Thinking Like a Mountain

       Its crazy to think about how much the wolf populations have decreased over the years from over hunting as well as other factors. But what makes me wonder is have we learned our lesson from almost pushing wolfs and many other animals to the brink of extinction?

       In this story we read in class it talked about how this guy and some friends were out deer hunting. Around this time most all hunters hated wolfs because they killed deer and were dangerous, wolfs were seen as unwanted animals. As they were deer hunting they ran accost a pack of wolfs and decided to have some fun and start opening fire on the wilds as fast as they could. When they walked up, they had came just in time to see the green fire die out of one of the old wolfs eyes, and a young wolf badly injured limp off. Many other people did this, over time the wolfs died away and the deer population rapidly increased. In turn the deer grazed all the edible plants away leaving only baron landscape left. Dead dear carcasses lay scattered across the land that had died from starvation. Killing all the wolfs in the long run did more harm then good.

       Reading this really created an impact on me emotional, as well I can relate from being a hunter my self. Its just so sad to see these amazing animals that were doing nothing wrong be hunted to near extinction for no real reason. To me every animal deserves respect, these mountain were their place and here we came in altering the delicate balance of life, "thinking that we are improving things". Hunting is not all bad in my opinion but I needs to be done in a responsible and respectful way. It really makes me hope that we have learned from things like this, and maybe be smarter but we still see these near extinctions occurring with many other species year after year. That's just so crazy to me.