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Examining the Ecological and Societal Impacts of Wolf ReintroductionQuestion:What efforts should we make to maintain wild animal population? In making hisargument for preservation of wolves in " Thinking like a Mountain" AldoLeopoldconcludeswith reference to "Thoreas dictum: In wildness is the salvation of the world. Two symbols of"wildness" popularized by environmental groups have been the wolf and the grizzly, specieswhose numbers were greatly diminished thought the twentieth century. Ongoing efforts torestore wolf populations in the lower forty-eight states have been highly controversial. Morerecently, proposed experimental programs to restore grizzly populations in some wildernessareas in the western mountain states have engineered an emotional debate. Research the issue ofwolf and/or grizzly habitat restoration efforts Based on your research, take a position on the issueand defend it.Answer.Restoration of habitats of wolf in lower 48 states has caused mixed reactions in thesestates. Though wolves were earlier found in most of these states those have been eradicated inearly twentieth century and the land-use patterns in these states have also changed accordingly.Theresidentsoftheseplaceshavegotusedtolivingwithoutwolvesinthevicinity.Reintroduction of wolves in these states has far-reaching ecological impacts. Reintroduction hasbeen hailed as a logical move towards ecological restoration on one hand by scientists and at thesame time attracted bitter criticism from sections of local people–particularly ranchers.Wolf as a top predator is at the top of food pyramid. A powerful predator that hunts inpacks enables it to kill preys that are larger than it. While this ability serves the wolf in the wild,it causes a lot of problem when a pack strays outside a designated wildlife area and starts killing

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