The Wildlife Services has been around for a very long time, death has been following them for over 100 years. “Animal Damage Control [now Wildlife Services] began in 1886… it began killing predators in 1914 and has continued to do so ever since” (“USDA’s War”). Each year the organization releases the number of animals they have killed; the amount is staggering. John Myers explained, “The 2.7 million total, released earlier this month, was down from more than 3 million in 2015 and about the same as 2014, agency records show”. How does this much death go unnoticed? Strangely enough the Wildlife Services is not a well-known agency and the ones who do know it are farmers who support it and the hunters who kill for it. “According to their
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Rules and regulations have not been set so the agency acts like a self-governing machine killing and destroying whatever they want to. In his article John Myers describes, “In many cases, the federal agency kills species under federal Endangered Species Act protection in some cases by accident and others intentionally”. When describing the animals killed Myers explained, “[Wildlife Services] killed 415 endangered/threatened gray wolves”. A federal organization killing animals that the federal government purposely put on a list to protect and not kill, ironic. When putting out traps and poison one will never know what they kill; this is extremely dangerous to any species especially those that already have dangerously low numbers. In addition to gray wolves, the government animal control agency is also killing the national bird. “In 2014, Wildlife Services killed… five golden eagles, and three bald eagles” (Ketcham). The American symbol has been included in the victims of the Wildlife Services death count. Under the Endangered Species Act the Eagles have just recovered from near extinction and are now being killed by the U.S. government. Regulations are a necessity to protect all wild animals from a self-ruling organization who kills first and asks questions …show more content…
The predator eats the prey, the prey eats the plant, the decomposer eats all the dead, and the fertilizer grows plants. Nature has a balance systems that supports itself and once it is thrown off every species is affected. Estrada Orietta wrote an article on the devastating effects of hunting. In her article Orietta wrote, “When the North American Gray Wolf was on the brink of extinction… the elk populations in the Yellowstone National Park soared”. She goes on to explain, “with no natural predator the elk nearly ate the Aspen tree into extinction” (Orietta) other animals rely on the trees for food also with no food those species would go extinct too. Therefor the Wildlife Services need to consider that killing predators or even prey will throw the balance out of order. If they kill the predators the prey population will soar and they might eat the crops so then they have to kill the prey because they are a nuisance. If they kill the prey the predators will be hungry and they will go after livestock and pets. Without a system set up to control what is killed the cycle of kill predator, kill prey, kill predator will continue on and
Rules and regulations have not been set so the agency acts like a self-governing machine killing and destroying whatever they want to. In his article John Myers describes, “In many cases, the federal agency kills species under federal Endangered Species Act protection in some cases by accident and others intentionally”. When describing the animals killed Myers explained, “[Wildlife Services] killed 415 endangered/threatened gray wolves”. A federal organization killing animals that the federal government purposely put on a list to protect and not kill, ironic. When putting out traps and poison one will never know what they kill; this is extremely dangerous to any species especially those that already have dangerously low numbers. In addition to gray wolves, the government animal control agency is also killing the national bird. “In 2014, Wildlife Services killed… five golden eagles, and three bald eagles” (Ketcham). The American symbol has been included in the victims of the Wildlife Services death count. Under the Endangered Species Act the Eagles have just recovered from near extinction and are now being killed by the U.S. government. Regulations are a necessity to protect all wild animals from a self-ruling organization who kills first and asks questions …show more content…
The predator eats the prey, the prey eats the plant, the decomposer eats all the dead, and the fertilizer grows plants. Nature has a balance systems that supports itself and once it is thrown off every species is affected. Estrada Orietta wrote an article on the devastating effects of hunting. In her article Orietta wrote, “When the North American Gray Wolf was on the brink of extinction… the elk populations in the Yellowstone National Park soared”. She goes on to explain, “with no natural predator the elk nearly ate the Aspen tree into extinction” (Orietta) other animals rely on the trees for food also with no food those species would go extinct too. Therefor the Wildlife Services need to consider that killing predators or even prey will throw the balance out of order. If they kill the predators the prey population will soar and they might eat the crops so then they have to kill the prey because they are a nuisance. If they kill the prey the predators will be hungry and they will go after livestock and pets. Without a system set up to control what is killed the cycle of kill predator, kill prey, kill predator will continue on and