Originally Posted by
blacktail slayer
Wolves are a keystone species that benefit prey populations by culling sick animals and preventing overpopulation. Studies of wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park show that they also benefit other species, including pronghorn and foxes by controlling coyote populations, and songbirds and beavers by dispersing browsing elk and allowing recovery of streamside vegetation.
Hmmm... for some reason the Dimwitcrats think that when a wolf kills a prey animal by running it down and brutally ripping out its esophagous while it is still alive, this is beneficial to the environment. But when hunters kill prey animals in a much more painless way, and in so doing preserve millions of acres of wildlife habitat for hunting and support a multi-million (or billion?) dollar industry that provides American jobs, they are being cruel to the animals and the entire system is problematic.