The wolf debate really hits home when you lose a beloved dog to them. As painful as it is, you can’t blame a wolf for being a wolf.
You can however, stop feeding deer and making wide trails in the woods, thereby encouraging the predators and prey in closer than they would normally be.
The problem as I see it isn’t with wolf numbers or deer numbers, but their encouraged acclimation to the human realm. Humans carve up the woods into property and borders, but in reality, we all live in the same big woods, and we have to stop trying to control it and accept it for what it is.
And I strongly believe that trapping isn’t the answer. For every few wolves trapped, you will also snare a few dogs and other unintended victims.
We really miss our dog Katagon, but there is some solace in the fact that when he left us, he was being just exactly what he was, a purely beautiful, instinctual canine.
Staci L. Drouillard
Good Harbor Hill
Grand Marais
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