking it's own course, this shouldn't happen. In wild areas (such as yellowstone) there is a stable balance between numbers of predators and prey (e.g. wolves and elk). Think about it, if predators wiped out prey species completely, they would soon have nothing to eat. In areas where there is alot of hunting, the balance is tipped by humans. The number of prey animals is decreased by humans, so the population cannot cope with predation by wolves. Therefore, it is hunters who wipe out prey species. Not wolves. 3. Yes, but this is really the farmers fault. If they made sure their fields were properly secure then wolves wouldn't get to livestock in the first place. 4. I'm surprised they said that. It is a fact that there are no recorded instances of people being killed by wolves! yes, they will attack if they feel threatened, but not kill.

Answer 3

I'm an animal lover and a hunter, and this strikes me as wrong in both areas. there should be some control of the population, wolves are very good at breeding and raising their young, so they can increase too much for the present environment to support, but at the same time, there is no call for this.
the wolves haven't got a chance against this sort of killing, I won't dignify it by calling it hunting, at least with a ground bound hunter they have some measure of fair play involved.
personally I don't feel that there should be shooting in the lower 48, we have so much area and so few wolves that it makes more sense to transport them to other places where they can start more packs , which helps the species and the hunters by getting rid of the weak ,sick, and older animals so that there are more healthy ones, and more area for the said animals to feed and grow in.
keep up the good work, I'll be praying that this petition succeeds so these great animals don't have to face another near extinction because of misguided efforts. best of wishes.

Answer 4

You wont get help here - People think they are the number #1 animal - You cant stop this - humans enjoy killing for the pure pleasure of blood. If humans would stop destroying all of the lands for their precious homes we might live in harmony with nature, but no that is too much to ask for the land hungry human. Populations can be controlled with sterilization, but that causes too much work. The lazy human would rather use a bullet.

Answer 5

That's really sad, but it is just like the Canadians killing a population of seals last year.

Answer 6

Oh yes let's stop them from regulating the wolf population! I know I would much rather see the wolves start killing each other or attacking people and their live stock then to be regulated! Come on people sometimes we need to put a little bit more thought into things! If people don't regulate some animal's they will over populate and die of illness starvation or just start killing each other as a way to survive.

Answer 7

Do you refuse to really seek the truth and why they resorted to aerial gunning. Have you seen the damage the wolves can do to other species? In Cal. they outlawed the taking of Lions and they have decimated the deer in the mountains. Now the deer have moved to the cities and are getting killed by cars. Does this make you happy?

Answer 8

Sorry,but we have to control the pop of the wolves if not 10 times as many will be killed by ranchers

Answer 9

no its unfair to kill them..
they too r a part of nature

Answer 10

i don't think they should be killed