By Lacey Landt
When you go to the zoo what do you think? Do those animals really look happy to you? No!!! Monkeys, Gorillas, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves, Dolphins, etc.
Take dolphins, they live in a small pool, at the zoo. They are from the ocean, a body of water that covers over half the world.
Lions, tigers, monkeys, gorillas, they are in an area of an acre if they’re lucky. Their home is a jungle which is a lot bigger than your front yard.
Lastly, the wolf. Museums, and zoos have a permit to have them for scientific studies on them. How can you possibly give information on an animal that is in captivity. There is no way that they are going to act normal in a cage.
There is a big legal debate going on whether or not we should take the wolves off the endangered species list. People are scared for their families and are upset that their sport {deer hunting} will soon vanish. Well deer are far more likely to attack humans than wolves are. An estimated 150 people will be killed in the U.S this year when their vehicles hit deer. Secondly there is no verified record of a wolf ever killing a human in North America. Wolves kill one out of every seven deer they try to get. They rarely will ever kill more than they can eat.
The state of Minnesota paid a bounty out on wolves until 1965. In 1970 it is estimated that there were 750 wolves in the whole state of Minnesota. There is a new population survey due this spring. The DNR {Department of Natural Resources} now estimates there to be 2,000 wolves.
Do we really need to kill thousands of wolves so we can be “safe”. They were and still are so frightened of humans that you would only see them at zoos and museums. They were here before us. Be human and respect mother nature and the beauty of it.