https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/12/wolves-coyotes-pronghorns/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/12/wolves-coyotes-pronghorns/#comment-5140 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:17:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/12/wolves-coyotes-pronghorns/#comment-5140 One of the most nifty examples of conservation that I’ve read was the Scientific American article describing the effects of reintroducing the wolf to Yellowstone Park (short form: massively increased flora and fauna diversity, decreased erosion, and a few less elk blocking traffic). Limiting the potential for those sorts of positive effects strikes me as stupid.Of course, I also think it’s stupid to raise sheep in the native habitat of wolves, mountain lions, coyotes, and bears, and then complain that your sheep keep getting eaten.

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