Wolves from the Druid pack chase down an elk.
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#2
I love how they run!! ^^ wolves rock!!^^ and how they work as one
#3
I love them!!! I have always loved wolves sence i was in 1st grade. I need these video for a report. i know my classmates will love it.n_n
#4
omg they are so mean. but they’re really cute. I guess they have to get their food somehow. Poor little animals=(
#5
I LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEE animals sooooo much! I especially like wolves but it is sad to watch these fast wolves and a slow elk being a dinner for some hungry wolves.
#6
CANADAN wolves brought from CANADA. NOT NATIVE TO HERE! They have killed most of the native wolves and are killing off elk and deer because there are to many of them. Packs this large rarely occure in the wild, and do not last long.
#7
I think Mike needs to his facts straight. Before the reintroduction, there were only a handful of wolves near and in Glacier N.P. and decent population in the Upper Great Lakes region. Furthermore there is no “Canadian” species of wolf and there never has been. The reintroduced wolves came from Canada but that does not mean they are a seperate species. In fact, the tendency in nomenclature now is to group more species together and not split them up because their pelage is a different color or a ridge on their teeth ( a cingulum).Humans are responsible for the disappearance of western U.S.wolves. Bounty’s, poison such as the lethal Compound 1080 and trapping were the tools used. Finally, although wolves do hunt elk and deer, they are hardly killing off the population. As far as I know, and I could be wrong, there is no case of a predator wiping out it’s prey population. Lot’s of younger folks on this site, at least try to get the facts straight
#8
Chris is correct. If predators eradicated their prey species, then they too would possibly become extinct. Only humans have and continually killing off entire species. Animals are not evil. They kill for survival, eg. Food. Humans on the other hand, sometimes kill for fun eg. Sport hunting.
#9
This was a GREAT program. I adore all wolves & everything they stand for. How the wolves prey on other animals is simply a matter of survival . I will ALWAYS love the wolf.
#10
Both sides of the argument are correct, however the use of sport hunting is in no way cruel to any healthy/legal animal population. The use of sound wildlife management to manage both wolves and game animals is extremely necessary. It is a proven fact that wolves will kill one big game animal every two to three days. There is currently no other predator who even comes close to such predatory behavior. Without hunting and intensively managing wolves, we as a country would be without ALL animals in the western US. There is a place for wolves, but there is also a place for unemotional science. This is out of the mouth of a wildlife biologist.
#11
Who managed the wildlife populations before we came here? Wolves did not wipe out all of the prey speices in the west. Elk, Buffalo, Deer and many other animals were pushed to extinction by the white man who hunted, trapped and poisioned everything within sight. So really what we have is human management not wildlife management. Wildlife does fine all by itself, but when we are added into the mix then the laws must be made.
#12
Hejhej vi är svenskar och bor i Svergie hej då på er =D
#13
Hejhej, jag tycker synd om djuret som dör!!=( stackars djur!!! det kanske tillhör naturen elr?
svar: ja det är synd om dom men det tillhör naturen :) Tack för att vi hitta denna fina sida om djur och natur!! =D
#14
Nick,
Are you a wildlife biologist? How can you say no other predator eats every three days or less. If you have a family of 4 or 5 you too would have to go the the grocery every three days. As a matter of fact people are predators (albeit luckily removed from the actual killing of animals for the most part). Also, most of the other predators eat with some frequncy.
It is true that wolves take down “game” animals. However, they also eat fish, beavers and other non-game animals. What does “game” animal mean to you. If you are talking about big robust elk or mule deer only or does that include all members of the elk and deer family? Wolves will take down a bull elk when they can. Most of the time however, they take what is the easiest to catch, and that would be those in poor condition, very old or very young. There are literally thousands of peer reviewed scientific studies that will bear this out.
Wildlife management is an oxyoron as stubbs said. If animals were truly managed you could not really call them wild could you?
I am not opposed to hunting per se, but you will find many that do not agree that hunting is humane. You will find a lot more of the victims that feel that way. Can you honestly say aerial hunting, trapping and the use of poisons such as Compound 1080 are humane?
“we as a country would be without ALL animals in the western US.” Do you have any idea what the wildlife population was in Pre-Columbian times?
#15
i love the way you all are using this like an e-mail address. chris just because nick knows a lot about wolves does not make him a wildlife biologist
#16
chance has a point
#17
I LOVE ANIMALS there so awesome
my favorite animal is a tiger
there awesome im 8 almost 9 and a tiger is like as tall as me
#18
Whoa Whoa Whoa hey im a ranchers kid and you all dont know how bade wolves are i mean at a ranch not 20 miles from mine the Martins there was one wolf you killed 25 sheep one wolf. Killing for fun and games not survival. And not just sheep Elk,Deer,Moose,Cows,Horses, and so many other animals are being eaten in Montana you barely see any elk anymore when you go hunting.
#19
And chris the elk population in Montana is way way down and i think i would know i live here in Montana.
08/03/2008 :: 02:41:17 PM
connor Says:
the black wolves are my favorite