In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park and a miracle happened

It's almost like we're all connected here.

Was very pleasantly surprised by how interesting that was! Thank you for sharing.

Very interesting. When are they releasing the first pack of wolves into Baton Rouge?

Classic example of correlation vs causation. No study has ever proven that all of this was due to the wolf reintroduction. In fact, there are studies and articles with scientists pointing out that many areas of the park haven't been restored, and likely never will be because of how altered they became in the absence of wolves. And there are others that tie the "restoration" to other factors, like water table, or that even argue that it's a "bottom up" food web that's driving the system, and not a "top down" as some want to suggest.

The pro-wolf advocates (the ones that have pushed this narrative since 1997) also ignore the fact that grizzly populations increased as well.

Needless to say, this is one of the most controversial topics in ecology circles.

There was actually a good book written about the Northern Range in the 80s that debunked alot of these arguments before they were even made in the late 90s. Aspen weren't even a significant vegetation community pre-European settlement of the area, and the hypothesis of the authors of that book was that it was the suppression of fire, and not an increase in elk, that led to the decline.

That’s cool. I’m not against reintroducing wolves at all, but I’m also in favor of reasonable hunting of predators. Same for cats and bears. Everyone likes predators until they are in your backyard or taking money from you.

I went to Yellowstone a couple of years ago and went to a spot where wolves show up somewhat regularly. We didn’t see any but could hear some howls in the distance. Still pretty cool to be standing in an area watching bison hearing the howls.

They didn’t mention how many wolves spawned from the fourteen..

It is a cool story drawn there and I really want it to be exactly like filmed but I know how naturalist draw lines and put them where they want so I will like the video and just believe it is somewhat skewed.


Animal rights and naturalists are some dishonest pieces of shite among us... I believe very little from them

Propaganda from the pro wolf camp

Yea great except they are now spreading like wildfire and the liberal nuts are keeping them from being kept in check.

Unfortunately for everyone and everything our world and ecosystems are permanently changed so certain reintroductions I believe will be net negatives. Wolves are one of these.