should wolves be returned to Wisconsin? why or why not?
461933
Yes, humans do a lot more harm than wolves do.  Also, in many areas of the country, species that wolves used to keep in check are becoming severely overpopulated.  White-tailed deer in particular (also known as rats with hooves), but also wapiti (aka elk) in some regions have created major changes in local ecosystems.\n\nRe-introducing predators can help to manage these populations, in addition to helping to maintain the health of the wolf populations which are losing territory all over the world.
943940
Not this year.  They are ranked too low...much lower than they should be.  They have had a reasonably hard schedule, and their only loss was to the #2 team in the country.  I believe they should be ranked about 7th, but as you know...they aren't.\n\nAs they say..."Maybe next year."\n\nP.S. as a Badger fan myself, I believe that they will be shown more love next year and will do very well with P.J. Hill being very good.
192597
Ah, every one love a confrontiation!  I just got done answering a question about why the world will never have world peace and I wish i could tag this to the last responsse.\n\nYou Brits are witty, but a "bone of a wolf" would and could never be used to properly till the soil here in the Americans.  Possibly a Bison.\n\nNice try though!\n\nHappy hateful hunting and may "long live the queen"
797569
A definite no.  I couldn't..not ever.  I'm a vegetarian and I love to see real fur on an animals back where it belongs.\n\nIt's is so unnecessary and so cruel.
95450
I would cautiosly ask the wolf and then immediately start going to other sources to ask also. Never trust just one source especially the people in pulpits for that is where most wolves are found. Whenever I want to study out a particular issue, I try to prove my beliefs wrong. Most people look fot the answers that they want to hear and in doing such will never find the truth if they are wrong. You must be willing to hear other opinions and know that there is a possibility that you may need to change your belief on the topic your searching.
486591
I've seen beavers run across the ground, but I'd call it more of a hurried waddle.  I'd put them in the opossum speed category.  No way in the world could a beaver outrun a wolf anywhere except underwater.
1158064
1) The largest species of wolf is the grey wolf.\n\n2) There is already a species of wolf in Africa, and it has been there for over 5 million years. This is the Ethiopian wolf, and it is currently far more endangered than the grey wolf. It is reasonably expected t become extinct within the next 50 years.\n\n3) There is also another species of wild dog in Africa called, African WIld Dogs. Isn't that an original name. African Wild Dogs are also seriously threatened due priamrily to the introduction of diseases from domestics dogs.\n\n4) Assuming you could successfully introduce grey wolves into Africa you would almost certainly cause the extinction of both the Ethiopian wolf and the African Wild Dog. This is why actual scientists don't simply move species around without doing a lot of research on the potential effects.\n\n5) Grey wolves could only possibly survive in the very southernmost part of Africa. Grey wolves are temperate animals and they can not tolerate high temperatures, This is why wolves are restricted to Northern India and the US and have never live din Mexico or Southern India. They simply can not hunt on warm days. You MIGHT be able to introduce grey wolves to South Africa and Libya, but that would be the absolute limit of their potential range on the continent. Grey wolves could not tolerate the heat across 90% of the continent.\n\n6) Grey wolves may have strong jaws but they are weak compared to lions and hyaenas and comparable to African Wild Dogs.\n\n7) No wolf in the world could possibly outrun a lion, that is sheer fantasy.\n\n8) Grey wolves would have absolutely no chance defending themselves against hyaenas. African Wild Dogs have evolved to form packs of 10-20 adults to give them a fighting chance against hyaenas and they live in burrows. The largest grey wolf packs consist of less than 8 adults and grey wolve slive above ground. Grey wolves would be exterminated in short order by hyaenas.\n\n9) Wolves can’t live in jungles. Wolves have never lived in jungles. Wolves are temperate forest and grassland predators. They can not survive in jungles.\n\n10) It amazes me that you call yourself a student and claim to be concerned about wolves yet apparently know nothing about their behaviour or habitat requirements, or about related species already native to Africa.\n\nIn summary, any plan to introduce wolves to Africa is simply silly. Sorry, there’s no other way to describe it. It is hideously flawed on every level.
613867
As is typical, loss of habitat is the greatest concern for AT as well as other special biomes.  For example, the polar bear has a yearly cycle in northern Manitoba and Ontario, in which it goes out onto the ice cover of the Hudson Bay in the fall to hunt, and returns in the winter- Recently, the freeze/thaw cycles have changed, and many of the bears are starving or being trapped on the ice.  Efforts are being made now to provide food and chase them off the early-thawing ice with helicopters, but obviously if the trend continues, it's likely a losing effort.  If the challenge is changing weather patterns, there isn't very much we can do, other than try to minimize the climate changes.  Other challenges include development of the area, especially for oil and coal exploration, which might seriously disrupt migration patterns of the large prey animals.  In general, though, the arctic tundra is not among the most threatened habitats, and so is not focused on as much as, for example, wetlands, rainforests, and coral reefs.
767101
i would say b)\n\nbecause new wolves might bring new problems like different diseases or prey on other animals, which would screw the ecosystem over even more! at least with letting the moose reach carrying capacity, you know that nothing new is being introduced into the area, and when the moose population crashes, the plants and things that the moose effect will have some time to recover before the next period of moose overpopulation.
811992
no, example look at the tigers in a zoo. there not healthily & they dont feed them like they would out in the wild. so the answer is no we should leave natuer to itself & stop expanding into there area. another example: we could build or use the same buildings that was shut down for one reason or another before we go out and build another in nature area. tear the old building down & build one in its spot. but no that would cost the rich s.o.b to much money. so they go to areas that have alot of wild animals in it & uild there & then when a fox or other animals attact a person they wonder why this happened. DUH!! your in there area were the use to live & now they have to find a new place to live & all.
1157285
Timber wolves are carnivores feeding on other animals. A study in the early 1980's showed that the diet of Wisconsin wolves was comprised of 55% white-tailed deer, 16% beavers, 10% snowshoe hares and 19% mice, squirrels, muskrats and other small mammals. Wolves' food habits change with seasonal shifts in the availability of prey species. For example, beavers spend a lot of time on shore in the fall and spring, cutting trees for their food supply. Since beavers are easy to catch on land, wolves eat more of them in the fall and spring than during the rest of the year. In the winter, when beavers are in their lodges or moving safely beneath the ice, wolves rely on deer and hares. Wolves' summer diet is more diverse, including a greater variety of small mammals.
1085843
You have to hire another wild creature to serve the papers. I understand badgers work cheap.\n\nThere is no other way.
177567
Humans Primarly. However here is some additional information:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_wolf
618436
... zoos ... wolves?\nIt "sounds" as if English is your first language, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.
928684
Please move to Wisconsin or MN
1008569
I agree with your feelings about wolves but don't forget all the other animals out there!  I hate any harm done to all animals!  I just don't want to see or hear about hurting animals & I'll protect them if I can without a second thought.  I understand them & they sometimes even understand me, I think.  But I'm definitely human, I should be, & so should you.\n\nBe content with being human & use what you know to help wolves & other animals.  I think it's an admirable career choice.
300145
I think that foxhunting causes significant levels of pain and distress to animals, and that to do so merely for frivolity and entertainment is wrong, so I support the ban.\n\nHowever, I do understand the need to control animal population levels, particularly if excessive numbers of a certain species are damaging the ecological balance. This should, as far as possible be done in a quick and humane way, without the protracted fear and stress induced by a hunt.