← Return of the Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness
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By Nathan Lyle | Published January 31, 2022 | Full size is 1024 × 768 pixels
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Some want wolves in the British countryside.![]()
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The ‘Springwatch’ presenter believes the UK could follow in the footsteps of the Netherlands and Romania by bringing back predators like wolves and lynx to the rural landscape in effort to keep prey levels at sustainable amounts.![]()
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The 61-year-old broadcaster told the ‘Trees A Crowd’ podcast: “It’s been done very successfully in Europe and people there are able to live alongside them."![]()
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But he hates seeing people who have “snared or shot” critters like beavers, who have been the subject of a successful reintroduction effort, "bragging" about their actions.![]()
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photo: John E. Marriott Wildlife and Nature Photography
Our debt to the wild wolves![]()
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In the spirit of Manifest Destiny, we settled the wildlands, tamed the wilderness, as religion and many of our peers expected us to do, and part of that settlement was getting rid of the wolf. Animals were put on Earth for the use of man, the supreme being on the planet — so the thinking went. If an animal was not pleasing or useful to man, then that animal could be killed without consideration; man is judge, jury, and executioner, without regard for the animal.![]()
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As the yellow eyes of the wild ones look back at us, it is perhaps time to own up to the great tragedy we laid upon them, and somehow try to make it right again. Maybe the wolf re-introduction plan in Colorado will go a long way toward making that happen.![]()
photo: John E. Marriott Wildlife and Nature Photography
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