And I thought that Canadians…

And I thought that Canadians were both smart and humane.

Killing a top predator is not only wrong, it goes against all ecosystem logic. In the U.S.. we have many National Parks and Forrests. One of our most visited parks is Yellowstone National Park. Until the late 19th through the early 20th Centuries, the Grey Wolf was Yellowstone's top predator. During that period, President Theodore Roosevelt made what he considered a healthy ecosystem decision of eliminating the wolf from the Park in order to preserve the remaining species in the Park. He called his effort Predator Control Campaigns. For seventy years the wolf could no longer be found. They were gone. In turn the entire Park suffered and its perfect ecosystem nearly collapsed. The absence of the wolf caused chaos in the Park as Elk, the preferred meal of the wolf, began grazing all over the Park. Elk, typically are constantly moving from one feeding area to the next. It's how they avoid becoming meals. During the absence, the Elk slowed down as their numbers also grew. They nearly decimated the rivers. As the devastation ensued other creatures left the Park. The beaver disappeared as did many other predatory birds, water and land birds. With no beavers building their dams, fish were left with nowhere to spawn, thus they suffered. At the same time the coyote and elk proliferated trampling and destroying much of the beauty of the Park. During the 1970s scientists began to understand environmental issues. They began to understand why ecosystems must be kept in tact. They also began lobbying to reintroduce the wolf back to the Park. Twenty years later, the group of scientists and conservationists began reintroducing groups of Canadian wolves to the Park. Those who opposed the release rallied for the grazing animals saying they would be decimated. The opposite happened. Within a short period of time, everyone associated with the Park watched a miracle take place as the Park began to heal itself. With the wolves (the top predator) on the loose and rise, the entire ecosystem was restored to its natural hierarchy. All the absent animals began to reappear as they all contributed to the restoration of the beauty and nature of the Yellowstone National Park. Too, Elk went back to their natural way of life as they once again began to move vs. linger. Killing mother bears (also a top predator) will cause a Yellowstone-like disaster. Humans MUST begin to learn from their mistakes. Humans typically, however, don't learn so they continue to repeat their mistakes causing one predictable disaster after another. DO THE RIGHT THING AND BAN THE BEAR KILLING!