The Role Of Wolves In Extinction Groups

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Have you ever been walking down the street and wondered what would happen if a pack of wolves just showed up in town? Well there's a chance that that could actually happen. In this paper I will be discussing three different topics of why the wolves should not be reintegrated into the extinction list,the first topic is how the population of wolves can spiral out of control,second I will discuss how if the wolves get got the extinction list then how it would affect farmers, then for my final point I will discuss how wolves could travel into more populated areas. First i will talk about how the population can get spiral out of control. There are some interesting facts about wolves for example according to the western wildlife website, wolves

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