Gray Wolf Persuasive Essay

Throughout history there have been many conflicts, avenues in which ideas were deliberated and yet argued upon again. Every country is different. Every state is different. Recently the argument between the people of Michigan has come to a climax as to whether the hunting of wolves for game should be allowed in the state or not. This dates back to when the human race were hunters and gatherers, hunting mammoths to extinction. The circle of life, predator and prey. Killing animals to eat and survive was a part of daily routine, the life style as to which majority of people lived was the nomadic lifestyle; one in which people would not be stagnant as the type of lifestyle lived is now, but would follow around the source of food. Back in the day if the humans were not to follow the animals, they would not survive, but now as a race it is unnecessary to hunt animals such as wolves as …show more content…
Now there are people that are hunting wolves in the state of Michigan for pure sport, and many of the population oppose this. The Gray Wolves have been struggling for 50 years on the brink of extinction. There are now less than 700 wolves in Michigan. The Gray wolf and or subspecies of the gray wolf (the Timber Wolf) has been undertaking many infringements on it’s rights, struggling to stay on the endangered species list instead, being knocked down to just ‘threatened.’(“Michigan.”) After over dramatic stories of vicious wolves, the Michigan legislature rushed a bill through last year’s session allowing for a purely recreational hunting season of wolves granting the same practices that virtually wiped out their population in the first place.(“Michigan.”) The bill was eventually signed into law as Public Act 520 by Snyder in the winter of December 2012.(Smith.) Now the people of Michigan are trying to change this conclusion and decided to take matters into it’s own