- Wolves- any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae
- Forage- food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
The population of wolves are decreasing in North America. This is because wolves are traveling out of their protected boundaries, giving hunters an easy excuse to kill them. Although this happens, nothing is done to prevent this except to expand the protected boundaries, which does not make many residents living near the boundaries very happy. The main reason the wolves are traveling outside their boundaries is because their prey, white tailed deer, are found in forages that are far away from their boundaries. Most of these shootings are commonly found in Yellowstone and Banff national park in Alberta, Canada because of the large amount of forages in the area.
Disccusion:
I was interested by the fact that the wolves travel so far away from their boundaries to get cattle and horse near residential areas. They can just hunt near their own homes, where there is plenty of food to eat. Also, most of the people that protect the wolves do not protect the wolves in effective ways about the poachers that try to kill the wolves for money.
Questions:
How can people prevent poachers from killing wolves around some places?
How can the people that supervise the park prevent wolves from traveling outside the boundaries?
What can be done about the white tailed deer?
Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Sharon, Levy. "Wolf Family Values." New Scientist 12 June 2010: n. pag. EBSCO
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Disccusion:
I was interested by the fact that the wolves travel so far away from their boundaries to get cattle and horse near residential areas. They can just hunt near their own homes, where there is plenty of food to eat. Also, most of the people that protect the wolves do not protect the wolves in effective ways about the poachers that try to kill the wolves for money.
Questions:
How can people prevent poachers from killing wolves around some places?
How can the people that supervise the park prevent wolves from traveling outside the boundaries?
What can be done about the white tailed deer?
Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Sharon, Levy. "Wolf Family Values." New Scientist 12 June 2010: n. pag. EBSCO
Host. Web. 23 Sept. 2010.
http://blog.sierratradingpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Wolves-kill-runner-in-Alaska.jpg
