The Wolves Have A Dream! Grant It And Stop Wolf Hunting

A bill has been passed allowing Gray Wolf hunting in Michigan. Wolves have also been recently taken off of the endangered species list. There is already a very small count of Gray Wolves left in Michigan and they are decreasing as the hunting grows more popular. It is out of sesion right now but in August, it will start again.

Apparently, the Michigan wolf hunt has started because people have reported a loss of livestock. But that loss is very small compared to the amount of wolves that have made their home in Michigan. There are about 500-700 wolves left but only about 5-6 percent of farmers are affected by losing livestock. So honestly, many wolves are being killed for no outcome.

Many people have grudges against wolves ever since they were hunted to extinction around the New England area because of hate, misunderstanding and loss of livestock. People have grown up hearing bad stories about wolves and becoming fasinated by the "Big Bad Wolf" story when they were younger. All of that has tainted peoples' minds and less and less people understand who wolves really are and how important they are to the natural ecosystem.

Wolves count as a huge part of the natural ecosystem. They keep the deer population from increasing to an un-natural amount. Many times, wolves are hunted to keep them from apparently dessimating the deer population. But the truth is, wolves keep a healthy population of deer. But say there were too many wolves, the deer and other prey sources would run low for a small amount of time. But as the wolves die of natural causes or starvation, the deer population soon increases again. And vice versa. When the deer population explodes, the wolf population increases and deer are back under conrtol again. Right now in Michigan, there is a major increase in deer. Just like in New England. Since the wolves were hunted and "exterminated", in the Northern areas of the U.S., the deer population has taken over and there is above a healthy population. Wolves stop that from happening.

Wolf hunting can cause major problems for the packs and population of wolves. Shooting one wolf can cause absolute breakdown for the whole pack. It may be hard to believe, but wolves need each other. They depend on each other and their own special abilities. While hunting, some are faster, others lead. When you shoot a wolf, you are not only taking a possible mother, or leader, you are taking a life that is going to be missed. The social structure of wolves is amazing and complicated just like us. When you take away someone from their pack, they will be missed and they may not even know what happened to them. The worst thing that could happen is losing their alpha or alphas. Without someone leading, the pack can turn into a mess. It's heard of that some members of the pack or even a whole pack may wait around for their leader to come back or for someone to take charge and won't hunt or move from place to place.The whole pack will fall apart and there will be no order. It is very possible that if you take a wolf's life, you could be sentencing the rest of the pack to death. That will also cut the wolf population down for sure.

Stand up for what you believe in and help protect these wonderful creatures and give them a chance to live and be free! They need you to help save them from dissapearing from the face of Earth.They live in America right? So don't take their rights to life away because of some fairy tales or revenge! Stand up for the Michigan wolves now!