edit: lol at the downvotes, welcome to the real world?
As if there was some kumbaya coexistence in the past that represents nature. You know, you strolling down 5th Ave, sipping on your Starbucks, and the Coyote across the street, giving each other the nod.
The only actual Coexistence being you keeping a healthy distance from them.
As someone who takes care bit of agricultural area I would prefer pack of wolves to hunters that are supposed to manage deer population.
> * prefer pack of wolves to hunters*
…no single ruralite ever said that.
Kindly stop presuming that you can speak for other people you haven’t actually asked for their opinion.
Maybe you are in livestock farming but many in my situation do. My point is that it is not city vs countryside.
Wolves, like many other apex predators, have been selectively bred over generations to be avoidant of humans and livestock, as the consequences are typically mortal, and remove those tendencies from the germline.
Same kinda deal as why we no longer have ducks here that aren’t scared shitless of human presence.
Goats, chickens, ducks geese.
Had the most success with goats and chicken kept behind an electric fence at night.
Everything else ends up eaten by the wolves/coyotes within a year.
Luckily the eagle populations less than 50 miles away have not yet noticed us.
We're more of a target of opportunity for the wolf population due to the abundance of whitetail deer.
Those deer provide an excellent source of inexpensive protein from hunting. We can have one of the local butchers process the entire deer for under $200. The usual agreement is that the meat from the first deer of the season goes to the landowner(they pay for processing). The rest is up to the hunter.
Most years we end up with enough extra that we donate the processed meat to local churches for distribution to their congregation.
They are amazed at a few coyotes and an own in the city, which is newsworthy.
> edit: lol at the downvotes, welcome to the real world?
Your comprehension is shocking. Again, the downvotes are because of your wild misinterpretation of what people are amazed at. What are you doing.