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  • From: "GlobalCirclenet" <webmaster AT globalcircle.net>
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Wolves (was Re: Farm Bureau)
  • Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:49:48 -0600



Agree. Where I live, the biggest threats to our produce are deer and elk.
And of course rabbits. We hear coyotes every night, but they eat rabbits,
so come on coyotes.

paul & barb - on the continental divide
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On 10/13/2002 at 1:59 AM jay gee wrote:

>Wolves have a place in the environment to help maintain order among
>predators. Wolves do tend to keep down the number of coyotes where
>they compete for the same food supply. Wolves also depress the supply
>of excess deer.

>Where I live, the coyotes have been known to come onto the occasional
>patio and drag off newborn human infants. I don't blame this behavior
>on the coyotes -- they're just being coyotes. I do, however, hold the
>parent
>responsible. They know they live in the hills and are surrounded by wild
>animals. It's their responsibility to take the child indoors with them,
>not
>to leave it outside.
>







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