Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Rewildering!

In this weeks readings I found the concept of rewildering and of species adapting to human life interesting. In general we think of cities as diverse cultural centers but the high concentration of humans causes ecological diversity to be low. While some species have found ways to adapt many have not. From a personal experience, I live in northern Vermont, where the Moose has been repopulated but the wolf has not. Wolves are one of the only predetors of Moose and this has resulted in a large population of moose that run into the human population. This happens on highways late at night and in towns or personal properties. Moose are so large that cars, buildings and people may not survive these encounters.
'I do agree that rewildering is essential for a homeostatic continent and do hope that it is achieved. However lobbying the governement for new legislation is only part of the solution. As a society I think there needs to be more respect towards nature.

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