Excellent article on the important role that predators play in keeping prey species healthy. Quoting David Mech, one of the world’s foremost wolf authorities. “There’s a lot more going on than we can detect,” Mech said. “They are killing animals that most people would say, ‘That animal looks pretty healthy to me,’ but in fact it isn’t.” “Based upon everything I’ve seen over the course of my career, I generally stand behind the assertion that wolves make prey populations healthier,” he said. “The evidence to support it is overwhelming.”
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:23:59 +0000
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