Why Restore Wolves?
Why restore the wolves you ask? Wolves benefit the ecosystem. They play an important role in preserving miscellaneous plant and animal life because they are top carnivores. Wolves are wide ranging animals therefore, making sure the resources for their survival will ensure the survival for a great number of other species.
Reintroduction of the wolves will also likely crowd out a large percentage of the coyote population and wild dogs. This could in turn reduce them from preying on deer, and reopen a way for smaller carnivores that have been out competed by the two.
Reintroducing the wolves, benefits we humans economically, by adding an allure to the wilderness that few people can resist. Nearly everywhere wolves exist, regional economies have seen significant increases in tourist generated income. There is evidence that every year thousands of people tour Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada with little chance of seeing a wolf. Yet, each summer they come by the thousands with the hope of hearing a wolf's howl. Each year Park Rangers conduct howling events that regularly attract up to 500 cars filled with eager wolf enthusiasts. In North Carolina (where red wolves were reintroduced ten years ago) and Yellowstone National Park (where timber wolves were reintroduced), an increase of four to ten percent in tourism was seen which brought in millions of dollars for the local communities. Adding the majestic species like the wolf to the Adirondack's variety of wildlife would no doubt have similar effects on their local economy.
While wolves have been gone for one hundred years, the importance of their loss has only begun to be realized in the last two decades, many ecologists fear that the negative impact we have seen is only the tip of the iceberg and that the full impact of extinction of wolves may not be recognized for generations to come. Heavily populated areas may never support wolves again, we have an obligation to our environment, to our future generations, and the wolves themselves to seek out the remaining wild areas which can still provide a place to live for them. The wolf is beautiful, majestic, and intelligent but most of all, the wolf is misunderstood.
Please help to protect them now and not allow them to become only a memory in the future. Remember, everytime you look at your pet dog you are looking into the eyes of it's great ancestor. The wolf's bloodline is what makes your dog so loyal and unconditional in it's love for you.
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