I had wolves, coyotes, bears, mountain lions, deer, and elk coming down to my yard from the mountains behind my house in British Columbia. We had a six foot wildlife fence around the back yard where we had about 3,000 square feet of garden and nothing bothered us other than the gophers and an occasional pack rat. Had a young deer try to jump the fence and break its neck once when it was being chased down by wolves or something but that was it. The wolves didn’t actually want anything to do with humans but a cougar killed a neighbour’s dog once. It was a good life. Now I live in the city and it’s all drug crazed idiots killing people. I was safer with the wolves, bears, and cougars.
I'm an Aussie Remote Area fireman. My first tour fighting fires in British Columbia, I woke up to go for a early morning jog. There was a black bear 🐻 in our camp, I went back to my tent 😂😂😂😂
@@Elklife719-x5ksadly not all of the talk of wolves is honest & true. All comes down to how they might make $$ off them. God created all animals with a good purpose to contribute to their ecosystem. If we looked at this honesty, we would be so better off. Sadly the almighty $$ controls too many people..
my home country is basically 1/200 of USA and we have over 200 wolves, thought some farmers complain ecological experts say we need to increase it atlest 270 to balance the ecosystem. We also have over 800 black bears and over 1000 lynx, and also they numbers are not enough. It realy seems weird that USA that is so big actually have so little wolves on one corner of country, but rest of country is expty. Ecosystem needs wolves they keep local populations strong and healty. They might be nuisance to farmers but famrmers can defend they property without killing wolves.
well amigo... this vid is an AI-enhanced rehash of a video that was going around almost 20 years ago. much of the conclusions about beavers and berries are leaving out a great deal of other conservation efforts and the wolves' impact is way overblown, although it does make for a beautiful story.
Fantastic presentation. Years ago, I watched a wonderful nature show on beaver, described as the keystone species for their impact generating a new, thriving ecosystem. This wolf presentation is equally splendid. Impressive that because of 14 wolves released in 1995, the beavers thrive today. Well done, content creators. 👏
In 1997 the wolves were known to have progressed from the south of Italy to the italian Alps west of Turin. I live in Marseille France, and then we were not really aware of the possible presence of wolves in the Alps. I was a hiker, went on 10-day solitary trecks with a backpack and found myself one late evening wrigling myself into my sleeping-bag on the steep mountain side when, turning around I saw two animals conversing in surprised throaty low tones. Their attitude was confident, not over interested, just surprised to find their trail squatted. I knew they couldn't be dogs, if you have met with dogs in such circumstances you know . I was much too tired, having repeatedly lost the trail since before break of day, to feel any fear. I just said out loud: good night wolves, pulled shut the sleeping-bag strings and immediately went to sleep. Later that summer I asked a Park guard on another summit if there were any wolves in that part of the Alps, and he answered : yes, in Gran Parco di Salbertrand. Where I had seen them. I cherish that memory, of a peacefuly shared world.
Beautiful story! And everything went well ❤ But with my personal experience with wolves though, it's a wonder that they didn't at least come and sniff at you and finally urinate on your sleeping bag 😂
@Xianne027 They didn't urinate, I would have noticed 🤪🤣. But if they came to snif at me, which seemed probable, I was already asleep 🤣 It was a strange time in my life, I was a strict vegan, and carrying everything on my back for 9 days, except a miniature gaz cooker ( which I always took along later in such higher quotes ) I noticed animals were not afraid of me at all. A few days after the wolves I spent 2 nights in a little chapel on a rocky shoulder about quote 1700m, no vegetation to speak of, but enough for (... bouquetins... the english name I have forgotten,) which grazed every morning fearlessly around me. The last morning, as I was leaving the mountain I decided to share my remaining homemade cereal biscuits ( only whole grain cereal flakes...) and the male came repeatedly half a meter from my extended hand. Perhaps if I had been sitting down he'd have taken the biscuit from my hand. He did like the offering, but the females would not dare eat , just because it was the male's priviledge. The They were even less afraid of me than he was. The same guardia parco I met in that very chapel a month later was very surprised : they had not seen bouquetins in those parts, and beside, they kept far from humans 😯 😁👍🌟😇
I am pleased that people now love wolves for what they can achieve by being a predator. Wolves were always meant to be in an ecosystem, all animals, insects, plants and water are essential for thriving ecosystem. Thank you for this video, I do remember the time when the wolves were reintroduced, and I was really happy then as wolves are my favourite wild animal.
Mosquitoes are pollinators, im still amazed you didnt mention flies somehow.. but I guess its bc mosqutoes technically suk the most for humans, get it? Sry it was dark.. @@Dudotskiiiiii
Yes. I was thinking about this five minutes back. Because we had a small rat situation today. Never had rats ever. But, we had cats and dogs in the house. Now that we don't - rats are returning. Pretty sure we can coerce quietly some neighboring stray cat to move in a bit closer to scare the rats off.
So very interesting. My father was a wildlife biologist who worked for the New York State DEC. He managed deer, geese and other animals. He also developed wetlands and preserved State lands. With all that I learned about this I was never aware of the dramatic effect that one species could have on an entire ecosystem. Thank you. Subscribed.
Wildlife manages itself much better than humans calling themselves experts. Make no mistake I’m not insulting biologists or very educated people. It’s the Human arrogance. We believe we know better than God. Just like climate change. They claim the earth is four billion years old. And they can take of few measurements for a decade and records a few centuries old. Claiming we are destroying the planet.
Thx for the video. Boa's & Anaconda are wrecking havoc in south Florida- ppl let them go when they tire of them as pets- they are eating everything incuding aligators. They dont belong there.
I knew most of this, but I want to thank you. The roughly 68% of the population, definitely not capable of critical thinking(you know the didn't actually accumulate science knowledge from school), needed this. Seriously THANK YOU
Your kidding right? You introduce an invasive species with no known predators and they wipe out every other animal. Its not gonna happen right away but over time. Especially as the population grows and more wolves get hungry and more daring.
You do realize humans can't know everything? Even scientists and researchers don't know everything. If we did absorb 100% information presented to us, humans would lose their minds.
I remember when they released these wolves in the park. It's nice to find out how successful this turned out to be. Thank You for this fascinating documentry.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. It was a big deal, saying it was controversial and had pushback is a HUGE understatement. There were protests, people were fighting on both sides.
They could have just opened the park up to hunting and made lots of money selling permits. Then, an elk would be killed with a bullet and would die immediately. Instead, they get torn apart and eaten alive.
@@jaredleicht1656 Yep. And I love how Beavers building a dam is great for the environment, but when humans do it, its horrific. Doesn't matter if it controls flooding, provides drinking water, stabilizes the river flow and generates clean power.
I like wolves. I had one once. He was so sweet. He was born and raised in captivity so he would have never made it in the wild. Also he was fixed. He kept the coyotes away and he loved cats. In fact the cats belonged to him and he had no problem letting everyone and everything know they were his cats. What I learned from him is wolves are shy. They don't actually like to be seen by humans. As much as he might like to stretch around the livingroom when it was only us, when someone else came around they might catch a glimpse of him from around a corner. I loved him so much.
@@justme-dm7sb Probably a wolf-dog mix. But still a gorgeous animal I'm sure. A wolf, pure breed even in captivity, would never accept a cat as a companion animal. Cats become prey to them at 8 months of age.
@@The_end_is_near-c8j 7/8. He was quite wolfie. I don't know why he was so friendly to the cats, but he was. He hated coyotes and loved to chase elk. He chased a herd through 3 of my pasture fences one day and I spent 3 days fixing them. But he loved those cats. They slept on him and the kittens slept in his food dish in a pile right in front of him. One of those odd friendships in nature that doesn't seem likely and happened anyway.
I remember when Elk would just sit in the entrances of Yellowstone and everyone thought it was normal, even me as a kid could tell it was odd. 24 years later, I am so glad the wolves got reintroduced, cause Yellowstone regained so much because of them.
So long as knowledgeable wildlife biologists carefully introduce the proper species, nature is kept in balance. It is when people without proper knowledge release invasive species into an area that there are problems. This is also true with plants.
@@JamesJones-cx5pk canada has restored prairie buffalo in grassland National parc in southern saskatchewan north of Montana. I visited the parc and spend a fair amount of time with the parc biologits. Unlike the small wood buffalo I have seen in the North west territories are very big. Apparently they are thriving the herd increasing very fast. As the parc is quite small it is almost used as a breeding ground. Roughly 200 have been sent to various parcs And yellowstone parc received several of them
Today there probably about a million bison in the U,S and Canada. Want more? Raise them for food. That's why they are as numerous as they are. McDonalds and Burger King should have Bison Burgers. But young people would scream that we are wiping them out.
and vids showing people destroying beaverdams gets 100s and 1000s of likes. Its truly heartbreaking. - Idc about your flooded road or ½ an acre of drowned crops. - drive around, and remind yourself that even the bible say you shouldnt cut your field all the way to the edge.ie its our duty to live in harmony with nature
@@MsTygameI think he is saying wolves wipe out elk populations. Not sure? Anyhoo they do where i live in the rockies. It is super sad to see elk herds huddled up making distressed sounds because the wolves are having their way with them and their young....I love all of Yahs creations but it is hard on both sides.
@Read-YAHs-WORD he's not against wolves but overpopulation of elk. The coyotes are a problem too and wolves keep them in check. A rancher in northern Saskatchewan protected his livestock with a careful selection of guard dogs wearing spiked collars. He developed a second business providing guard dogs to others.
I question the stats. Yellowstone has 4 million annual visitors, yet they claim 1/8 or 500,000 go just to see wolves…idk how they got that number??? And those people generate 34 million in revenue, yet the thumb nail claims 94 billion saved by “prevented erosion “ ?? Ok sure
@@Elklife719-x5kit presents facts, documented evidence & outcomes over time, how is that biased? I have no issue with hunting for sustenance, that makes perfect sense. Yet to kill animals to get a prize, or to mount their head on their wall or their skin as a rug is the portrait of an ugly & hateful soul. Both sides can live together, but Both sides need to be honest for their view..
The most important thing to learn is to keep politicians and corporate interests out of our ecosystems and allow nature to care for us, not us for nature.
We wondered 20 years ago what disasters the geo engineering ( ie Chem trails) project would cause and today we are seeing and experiencing the devastating results of this massive climate manipulation programme
@@quidproquo3933if all people gave a Damon& worked together HONESTLY, it would work. Not like climate change nuts gluing themselves to roads or splashing paint on treasured artifacts. There are true facts that are known or can’t be learned. The biggest obstacle is lack of honesty & people who care more about $$$. Money is indeed the root of all evil
That's right! I learned about this a couple of decades ago and whoever thought of replacing the wolf population in that area was a genius. Got to leave nature alone to do what nature does, and that's keeping an ecosystem balance that humans too often destroy with their ignorance.
@@BrahmaKumaris_Fairfield Tribal member here. You’re giving us more credit than we deserve. Our tribe poisons the Earth. Put oils on the land next to the creek and really doesn’t give a crap about preserving nature.
@@BrahmaKumaris_Fairfield. I suspect our forebears did know, but for some bored people, killing was fun. Bison were extinct before wolves were in danger in the US, but farmers & ranchers in areas where there are predators tried to kill any & all of them. We have very few predators in Texas.
Sounds like the government screwed up and is now sunshine pumping! The ranchers have a whole different story of the destruction the wolves have caused! It's amazing how stupid people from the cities are to believe this crap!
No, they don't. The reason things work out in nature (most of the time) is because almost everything is a negative feedback loop. If there are many rabbits, the foxes will have plenty of food, so they'll have more young survive into adulthood as a result. Which now start decimating the rabbit population, until there are so few rabbits left that the foxes have difficulty finding food, and start to starve. With the fox population now in decline, the rabbits have fewer natural enemies, and their numbers grow, taking us right back to the start to do this all over again. At no point does the fox think "how can I best balance this ecosystem?" or "with all the rabbits hunted to near extinction, I should really change diet and have fewer kids so that this ecosystem can restore itself". The fox is only concerned with feeding itself and surviving, not with nature or the ecosystem it's a part of. If the fox had its way, if it had a means to locate and hunt each and every last rabbit, it would hunt them to absolute extinction, thereby sealing its own fate. The fact that this doesn't happen is not because the fox is wise and "in tune with nature"; it's because it is incapable of surviving under the conditions it has created for itself. The only animal capable of doing that is, not surprisingly, the only animal capable of abstract though: the human. It is that human that released those wolves to deal with the elk problem. It's that human that manages wild preserves, that selectively hunts certain species to ensure the ecosystem stays in balance. That's why it's forbidden to hunt certain species, or to hunt during certain seasons (e.g. breeding season), because we actively try to preserve what's there. A predator in the wild, on the other hand, couldn't care less if a species is endangered, or what impact its killing of another species' offspring will have long-term. Nature is not a magical fairy tale land; it's a complex system that mostly manages itself, by constantly "fucking around and finding out", so to speak. Abundance, leading to overconsumption, leading to diminished supply, leading to famine. But sometimes this can go very, very wrong. Like when we had this great idea of introducing non-native species into Australia when we settled there, leading to ecological damage, extinction of several native species, and creating a problem we still haven't been able to fully fix. Look up the situation with rabbits and cats in Australia for some good examples. This is what happens when nature meets other nature it didn't co-evolve with: devastation.
The kids already know this. I learned most of this almost 50 years ago, back in 7th grade Earth Science, so clearly the ones who paid attention have known it for a while. The ones who really need to hear this on continuous replay are pro-development, anti-big government folks, who want to squeeze a profit from every square millimeter of land, and whose primary policy is "drill, baby drill", no matter the damage it causes.
I was retired and lived in Montana and got bored .. so I work security in the park for a summer. I had a Chinese person ask me what time we let the animals out of their cages ... MANY other stories about non-US guests ...
Funny to think about but terribly sad because it shows that communist Chinese mindset of cage everything(including humans) and only let it out when it suits you. At least the caged humans escape once in a while. The animals will never be so lucky.
I've seen the Chinese caged safe trucks, in China, taken to where tigers were let loose, they were fed by keepers throwing full bodies of deer etc for the tigers to rip to pieces..Horrible
In addition to wiping out the wolves in the appalachians the government wiped out the woodland bison, mountain lion, carolina parakeet, red wolf and elk. All that was left was a few black bears and deer. Then they brought in kudzoo which uglifies the smoky mountains to this day. Good Job federal government.
The Appalachian Red Wolves and Elk were re-introduced in the 90s, near Cherokee, but we don't live there anymore, so I don't know how they've faired since.🤔
I've studied wolves since 1995. They are all needed and must be protected, and given enough habitat to flourish, from now to the end of time. Thank you 💛 for this excellent documentary about them.
Truly wonderful, everything does have its place on our earth People also forget how dogs are connected to the wolfs I had seven small dogs, and I was the alpha, as they got older and one would die, they would howl. They would start by one and each one would join in, it sounded like a mournful song, and they would only do it once, it’s like they see their loved one in death and send them on their way to the rainbow bridge I was very privileged to have been given such a special gift from my dogs and I learned so much from them, God bless all the animals on our planet ❤❤
No hunting license needed in Wyoming for hunting wolves all year round! They have realized they are devastating the ecosystem statewide congratulate us for taking them out!
great little mini documentary - old aussie bloke here and know very little about your animals, truly amazing what this handful of wolves have contributed to
The wolves were only a small fraction of what helped Yellowstone, in the years before their reintroduction there were massive forest fires that burned down roughly a third of the park, in the years that followed the regrowth of the vegetation offered more food for the wildlife and that in turn caused the growth in the wildlife population.
Don't be delusional, the ecosystem was missing wolves because Americans killed them off due to being uneducated. Once you introduced the piece you forcefully removed, things started to flourish, what a surprise.
The Canadian-Now Yellowstone Wolves are not just apex predators. They naturally bring excellence with them. Nature is the ultimate supreme of social engineering.
Most likely the same type of wolf like in Yellowstone used to have 😂there all Native wolves to America so they'd naturally be the same its the same with Native Americans throughout north and south America
They forget to mention that the species of wolf is NOT the original species that was native to the area. The Canadian wolf is much larger than the original species. And with the good, there is also the bad.
Extremely interesting would fully recommend this for all ages. Thank you for posting this informative and clear article. I will be keenly watching more of these.
Our native wolves were still in Idaho but this was covered up by crooked USFWS employees Ed Bangs being one of them. They purged this data out of the Boise IDFG office data base.
Great video! We need to pay attention when something as important as the resulting changes brought about by the wolf reintroduction can be quantified. These scientists fought a serious uphill battle to get the wolves back where they belonged. They deserve great honors for the work they stood behind and carried out. The entire world sees the advantages of working WITH nature to fix environmental damage instead of relying upon humans to be the "fix". THANK YOU for highlighting the results of this very difficult and risky program. I am a new subscriber because of it.
@@timmoore9736 that was also shown to be true in Wisconsin and Minnesota. They decimate all deer populations and then move on to the remaining animals in the region. They are incredibly efficient killers.
wow, and anyone should care? You think people came her eto hear all about ylu and your personal likes huh? Wow. Do you like crickets? How about pepperoni pizza? What are your thoughts on parsley?
You do understand it was a reintroduction? Wolves were always there till they got wiped out.....does their population need to be controlled yes....are they necessary for a healthy ecosystem....again yes. Sadly man continues to interfere with nature and for the most part it always backfires.
Thank you for sharing this story. I had tears in my eyes at the end. My people used to respect the diversity of the continent’s ecosystem. It’s the reason the land was clean & the animals were healthy pre-colonization. I have heard my knowledge keepers speak about the things you mention in this video. We are all related.
Anyone else notice the pictures of the vole and weasel were identical (8:45), only mirror reflections? Was this on purpose to get more comments and increase engagement? Well, I fell for it. I find these goofs pretty annoying and feel the need to point them out, which, ironically, probably encourages their occurrences…
the canadian wolves immediately began hunting every maple tree they could find, using the timber to build a tim hortons. they grew increasingly more polite and apologetic, sending the most hilarious among them to chicago then to NY and then when the money was so good LA.
I helped the “cause” by signing the signature petition way back in the early 1990s; when passing through my native Wyoming with my mom. Since then I’ve seen several wolves in YNP. One was an alpha female with her young pups. Another was 2 wolves taking down a deer in a small lake. It’s too bad that wolves are hated by some ranchers/land owners/hunters there.
Great video! Much appreciated! There can be enormous benefits from repairing ecosystems. One which can be done on small scale is regenerative/rotational grazing, which mimics how the buffalo would graze. Intensive grazing in a small area for a short time, then leave that area alone for a long time. By adopting this practice, ranchers increase biomass production by 2-5x while having healthier animals, lower costs, greater biodiversity and increased wildlife. It's a win all around.
Thank you for some truth about wolves! It’s frustrating to constantly see so many flat out lies about these beautiful creatures. Have loved wolves all my life and studied different packs. Great for our ecosystem -no, they’re not perfect but who or what is? May God continue to bless us all.
I live in the Canadian Rockies in my cabin. I've never, ever had any problems with the wolves. In fact, and since you studied them you probably know this, there's not one documented case of a wolf, or pack of wolves attacking a human and killing one. It amazes me how many don't believe that. I've actually had way more problems with bull moose in the rut. Not an animal to mess with at that time of the year. I always give them a very wide berth at that time of year.
Nature also healed because it was in a sanctuary for wildlife with hard border policies hence it's a wonder story, this is chaos when it reaches more civilian/farming regions for the same equilibrium reasons.
At 73 I enjoyed being educated on the benefits that 12 Canadian Wolves had in helping the ecosystem and wildlife flourish. This documentation should be used and watched in educational classes.
Interested in the documents of tracking of the initially released wolves in Yellowstone. One lone hungry wolf charged a young boy less than a year later, on our property in the high Uintah’s near Elizabeth Pass. Wolves definitely did not stay in Yellowstone.
Wolves do not know boundaries. No young boy should be in the woods by themselves, unprotected. Its a dangerous place. Grew up in N Idaho woods, lots of scary predators out there,but the woods alone are enough to kill a child. No wolf needed.
We have those & they're serial killers, cop killers, thieves who kill, rapists who kill, child abductor-killers, robbers who kill, mass murderers, suicide killers, drunk drivers who kill, etc. Wolves wouldn't be safe in cities.
the wolf population increased by 750 %, but the elk and bison are 70-80 % less , before the introduction of wolves in yellowstone there were 20000 elk and 1000 bison living there, now there are only 5000 elk and 200 bison.
I’ve been following this since the introduction of the first wolves. It convinced me that returning apex predators, when there’s land to do,so, is critical is critical to restoring ecosystems.
❤❤❤❤❤ These types of videos that respect mother nature give me hope for modern humanity. The indigenous people that called the Americas their home knew the spiritual and scientific importance of the symbiotic relationship between humans and mother nature.
don't believe it. make your own studies. Wolves are killers before the introduction of wolves in yellowstone there were 20000 elk and 1000 bison living there now there are only 5000 elk and 200 bison.
Wolves are highly intelligent, intuitive, loyal, and have a deep desire for freedom and have never been known to attack humans. They're vilified for enjoying lamb, while bears, mountain lions, elk, moose, etc., who attack humans and other wildlife aren't demonized. Leave the wolves alone! They're an asset to humanity.
Russia got rid of them bc they kill people. There is a story of them killing a whole wedding party in their way home on a sleigh in the winter. If they are hungry,they will kill humans. Russia actually told us not to bring the wolf back. There is a family in Washington who have lost 100 cattle to wolves who hunt for sport. That means, that sometimes they will leave an animal half alive and half eaten. They are called predators for a reason.
@ErinIsReal There’s an article on Wikipedia called “List of wolf attacks”. It’s a pretty long list. But wolf attacks are relativily rare compared to some other animals.
No- the wolves released in Yellowstone were descended from what were called Lobo wolves which were the top predator of the buffalo herds and later of the ranchers cattle herds. best Bruce Peek
Listen to the video, and they'll tell you the wolves were specifically selected as those that specialize in hunting elk. The wolves that followed the buffalo herds went the same way as their prey - into history.
@@kf1000that’s simply not true and the video addresses it. The presence of predators is a dynamic element that can not be represented by modern hunting techniques. It’s not about numbers alone
Managed hunting has its own positive impacts. But it isn’t in tune with the ecosystem in such a way. When I hunt, I only take from nature and give nothing back except maybe some organs and blood. When wolves hunt, they live in the environment and alter the patterns of life. They don’t just kill an elk or a coyote and take it away. All of the the coyotes and elk they don’t kill change their behavior and there is a cascading effect that reaches all living things in their environment
@Purplepiperpicklepeople if we implemented year-round bow hunting of elk. The hunters would take the role of the wolves, doing everything the wolves do. You could even have a rule requiring hunters just take SOME meat, and leave the rest of the carcass behind for other creatures and the environment. The hunters would do everything that wolves do.
All said in this video in not completely true to this day. The wolves do not have competition, now, they are the kings of the jungle & also decimating other species!
Ask the RANCHERS whether they like wolves. The Colorado government is supposed to reimburse ranchers when wolves kill cattle & calves, but the rancher is required to PROVE that it was a wolf pack that killed, & the rancher is only given a small reimbursement portion for just a cow, not the meat rate at butcher, but at wolf kill time; not weight at butcher but weight at wolf kill; and certainly not reimbursed for the 10 calves a cow NEVER birthed because the wolf robbed the rancher of a breeding cow. The small rancher/farmer is suffering because of wolves, & your "beef" prices are going up because of it. ("Beef" in quotes because the meat coming from other countries is mixed even in the same package, regardless of the USDA sticker.)
@@lisaw510 The ranchers are a minority who have been given far too much power and have been mooching from the taxpayers for far too long (or what else is it, when private ranchers with connections get to graze their herds on public lands, thus causing soil compaction, erosion, loss of habitat, biodiversity and food sources for natural inhabitants, ad nauseam?) I haven't bought beef in decades, due to its negative impacts on my family's health. Humans' over-consumption of meat, especially beef, is helping to roast our chlidren's planet, while ranchers can go into another line of work -- and the wolves are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. The wolves are not the problem and never will be. Selfish humans are.
That's true talk to hunters in Idaho wolf over population has devastated Elk herd I think there's a lot of B S propaganda in this stories New green deal
Because it's a stock photo showing a group of local town people at the moment he says "some locals". Lots of videos, especially those made by AI, use stock photos to illustrate what is being discussed. If a video is describing a driver fleeing from police, they might show stock footage of a car speeding away. Doesn't mean they are claiming that is the actual car in question.
@joshhunt6855, he looks photoshopped in. Maybe that’s why he looks significantly bigger than the rest. Why they would photoshop him in is beyond me. Maybe to frame him for lupicide? Or he could just be closer to the camera… He kind of looks like Father Damien to me… But maybe most people from that time period look similar to me… Is that a new form of prejudice? I’m gonna call it Chronism. Or maybe Tempism? Periodism? That last one sounds like discrimination against menstruating women…
@AntoineLavoisier-y3e aghaha! Bro I love all the tisms. You sound like a bruh we'd all love to smoke a dubie with and make fun of TV shows and stuff lol.
they did this in Britain 500 years ago and now the place is one giant wasteland. the highlands used be covered in trees now there is nothing but grass.
@@margyeoman3564 Trees in the UK were cut down for building and for fuel. The wood was used for pit props in mining areas like Wales and Britain built the world's biggest navy at a time when ships were made of wood. The cleared land was often used for sheep grazing so trees never grew back. It had nothing to do with wolves
@@mattp558 Actually, it did have to do with wolves. The government in England paid people to permanently eradicate them in the 13th Century. This made "extensive" grazing of sheep possible - the flocks could be left outdoors unguarded. This led to English wool undercutting wool from other poarts of Europe and to England's remarkable late Medieval and early Modern prosperity. The last wolves in the Highlands of Scotland were not killed till the late 18th Century. Again, this made extensive grazing possible; without that the forests cut for charcoal for smelting iron ore could have grown back. Much of the Highlands is too poor geologically to sustain for long the kind of sheep farming that paid well in the Souther Uplands and much of England and Wales. But, because there were no wolves, red deer numbers exploded (elk to Americans) and that became the basis of a hunting economy of a kind the US has never seen. And these deer proved even better at removing tree seedlings and more nutritious grasses than sheep are. That's were we are here in much of the north of Scotland, square miles of molinia and other unpalatable grasses and very little tree regeneration.
I had wolves, coyotes, bears, mountain lions, deer, and elk coming down to my yard from the mountains behind my house in British Columbia. We had a six foot wildlife fence around the back yard where we had about 3,000 square feet of garden and nothing bothered us other than the gophers and an occasional pack rat. Had a young deer try to jump the fence and break its neck once when it was being chased down by wolves or something but that was it. The wolves didn’t actually want anything to do with humans but a cougar killed a neighbour’s dog once. It was a good life. Now I live in the city and it’s all drug crazed idiots killing people. I was safer with the wolves, bears, and cougars.
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I'm an Aussie Remote Area fireman. My first tour fighting fires in British Columbia, I woke up to go for a early morning jog. There was a black bear 🐻 in our camp, I went back to my tent 😂😂😂😂
Are you thinking of going back there one day?
@@loantran-thanh7795 yes, I did 8 tours in America and 6 in Canada
@@scottsevers6194 Dang you make it sound like our world here in North America is a war zone.
Thank you, really appreciate this,I'm 67 and still learning.
Yet we are contracted paid and congratulated by Wyoming department of wildlife for hunting wolves undiscriminatly!
@@Elklife719-x5ksadly not all of the talk of wolves is honest & true. All comes down to how they might make $$ off them. God created all animals with a good purpose to contribute to their ecosystem. If we looked at this honesty, we would be so better off. Sadly the almighty $$ controls too many people..
my home country is basically 1/200 of USA and we have over 200 wolves, thought some farmers complain ecological experts say we need to increase it atlest 270 to balance the ecosystem. We also have over 800 black bears and over 1000 lynx, and also they numbers are not enough. It realy seems weird that USA that is so big actually have so little wolves on one corner of country, but rest of country is expty. Ecosystem needs wolves they keep local populations strong and healty. They might be nuisance to farmers but famrmers can defend they property without killing wolves.
@@Elklife719-x5k bettor then funding terrorism united used to be great country but by supporting terrorism u have shown ur true face to the world
well amigo... this vid is an AI-enhanced rehash of a video that was going around almost 20 years ago. much of the conclusions about beavers and berries are leaving out a great deal of other conservation efforts and the wolves' impact is way overblown, although it does make for a beautiful story.
Fantastic presentation. Years ago, I watched a wonderful nature show on beaver, described as the keystone species for their impact generating a new, thriving ecosystem. This wolf presentation is equally splendid. Impressive that because of 14 wolves released in 1995, the beavers thrive today. Well done, content creators. 👏
I’m so happy to hear this. Humans can do things that are wonderful when they try.
Huntsville Alabama. They released alligators to control the beavers.
In 1997 the wolves were known to have progressed from the south of Italy to the italian Alps west of Turin. I live in Marseille France, and then we were not really aware of the possible presence of wolves in the Alps. I was a hiker, went on 10-day solitary trecks with a backpack and found myself one late evening wrigling myself into my sleeping-bag on the steep mountain side when, turning around I saw two animals conversing in surprised throaty low tones. Their attitude was confident, not over interested, just surprised to find their trail squatted.
I knew they couldn't be dogs, if you have met with dogs in such circumstances you know . I was much too tired, having repeatedly lost the trail since before break of day, to feel any fear. I just said out loud: good night wolves, pulled shut the sleeping-bag strings and immediately went to sleep. Later that summer I asked a Park guard on another summit if there were any wolves in that part of the Alps, and he answered : yes, in Gran Parco di Salbertrand. Where I had seen them.
I cherish that memory, of a peacefuly shared world.
Cool.
Most likely conversation of the wolfs in question: «Hey do you think the human is asleep?» «Well he did say goodnigh to us, so no not yet»
@@andmos1001 And, I wonder what he tastes like...
Beautiful story!
And everything went well ❤
But with my personal experience with wolves though, it's a wonder that they didn't at least come and sniff at you and finally urinate on your sleeping bag 😂
@Xianne027
They didn't urinate, I would have noticed 🤪🤣. But if they came to snif at me, which seemed probable, I was already asleep 🤣
It was a strange time in my life, I was a strict vegan, and carrying everything on my back for 9 days, except a miniature gaz cooker ( which I always took along later in such higher quotes ) I noticed animals were not afraid of me at all.
A few days after the wolves I spent 2 nights in a little chapel on a rocky shoulder about quote 1700m, no vegetation to speak of, but enough for (... bouquetins... the english name I have forgotten,) which grazed every morning fearlessly around me. The last morning, as I was leaving the mountain I decided to share my remaining homemade cereal biscuits ( only whole grain cereal flakes...) and the male came repeatedly half a meter from my extended hand. Perhaps if I had been sitting down he'd have taken the biscuit from my hand. He did like the offering, but the females would not dare eat , just because it was the male's priviledge. The
They were even less afraid of me than he was.
The same guardia parco I met in that very chapel a month later was very surprised : they had not seen bouquetins in those parts, and beside, they kept far from humans 😯
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I can't imagine how all the data was collected to make this video. Thank you for the peaceful and logical viewpoint . . . without force and fear.
Wikipedia
it’s literally AI
Most of this was covered in earlier documentary films, so I don't think they collected much data themselves.
@@rosiesimpp so it might not even be true lol
@@hoppas77 It's not true. This information is old and debunked.
I am pleased that people now love wolves for what they can achieve by being a predator. Wolves were always meant to be in an ecosystem, all animals, insects, plants and water are essential for thriving ecosystem. Thank you for this video, I do remember the time when the wolves were reintroduced, and I was really happy then as wolves are my favourite wild animal.
Not everything. Some species such as certain mosquitos have been proven to have no effect on the environment and only bring harm.
Mosquitoes are pollinators, im still amazed you didnt mention flies somehow.. but I guess its bc mosqutoes technically suk the most for humans, get it? Sry it was dark.. @@Dudotskiiiiii
@@Dudotskiiiiii Wasn’t there a disease made for them or something?
@@Dudotskiiiiiii hate mosquitoes, but they are food for other insects and animals
Every creature in an ecosystem is needed and has specific roles, let's never forget that ❤
Yes. I was thinking about this five minutes back. Because we had a small rat situation today. Never had rats ever. But, we had cats and dogs in the house. Now that we don't - rats are returning. Pretty sure we can coerce quietly some neighboring stray cat to move in a bit closer to scare the rats off.
mosquito experts would disagree xD. I would go further that even if they don't have role towards humans, don't eradicate them.
Yes and Amen!
Except Humans
Some would disagree Democrats might be on that short list
So very interesting. My father was a wildlife biologist who worked for the New York State DEC. He managed deer, geese and other animals. He also developed wetlands and preserved State lands. With all that I learned about this I was never aware of the dramatic effect that one species could have on an entire ecosystem.
Thank you. Subscribed.
Wildlife manages itself much better than humans calling themselves experts.
Make no mistake I’m not insulting biologists or very educated people. It’s the Human arrogance. We believe we know better than God. Just like climate change.
They claim the earth is four billion years old. And they can take of few measurements for a decade and records a few centuries old. Claiming we are destroying the planet.
Thx for the video. Boa's & Anaconda are wrecking havoc in south Florida- ppl let them go when they tire of them as pets- they are eating everything incuding aligators. They dont belong there.
Ecosystems always need alpha predators to keep the balance.
He killed Pnut and Fred!!
My grandfather was a rancher, wolves were his mortal enemy and he killed dozens and dozens of them.
I knew most of this, but I want to thank you. The roughly 68% of the population, definitely not capable of critical thinking(you know the didn't actually accumulate science knowledge from school), needed this. Seriously THANK YOU
Your kidding right? You introduce an invasive species with no known predators and they wipe out every other animal. Its not gonna happen right away but over time. Especially as the population grows and more wolves get hungry and more daring.
You do realize humans can't know everything? Even scientists and researchers don't know everything. If we did absorb 100% information presented to us, humans would lose their minds.
same haha, I knew this too but damn it's great to be reminded again.
I remember when they released these wolves in the park. It's nice to find out how successful this turned out to be. Thank You for this fascinating documentry.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. It was a big deal, saying it was controversial and had pushback is a HUGE understatement. There were protests, people were fighting on both sides.
They could have just opened the park up to hunting and made lots of money selling permits.
Then, an elk would be killed with a bullet and would die immediately. Instead, they get torn apart and eaten alive.
@@jaredleicht1656or maybe they could what they did which was super successful
@@jaredleicht1656 Yep. And I love how Beavers building a dam is great for the environment, but when humans do it, its horrific. Doesn't matter if it controls flooding, provides drinking water, stabilizes the river flow and generates clean power.
@@HolladayEndAtBohicaGarden And several of the Canadian wolves were shot by ranchers.
I like wolves. I had one once. He was so sweet. He was born and raised in captivity so he would have never made it in the wild. Also he was fixed. He kept the coyotes away and he loved cats. In fact the cats belonged to him and he had no problem letting everyone and everything know they were his cats. What I learned from him is wolves are shy. They don't actually like to be seen by humans. As much as he might like to stretch around the livingroom when it was only us, when someone else came around they might catch a glimpse of him from around a corner. I loved him so much.
@@justme-dm7sb Probably a wolf-dog mix. But still a gorgeous animal I'm sure.
A wolf, pure breed even in captivity, would never accept a cat as a companion animal. Cats become prey to them at 8 months of age.
We. Had one for 14 years. Heeled on a slack leash. Such a sweet boy. 180 lbs.
Not a mix
Not smart to mix wolves with domestic dogs. It ruins their instinct and natural family loving nature.
@@The_end_is_near-c8j
7/8. He was quite wolfie. I don't know why he was so friendly to the cats, but he was. He hated coyotes and loved to chase elk. He chased a herd through 3 of my pasture fences one day and I spent 3 days fixing them. But he loved those cats. They slept on him and the kittens slept in his food dish in a pile right in front of him. One of those odd friendships in nature that doesn't seem likely and happened anyway.
I remember when Elk would just sit in the entrances of Yellowstone and everyone thought it was normal, even me as a kid could tell it was odd. 24 years later, I am so glad the wolves got reintroduced, cause Yellowstone regained so much because of them.
This is classic, for ever action there is a reaction. We must be so careful what we do in the world!
Ranchers may not like this
@@isay207Ranchers just need to get 3 big farm dogs. I respect farmers and ranchers but not at the expense of a whole ecosystem.
Yep. The oceans are telling us that now.
So long as knowledgeable wildlife biologists carefully introduce the proper species, nature is kept in balance. It is when people without proper knowledge release invasive species into an area that there are problems. This is also true with plants.
Yes because we've always had great success when we intervene with nature
I often wonder what it would have been like before they wiped out the buffallo..their were millions and millions of them...
@@James-ix2jz it helped kill off the Indians because it took away their food supply so they were just killing Indians as well
They have restored some buffalo.
@@JamesJones-cx5pk
canada has restored prairie buffalo in grassland National parc in southern saskatchewan north of Montana. I visited the parc and spend a fair amount of time with the parc biologits. Unlike the small wood buffalo I have seen in the North west territories are very big. Apparently they are thriving the herd increasing very fast. As the parc is quite small it is almost used as a breeding ground. Roughly 200 have been sent to various parcs And yellowstone parc received several of them
@@danielrota7491
...park*...😊😊😊
Today there probably about a million bison in the U,S and Canada. Want more? Raise them for food. That's why they are as numerous as they are. McDonalds and Burger King should have Bison Burgers. But young people would scream that we are wiping them out.
This is just amazing. A very important video.
The Beaver discussion is so true. Most folks don't have a clue how important they are. - Nice doggies.
and vids showing people destroying beaverdams gets 100s and 1000s of likes.
Its truly heartbreaking.
- Idc about your flooded road or ½ an acre of drowned crops. - drive around, and remind yourself that even the bible say you shouldnt cut your field all the way to the edge.ie its our duty to live in harmony with nature
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@martinwinther6013 ..you loss most of us at bible...time to grow up
@@googleisshit3220speak for yourself clown,maybe you should grow up and think about how everything got here in the first place !
The bible lol that fairytale?
Wolf to Ranger - "Elk problem? Hold my beer..."
Not everyone gets our humor. 😢
@@MsTygameI think he is saying wolves wipe out elk populations. Not sure? Anyhoo they do where i live in the rockies. It is super sad to see elk herds huddled up making distressed sounds because the wolves are having their way with them and their young....I love all of Yahs creations but it is hard on both sides.
@@MsTygame Yes - many people think that wolves prefer chardonnay...
@Read-YAHs-WORD he's not against wolves but overpopulation of elk. The coyotes are a problem too and wolves keep them in check. A rancher in northern Saskatchewan protected his livestock with a careful selection of guard dogs wearing spiked collars. He developed a second business providing guard dogs to others.
I wonder how many Chinese tourists tried to take a selfie with a wolf.
Very well narrated, and humorous too. Watching from Ireland.
Wolf 21M was awesome.
His grandkids are out there lol
RIP The Gentleman
He had a human soul I bet
Wow that wolf that stopped eating after his mate died was one loyal loving being. 💪🏽💔
This is not uncommon.
He stopped eating cause the food runs out
And terribly sad.
Wolves are faithfully monogamous
They also take care of their aged parents.
@@Vernbubba
Your brain is astonishingly limited.
Majestic beings. I love them
This is the most comprehensive documentary on the re-introduction of wolves into Yellowstone that I have ever seen. Well done.
A few years ago there was a video: "How wolves changed the course of rivers." it's shorter, more clear and has a less annoying narrator.
I question the stats. Yellowstone has 4 million annual visitors, yet they claim 1/8 or 500,000 go just to see wolves…idk how they got that number??? And those people generate 34 million in revenue, yet the thumb nail claims 94 billion saved by “prevented erosion “ ?? Ok sure
It’s very biased, opinionated and one-sided, there is a reason the hunting of wolves in Wyoming require no licenses, no seasons and no regulations!
@@Elklife719-x5kit presents facts, documented evidence & outcomes over time, how is that biased? I have no issue with hunting for sustenance, that makes perfect sense. Yet to kill animals to get a prize, or to mount their head on their wall or their skin as a rug is the portrait of an ugly & hateful soul. Both sides can live together, but Both sides need to be honest for their view..
They opened the doors on the enclosures of those Canadian wolves and said, "Take off, eh!".
Is that you Doug?
Is that you, Bob?
@@absinthealice Coo roo coo coo, coo roo coo coo? :)
You hosers
Leader Wolf be like: Mandem & Galdem!! Nize it and hunt ehh!!!
Wow! This was so great! Thanks
The most important thing to learn is to keep politicians and corporate interests out of our ecosystems and allow nature to care for us, not us for nature.
We wondered 20 years ago what disasters the geo engineering ( ie Chem trails) project would cause and today we are seeing and experiencing the devastating results of this massive climate manipulation programme
Ya good luck with that
Keep activists out of the ecosystem as well.
@@quidproquo3933if all people gave a Damon& worked together HONESTLY, it would work. Not like climate change nuts gluing themselves to roads or splashing paint on treasured artifacts. There are true facts that are known or can’t be learned. The biggest obstacle is lack of honesty & people who care more about $$$. Money is indeed the root of all evil
I just heard hunters and farmers were against it. Government corrected the mistake.
That's right! I learned about this a couple of decades ago and whoever thought of replacing the wolf population in that area was a genius. Got to leave nature alone to do what nature does, and that's keeping an ecosystem balance that humans too often destroy with their ignorance.
Thankfully they are delisted now and states can impose seasons on them.
Except for the Indigenous Americans - they always knew what the 'superior' white man is just now discovering. Arrogance always has its price.
@@BrahmaKumaris_Fairfield
Tribal member here. You’re giving us more credit than we deserve.
Our tribe poisons the Earth. Put oils on the land next to the creek and really doesn’t give a crap about preserving nature.
@@BrahmaKumaris_Fairfield. I suspect our forebears did know, but for some bored people, killing was fun. Bison were extinct before wolves were in danger in the US, but farmers & ranchers in areas where there are predators tried to kill any & all of them. We have very few predators in Texas.
Sounds like the government screwed up and is now sunshine pumping! The ranchers have a whole different story of the destruction the wolves have caused! It's amazing how stupid people from the cities are to believe this crap!
This was sooooooo freaking cool to watch!! I'm not afraid of what i know, I'm afraid of what i don't know.... This was so enlightening!
It's documentaries like this that make me a huge YT fan. Excellent.
Animals truly know how to be in sync with Nature and actually form and protect nature itself! Amazing!
Exactly , It IS Humans With THE PROBLEM . Look How They Are Trying To Get Rid Of US .
No, they don't. The reason things work out in nature (most of the time) is because almost everything is a negative feedback loop. If there are many rabbits, the foxes will have plenty of food, so they'll have more young survive into adulthood as a result. Which now start decimating the rabbit population, until there are so few rabbits left that the foxes have difficulty finding food, and start to starve. With the fox population now in decline, the rabbits have fewer natural enemies, and their numbers grow, taking us right back to the start to do this all over again.
At no point does the fox think "how can I best balance this ecosystem?" or "with all the rabbits hunted to near extinction, I should really change diet and have fewer kids so that this ecosystem can restore itself". The fox is only concerned with feeding itself and surviving, not with nature or the ecosystem it's a part of. If the fox had its way, if it had a means to locate and hunt each and every last rabbit, it would hunt them to absolute extinction, thereby sealing its own fate. The fact that this doesn't happen is not because the fox is wise and "in tune with nature"; it's because it is incapable of surviving under the conditions it has created for itself.
The only animal capable of doing that is, not surprisingly, the only animal capable of abstract though: the human. It is that human that released those wolves to deal with the elk problem. It's that human that manages wild preserves, that selectively hunts certain species to ensure the ecosystem stays in balance. That's why it's forbidden to hunt certain species, or to hunt during certain seasons (e.g. breeding season), because we actively try to preserve what's there. A predator in the wild, on the other hand, couldn't care less if a species is endangered, or what impact its killing of another species' offspring will have long-term.
Nature is not a magical fairy tale land; it's a complex system that mostly manages itself, by constantly "fucking around and finding out", so to speak. Abundance, leading to overconsumption, leading to diminished supply, leading to famine. But sometimes this can go very, very wrong. Like when we had this great idea of introducing non-native species into Australia when we settled there, leading to ecological damage, extinction of several native species, and creating a problem we still haven't been able to fully fix. Look up the situation with rabbits and cats in Australia for some good examples. This is what happens when nature meets other nature it didn't co-evolve with: devastation.
@@EvenTheDogAgrees exactly. nature is not a disney movie
What a remarkable story! This should be played in every school in America.
The kids already know this. I learned most of this almost 50 years ago, back in 7th grade Earth Science, so clearly the ones who paid attention have known it for a while. The ones who really need to hear this on continuous replay are pro-development, anti-big government folks, who want to squeeze a profit from every square millimeter of land, and whose primary policy is "drill, baby drill", no matter the damage it causes.
I was retired and lived in Montana and got bored .. so I work security in the park for a summer. I had a Chinese person ask me what time we let the animals out of their cages ... MANY other stories about non-US guests ...
Funny to think about but terribly sad because it shows that communist Chinese mindset of cage everything(including humans) and only let it out when it suits you. At least the caged humans escape once in a while. The animals will never be so lucky.
For some reason I'm just not surprised.
Chinese literally have tourist attractions where the wild animals wander around enclosures that people visit and literally are caged at night.
Their cranes are kept "indoors" & let out every morning.. 😂
I've seen the Chinese caged safe trucks, in China, taken to where tigers were let loose, they were fed by keepers throwing full bodies of deer etc for the tigers to rip to pieces..Horrible
In addition to wiping out the wolves in the appalachians the government wiped out the woodland bison, mountain lion, carolina parakeet, red wolf and elk. All that was left was a few black bears and deer. Then they brought in kudzoo which uglifies the smoky mountains to this day. Good Job federal government.
We've got the kudzu plant everywhere here in the Ozarks as well.
The Appalachian Red Wolves and Elk were re-introduced in the 90s, near Cherokee, but we don't live there anymore, so I don't know how they've faired since.🤔
fossils, your knowledge of history is horrible.
Sorry you got a bad education.
So sad to destroy those mountain areas out of arrogant ignorance!
Kudzu is valuable for helping people get over alcoholism and cigarette addiction.
I've studied wolves since 1995. They are all needed and must be protected, and given enough habitat to flourish, from now to the end of time. Thank you 💛 for this excellent documentary about them.
BS dude! You are Not a Wildlife Biologist. You have no skin in the game and are simply an armchair activist. You make me laugh. 🤣😂
Lived by wolves all my life trust them way more than most humans !
True
Me too
So true.
Wolves only kill to eat, only humans kill because we can.
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Truly wonderful, everything does have its place on our earth
People also forget how dogs are connected to the wolfs
I had seven small dogs, and I was the alpha, as they got older and one would die, they would howl. They would start by one and each one would join in, it sounded like a mournful song, and they would only do it once, it’s like they see their loved one in death and send them on their way to the rainbow bridge
I was very privileged to have been given such a special gift from my dogs and I learned so much from them, God bless all the animals on our planet ❤❤
Thank you for sharing ❤
No hunting license needed in Wyoming for hunting wolves all year round! They have realized they are devastating the ecosystem statewide congratulate us for taking them out!
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great little mini documentary - old aussie bloke here and know very little about your animals, truly amazing what this handful of wolves have contributed to
Beautiful wolves! 🥰
agree
They were eradicated for a reason
Yes, but couldn't they have gotten American wolves? Tired of all the outsourcing
Yes, their hides look good on my walls.
@@marshall4759
You couldn’t figure out how to hunt anything even if your life depended upon it. The only thing on your walls are spider webs…..
This is an excellent report and analysis of ecological effects of human intervention, both negative and positive. Thank you!❤
One of the most eye opening and useful videos in youtube. Thank you!
This was informative and heartwarming at the same time, had to subscribe after this
The wolves were only a small fraction of what helped Yellowstone, in the years before their reintroduction there were massive forest fires that burned down roughly a third of the park, in the years that followed the regrowth of the vegetation offered more food for the wildlife and that in turn caused the growth in the wildlife population.
Don't be delusional, the ecosystem was missing wolves because Americans killed them off due to being uneducated. Once you introduced the piece you forcefully removed, things started to flourish, what a surprise.
The Canadian-Now Yellowstone Wolves are not just apex predators. They naturally bring excellence with them. Nature is the ultimate supreme of social engineering.
Most likely the same type of wolf like in Yellowstone used to have 😂there all Native wolves to America so they'd naturally be the same its the same with Native Americans throughout north and south America
They forget to mention that the species of wolf is NOT the original species that was native to the area. The Canadian wolf is much larger than the original species. And with the good, there is also the bad.
They were grey wolves in 1926 when they were hunted to extinction in the park, they are the same species of wolf introduced in 1995. FACT.
@lisaroselle4559 They released Canadian timber Wolves-TOTALLY different
It also shows the importance of human overpopulation , which destroys an ecosystem .
It also shows why they keep us in fear..
We live in NW Minnesota.
When the wolf packs are around, the coyotes stay away. That works for me.
Extremely interesting would fully recommend this for all ages. Thank you for posting this informative and clear article. I will be keenly watching more of these.
EVERYONE should see this video!
We're old, and saw this story unfold over the decades. Wonderful, and beautiful!
Our native wolves were still in Idaho but this was covered up by crooked USFWS employees Ed Bangs being one of them. They purged this data out of the Boise IDFG office data base.
facts, they decimated our elk in Idaho.
Interesting ...Do you know about Jim Beers and the pilfering of Pittman Robertson Funds ?
And the Canadian wolves were a larger sub-specie than what was still present in Montana.. North to south (Mexico) wolves get smaller.
What's your point?
@@mmafreaks4871
They brought them into balance with the environment, as they were designed to be.
Great video! We need to pay attention when something as important as the resulting changes brought about by the wolf reintroduction can be quantified. These scientists fought a serious uphill battle to get the wolves back where they belonged. They deserve great honors for the work they stood behind and carried out. The entire world sees the advantages of working WITH nature to fix environmental damage instead of relying upon humans to be the "fix". THANK YOU for highlighting the results of this very difficult and risky program. I am a new subscriber because of it.
God knew what He was doing when He created the Heavens and the Earth.
We have so much to learn. I loved this story and have no doubt that it has and will affect me in ways that I may never know.
This was actually rather interesting.
Yes mostly made up too. Yes, they ate Bambi too! They changed Yellowstone and the money numbers are lies.
@@rodneywoods4442 You are most likely right.
Dominant predators keep the entire eco system in balance.
Dominant predators are eminently capable of destroying an eo system, as Oregon found out when Idaho wolves crossed over.
No predators allowed, except humans with big pewpews
@@timmoore9736 Yeah everything needs a balance to avoid too much or too little.
@@timmoore9736 that was also shown to be true in Wisconsin and Minnesota. They decimate all deer populations and then move on to the remaining animals in the region. They are incredibly efficient killers.
They can also reck one. I have watched it happen.
Excellent video! Thank you so much🫶
Wolves are part of the balance of nature. Wish more people would realize that.
Wolves are so beautiful! I also love beavers.
wow, and anyone should care? You think people came her eto hear all about ylu and your personal likes huh? Wow. Do you like crickets? How about pepperoni pizza? What are your thoughts on parsley?
@@slowery43 dude............
I cannot agree more! All of these womderful animals are very important. Be well :)
I love LOVE beavers!
@@blenke1 who doesn't really?
I just want to say thank you very much for sharing your videos with us. I appreciate your channel. Thank you bro 🇺🇸🫡💯🏆👍👍🚀🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇
They killed all these wolves and created another problem. STOP INTERFERING WITH LIFE!
You do understand it was a reintroduction? Wolves were always there till they got wiped out.....does their population need to be controlled yes....are they necessary for a healthy ecosystem....again yes. Sadly man continues to interfere with nature and for the most part it always backfires.
europeans🤬😤
we are apart of life.. wtf are you talking about?:
@@mmafreaks4871 Ecosystems
Cane toads were brought to Australia by scientists to eat the cane beetles.
Whoops !
Ha, ha, using a picture of
Coronation Street, don't think they had a say😂🇬🇧⚖️🤫🎭
Maybe it was because of the 'Rovers Return' in the picture?
Thank you for sharing this story. I had tears in my eyes at the end. My people used to respect the diversity of the continent’s ecosystem. It’s the reason the land was clean & the animals were healthy pre-colonization. I have heard my knowledge keepers speak about the things you mention in this video. We are all related.
Just a Plain Awesome Documentary. Great Orator. Fascinating facts and research. Thumbs Up and a New Sub. Love It.
Thank You For Releasing All Of These Beautiful And Majestic Wolves 🐺🐺🐺‼️❤️❤️❤️
Anyone else notice the pictures of the vole and weasel were identical (8:45), only mirror reflections? Was this on purpose to get more comments and increase engagement? Well, I fell for it. I find these goofs pretty annoying and feel the need to point them out, which, ironically, probably encourages their occurrences…
One of my Favorite Animals, I qas glad to see them returned, and Their Impact is Truly Amazing.👍👍
the canadian wolves immediately began hunting every maple tree they could find, using the timber to build a tim hortons. they grew increasingly more polite and apologetic, sending the most hilarious among them to chicago then to NY and then when the money was so good LA.
My wife and I love Tim Hortons.
This is great, thank you, this just made my day! 💛
I helped the “cause” by signing the signature petition way back in the early 1990s; when passing through my native Wyoming with my mom. Since then I’ve seen several wolves in YNP. One was an alpha female with her young pups. Another was 2 wolves taking down a deer in a small lake. It’s too bad that wolves are hated by some ranchers/land owners/hunters there.
Great video! Much appreciated! There can be enormous benefits from repairing ecosystems. One which can be done on small scale is regenerative/rotational grazing, which mimics how the buffalo would graze. Intensive grazing in a small area for a short time, then leave that area alone for a long time. By adopting this practice, ranchers increase biomass production by 2-5x while having healthier animals, lower costs, greater biodiversity and increased wildlife. It's a win all around.
I think if you ask the ranchers raising livestock, they would have a different spin on this!
Had a " pet " Wolf. Great friend and an incredible animal. These guys are special and should be respected. Thats all .
Thank you for some truth about wolves! It’s frustrating to constantly see so many flat out lies about these beautiful creatures. Have loved wolves all my life and studied different packs. Great for our ecosystem -no, they’re not perfect but who or what is? May God continue to bless us all.
I live in the Canadian Rockies in my cabin. I've never, ever had any problems with the wolves. In fact, and since you studied them you probably know this, there's not one documented case of a wolf, or pack of wolves attacking a human and killing one. It amazes me how many don't believe that. I've actually had way more problems with bull moose in the rut. Not an animal to mess with at that time of the year. I always give them a very wide berth at that time of year.
Nature also healed because it was in a sanctuary for wildlife with hard border policies hence it's a wonder story, this is chaos when it reaches more civilian/farming regions for the same equilibrium reasons.
Send the extra wolves to texas too prey on the wild pigs.
Imagine that,.. it’s like if we let nature function like it was designed to… it thrives for the whole ecosystem.
Like, duh! I’m just surprised as to how very much nature was affected!!
Very good and important documentary. Thank you. Merci. Grazi. 🐺🐺🐺☀️🌷🌱
At 73 I enjoyed being educated on the benefits that 12 Canadian Wolves had in helping the ecosystem and wildlife flourish.
This documentation should be used and watched in educational classes.
So 12 became over 500 in 30 years...... What's going to happen when the wolf population becomes like the original elk problem?
very good video, just short enough, yet packed with information! Good example how videos should be made.
Love it! It makes sense, doesn’t it? Restore any given element of the ecosystem and restore the ecosystem ❤
Interested in the documents of tracking of the initially released wolves in Yellowstone. One lone hungry wolf charged a young boy less than a year later, on our property in the high Uintah’s near Elizabeth Pass. Wolves definitely did not stay in Yellowstone.
Wolves do not know boundaries. No young boy should be in the woods by themselves, unprotected. Its a dangerous place. Grew up in N Idaho woods, lots of scary predators out there,but the woods alone are enough to kill a child. No wolf needed.
Very interesting discussion. Thank you
They aught to release wolves in the citys
We have those & they're serial killers, cop killers, thieves who kill, rapists who kill, child abductor-killers, robbers who kill, mass murderers, suicide killers, drunk drivers who kill, etc. Wolves wouldn't be safe in cities.
They already have. They just call them liberals now. They are destroying everything.
Maybe you can have one in your front yard!
Yes and also reinstall the Great California Grizzly into LA central.
Both wolves and bison are keystone species of a healthy environment.
As are crows, wolverines, hawks and eagles...
@@dianewalker9154 Nice to see that you didn't call them "Buffalo."
@@STEPHENMacneil-wx5kv tatonka.
No such thing as 'keystone' species. Made up bullshyte.
the wolf population increased by 750 %, but the elk and bison are 70-80 % less , before the introduction of wolves in yellowstone there were 20000 elk and 1000 bison living there, now there are only 5000 elk and 200 bison.
I’ve been following this since the introduction of the first wolves. It convinced me that returning apex predators, when there’s land to do,so, is critical is critical to restoring ecosystems.
Wolves life matters 🐺
@@michaeljays2598 Yes!!!! 👍
❤❤❤❤❤ These types of videos that respect mother nature give me hope for modern humanity. The indigenous people that called the Americas their home knew the spiritual and scientific importance of the symbiotic relationship between humans and mother nature.
And those people destroyed each other all the time and couldn't take care of their environment.
@@earlysda please keep your negativity to yourself thank you. Find somewhere else to spread it.
@@pikachusurfing pika wants to put her head in the sand and sing.
OK.
Great video, watched the whole thing!
Great video. Thank you so much. I sent it to my grandkids and my son who is a hunter.
don't believe it. make your own studies. Wolves are killers before the introduction of wolves in yellowstone there were 20000 elk and 1000 bison living there now there are only 5000 elk and 200 bison.
0:29 *"But to understand... we need to go back to when everything started... going wrong"*... 1883 and the Dutton's arrival...
Thank you for this great, interesting and well put together presentation! I am saving and sharing.
Wolves are highly intelligent, intuitive, loyal, and have a deep desire for freedom and have never been known to attack humans. They're vilified for enjoying lamb, while bears, mountain lions, elk, moose, etc., who attack humans and other wildlife aren't demonized. Leave the wolves alone! They're an asset to humanity.
Russia got rid of them bc they kill people. There is a story of them killing a whole wedding party in their way home on a sleigh in the winter. If they are hungry,they will kill humans. Russia actually told us not to bring the wolf back. There is a family in Washington who have lost 100 cattle to wolves who hunt for sport. That means, that sometimes they will leave an animal half alive and half eaten. They are called predators for a reason.
Never been known to attack humans? lol, your clueless
you have never seen the video of a wolf chasing a bicycler in canada?
@ErinIsReal
There’s an article on Wikipedia called “List of wolf attacks”. It’s a pretty long list.
But wolf attacks are relativily rare compared to some other animals.
Leave the elks , mountain lions , bears and moose alone too . What's a few mauled humans
No- the wolves released in Yellowstone were descended from what were called Lobo wolves which were the top predator of the buffalo herds and later of the ranchers cattle herds.
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Bruce Peek
They are all timber wolves.
@brucepeek3923 Genetics makes a difference in wolves.
Listen to the video, and they'll tell you the wolves were specifically selected as those that specialize in hunting elk. The wolves that followed the buffalo herds went the same way as their prey - into history.
While I already knew this story because I love wolves so much, I appreciate this video :)
The Ghengis Khan of Wolves is still my favorite documentary.
Wolves are amazing animals.
Brilliant and amazing real news story on the natural environment with no spin, Left or Right
It's just 100% science.
(Unless maybe RFK jr's nearby?)
Human hunters could do the same thing.
@@kf1000that’s simply not true and the video addresses it. The presence of predators is a dynamic element that can not be represented by modern hunting techniques. It’s not about numbers alone
Managed hunting has its own positive impacts. But it isn’t in tune with the ecosystem in such a way. When I hunt, I only take from nature and give nothing back except maybe some organs and blood. When wolves hunt, they live in the environment and alter the patterns of life. They don’t just kill an elk or a coyote and take it away. All of the the coyotes and elk they don’t kill change their behavior and there is a cascading effect that reaches all living things in their environment
@Purplepiperpicklepeople if we implemented year-round bow hunting of elk. The hunters would take the role of the wolves, doing everything the wolves do. You could even have a rule requiring hunters just take SOME meat, and leave the rest of the carcass behind for other creatures and the environment. The hunters would do everything that wolves do.
This was the coolest video ive seen all year
All said in this video in not completely true to this day. The wolves do not have competition, now, they are the kings of the jungle & also decimating other species!
Ask the RANCHERS whether they like wolves. The Colorado government is supposed to reimburse ranchers when wolves kill cattle & calves, but the rancher is required to PROVE that it was a wolf pack that killed, & the rancher is only given a small reimbursement portion for just a cow, not the meat rate at butcher, but at wolf kill time; not weight at butcher but weight at wolf kill; and certainly not reimbursed for the 10 calves a cow NEVER birthed because the wolf robbed the rancher of a breeding cow. The small rancher/farmer is suffering because of wolves, & your "beef" prices are going up because of it. ("Beef" in quotes because the meat coming from other countries is mixed even in the same package, regardless of the USDA sticker.)
@@lisaw510 The ranchers are a minority who have been given far too much power and have been mooching from the taxpayers for far too long (or what else is it, when private ranchers with connections get to graze their herds on public lands, thus causing soil compaction, erosion, loss of habitat, biodiversity and food sources for natural inhabitants, ad nauseam?) I haven't bought beef in decades, due to its negative impacts on my family's health. Humans' over-consumption of meat, especially beef, is helping to roast our chlidren's planet, while ranchers can go into another line of work -- and the wolves are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. The wolves are not the problem and never will be. Selfish humans are.
@lisaw510 thank you for sharing your story. Yes, the Gov lies, cheats & gaslights people! We, the people must keep them accountable!
That's true talk to hunters in Idaho wolf over population has devastated Elk herd I think there's a lot of B S propaganda in this stories New green deal
Wow that was so interesting....more please....watching from New Zealand
Me too.
That is beautiful man. Now I wish I had a property out there to enjoy
Why is there a photo of the outside set of the world's longest running soap opera, Coronation Street (1960), in Manchester England at 03:16?
That is the strangest thing to put in this video…..I had to go back and look again….and yeah it’s coronation street…
@@BIG-EDS Hilda Ogden's yellow and blue cladding is the big give away.
@@BIG-EDS It is always the Duckworths' blue and yellow cladding at No.9 that gives it away.
@@markaxworthy2508Vera's stone cladding 😉
Because it's a stock photo showing a group of local town people at the moment he says "some locals". Lots of videos, especially those made by AI, use stock photos to illustrate what is being discussed. If a video is describing a driver fleeing from police, they might show stock footage of a car speeding away. Doesn't mean they are claiming that is the actual car in question.
Excellent news from the UK.
At 1:14 there's a picture of 6 men and a bunch of pelts. I wanna know the story of that huge s.o.b to the far right. Look at the size of him 😮
@joshhunt6855, he looks photoshopped in. Maybe that’s why he looks significantly bigger than the rest. Why they would photoshop him in is beyond me. Maybe to frame him for lupicide? Or he could just be closer to the camera…
He kind of looks like Father Damien to me… But maybe most people from that time period look similar to me… Is that a new form of prejudice? I’m gonna call it Chronism. Or maybe Tempism? Periodism? That last one sounds like discrimination against menstruating women…
@AntoineLavoisier-y3e aghaha! Bro I love all the tisms. You sound like a bruh we'd all love to smoke a dubie with and make fun of TV shows and stuff lol.
every atom in the universe is connected quantum style - Eco-systems are ' systems need all their parts
they did this in Britain 500 years ago and now the place is one giant wasteland. the highlands used be covered in trees now there is nothing but grass.
Very sad. 😢
@marcussinclaire4890
I always wondered why they did not re-forest . Ireland too
Still can. Look at how Africa is reforesting.
@@margyeoman3564 Trees in the UK were cut down for building and for fuel. The wood was used for pit props in mining areas like Wales and Britain built the world's biggest navy at a time when ships were made of wood. The cleared land was often used for sheep grazing so trees never grew back. It had nothing to do with wolves
@@mattp558 Actually, it did have to do with wolves. The government in England paid people to permanently eradicate them in the 13th Century. This made "extensive" grazing of sheep possible - the flocks could be left outdoors unguarded. This led to English wool undercutting wool from other poarts of Europe and to England's remarkable late Medieval and early Modern prosperity.
The last wolves in the Highlands of Scotland were not killed till the late 18th Century. Again, this made extensive grazing possible; without that the forests cut for charcoal for smelting iron ore could have grown back. Much of the Highlands is too poor geologically to sustain for long the kind of sheep farming that paid well in the Souther Uplands and much of England and Wales. But, because there were no wolves, red deer numbers exploded (elk to Americans) and that became the basis of a hunting economy of a kind the US has never seen. And these deer proved even better at removing tree seedlings and more nutritious grasses than sheep are. That's were we are here in much of the north of Scotland, square miles of molinia and other unpalatable grasses and very little tree regeneration.