Wolves Are Pure Killing Machines

Wolves are not gentle beasts.  They attack in packs.  They do not kill only for survival.  They do not kill only the sick or the weak.  There’s no denying that wolves kill for food, but they also kill just for sport and more times than not, killing their prey is brutally cruel.

It’s been said that humans are inhumane for hunting wolves.  That it’s inhumane to shoot the animal and kill it instantly.  With that said, wouldn't it be considered inhumane for wolves to eat their prey while it’s still alive?  Is it not inhumane for wolves to bring down an animal just for shear pleasure and let it bleed to death?   Is it not inhumane for a pack of wolves to attack one animal?

Humans wiped out wolf populations in the lower 48 states by the 1930s mainly for agriculture reasons.  They were a nuisance and hindered rancher's and farmer's production of food.  People feared them because they are savage beasts.  Now that they have been reintroduced, it is unavoidable that wolves need to be managed – NOW.

 
In 1995, 29 gray wolves were released in Yellowstone.  In 1996, 37 more wolves were brought in from Canada.  The current estimate for wolf populations in Yellowstone have increased to around 100.

In the lower 48 states, the number of wolves has climbed from 0 in the 1930's to currently over 5,000. 

Since wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park 15 years ago, the number of elk has dropped by 50%.

 In Idaho, the decline of elk is even more staggering.  In Lolo Zone alone, Units 10 and 12, there is more than an 80% decline in the herds.  The following are the approximate numbers – 1994 versus 2010 - in those two units alone:

A lot of those elk were not killed for food. They were attacked for sport alone and left to die a painful and fearful death:  http://www.skinnymoose.com/wolfdestruction.pdf

These numbers are for elk only.  Deer, moose and other prey are not included.

The more scarce their natural prey becomes the attacks on humans and domesticated animals will increase.  There have been recent reports of wolf attacks on humans.  There are already hundreds of reports on livestock and pets being killed, and in most cases, not for food.   

History shows if wolves are not controlled, there will not be a balance of nature: 

http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2010/02/01/wolves-taking-only-sick-and-weakly-not-historical-fact/

There is economical gain for hunting.  There is no economical gain for the reintroduction of wolves: http://www.aws.vcn.com/fact.html

Hunting and killing wolves is predator management and it’s been time-tested over decades.  It is reasonable and obvious by the rapid increase in the number of wolves versus the rapid decrease in elk and deer herds that wolves need to be harvested and culled and managed through hunting starting immediately.