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Wolves Need More Room to Roam

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Scientific American

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4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas—and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too. Emily Schwing reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Scientific American 60-second science. I'm Emily Schweng.

0:40.2

Wolves are vital players in various ecosystems, so we humans need to develop a better tolerance for them.

0:47.1

And the wolves, they need more space. That's according to a new study in the journal Nature Communications.

0:52.9

The key implication here is that it sort of begins to reframe the entire discussion of conservation,

0:58.7

because historically our model has been sort of almost a postage stamp model where we protect

1:04.3

certain areas and try to maintain intact assemblages of animals.

1:08.2

University of Washington ecologist Aaron Wersing, who took part in the

1:11.4

study, says the findings could lead to changes and how wildlife and land managers create policy.

1:17.4

We need to allow predators to occupy more landscapes than just remote protected areas. On the other hand,

1:24.1

we also need to heavily manage them, recognizing again that they do conflict with people.

1:28.9

That's why Worsing's not calling for wolves to simply roam free throughout North America, Europe or Australia.

1:35.9

All places the researchers examined that have dealt with conflicts among people, their livestock, and wolves.

1:43.0

But wildlife management plans should take into account that

1:45.9

wolves, although they do sometimes kill ranch animals, can also prevent such debts by driving

1:51.4

away other predators. Worldwide, smaller meso predators like coyotes, jackals and such, actually

1:58.4

themselves prey pretty heavily on livestock and can cause a lot of

2:02.2

economic damage. So wolves could be coming out positive in their relationship with people if they're

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