English I AM out there all the time AND HAVE SEEN many DEER killed and left to ROT seen it with my own eyes both on deer and on moose so look up all the facts you want IM telling you first hand from seeing is believing or school of hard knocks whatever you want to call it,
IVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT. No better thatn seeing ut in the flesh sort of speack....
Wolf I don’t doubt for a moment you have seen what you say you have seen, but the articles I quoted in my later post clearly show how those observations have been misinterpreted. If I am wrong, then so are all those other authors of those articles, many of whom are wildlife biologists or even hunters themselves.
In summary:-
- It is incorrect to ascribe human emotions and motivation to wild animals. Definition of “fun”
“what provides amusement or enjoyment; specifically : playful often boisterous action or speech”
2.Wolves do not have the luxury of being able to “waste” energy on killing for the sake of it. Every calorie must be utilised as best they can especially in the winter. They kill only for food – to eat now now or later. They have evolved to kill more than they can eat right now if the opportunity presents itself. I.e. if there are two or three sick deer they will kill all three and return to the carcasses later. This is called “surplus killing” and it is discussed in the articles I posted, If they kill dozens of domestic animals at a time as has been known to happen, it is because they are presented with the (unnatural) opportunity and react accordingly. Wolves cannot count!!
3. Your very presence may have scared or warned off the wolves from the carcasses you observed. Moreover, you cannot know that the wolves did not return unless you were able to watch the kill undetected by the wolves for a week or more!! ( Wolves will eat carrion).
4. Your use of the term “left to ROT” is very emotive. Even if the wolves do not eat every single scrap of the carcass, other predators such as bears, coyotes and crows will. Scavenging always take place in nature and absolutely nothing is left to rot/waste.
Really why do you think they are having such a deer problem in rural areas in the last 10 years it because the deer are running away. into there.
The causes of problem rural deer are many. Two of the causes are easy access to browse and no predators to keep the number down. I don’t believe they have “run” to rural areas from the wild . They have simply bred and multiplied because we humans will not allow predators in rural areas (so we have to assume the role of predator and cull them).
We as humans have made it VERYeasy for the wolves they run along the roads we have built they cover ALOT of ground and they WILL cross each others areas.
No doubt we have increased their mobility. However while the packs fight and contest the territory boundaries, for one pack to simply walk in and take over another packs territory just does not happen. (Unless of course human hunters kill off most of one pack and leave a lot of unclaimed territory.)
think what you want but your wrong.... they do KILL for fun...
It is not just me. All of the objective wolf articles out there say the same thing. The only ones who advance the “wolves kill for fun” argument are hunters who either have misinterpreted what they see or wish to demonise the “evil” wolves in order to justify indiscriminate killing of them.