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Colorado Restoration of Gray Wolves initiative qualifies for 2020 ballot
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<blockquote data-quote="RickN" data-source="post: 3314472" data-attributes="member: 8854"><p>Got to disagree with you on this one Dennishoddy. Wolfs pick off the weak and injured of big game species. They will eat whatever they can catch of smaller animals like rabbits and they do make game more wary so they are harder to hunt. But they do not destroy herds.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"According to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, elk numbers have increased over the last 25 years in every state with wolves – including Oregon. The fall 2009 edition of the Bugle states that over the last 15 years while Montana’s wolf population has grown from 48 to 497, elk numbers have increased from 94,000 to 150,000. Meanwhile, the success rate of elk hunters increased from 16.7% to 21.5%!</p><p></p><p>Wolves are opportunistic and therefore much more likely to harvest the weakest animals and in turn increase the overall fitness of prey species. Trophy human hunters on the other hand are more likely to kill the biggest, fittest animals."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RickN, post: 3314472, member: 8854"] Got to disagree with you on this one Dennishoddy. Wolfs pick off the weak and injured of big game species. They will eat whatever they can catch of smaller animals like rabbits and they do make game more wary so they are harder to hunt. But they do not destroy herds. "According to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, elk numbers have increased over the last 25 years in every state with wolves – including Oregon. The fall 2009 edition of the Bugle states that over the last 15 years while Montana’s wolf population has grown from 48 to 497, elk numbers have increased from 94,000 to 150,000. Meanwhile, the success rate of elk hunters increased from 16.7% to 21.5%! Wolves are opportunistic and therefore much more likely to harvest the weakest animals and in turn increase the overall fitness of prey species. Trophy human hunters on the other hand are more likely to kill the biggest, fittest animals." [/QUOTE]
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