Hello everyone! I am curious to hear the comments and opinions about this important environmental issue. I, personally, am in favor of the PAW Act, which will prohibit the aerial shooting of wolves, but am very open minded. Here are some questions to get the discussion started:
1. Do you believe the aerial shooting of wolves is humane?
2. Do you believe the aerial shooting of wolves gives humans an unfair advantage over wolves?
3. How do you think the aerial shooting of wolves will impact the environment of Alaska and the food chain where the wolves live?
4. Do you agree with the prohibition of aerial shooting through the PAW Act?
5. Is the predation of moose by wolves a necessary evil needed to control the population, or is there an imbalance in the proportion of the number of wolves to the number of moose?
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Hey Valerie! I am Lauren F from your English class. I find it motivating that you chose a topic that is not like everyone else's in the class. Yours is about something that most of us have not heard of before, or at least I have not heard of it before you introduced it. I am interested to learn more about this topic. How exactly do they shoot these wolves from the air? How high up are they from the ground? Is it possible that the shooters miss the wolves and kill something else like a person or other other animal?
The shooters are elevated from the ground by means of either a helicopter or airplane. They can usually come in pretty close range of the wolves because they target them in open fields where it is easiest to shoot them. In the open fields, the wolves have nowhere to run and therefore aren't able to protect themselves, giving humans yet another advantage over them. Also, it is entirely possible that the shooters could miss the wolves and hit other wildlife around that area. However, it has not been reported that the shooters have hit humans. I have posted a video on my blog that gives you a better view of how the shooting works.
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