Thursday, October 31, 2013

USA: cages protect children from wolves in the bus stops

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Apparently, the wolves are a regular presence on the bus stops from New Mexico, United States, and the population has chosen to build cages to protect passengers.

The draft emerged a decade ago, some time after the wolves being reintroduced in the local habitat, but back into the spotlight after the u.s. Agency linked to wildlife has proposed the extension of protection of 75 Mexican gray wolves, rekindling the debate about the danger of wolves in the day-to-day life of a community.

The idea of the cages, however, is not consensual. Several environmentalists point out that there are no attacks of wolves to humans since this species was reintroduced in 1998, and that the cages are damaging to the community, and eventually "demonize" animals.

But residents of some small communities of New Mexico have a different idea. They say that animals have cornered the youngsters, the cages are indispensable. And, therefore, are against the extension of the area of protection of wolves.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the population thinks the cages are insufficient, and that they should get to more places of the cities. In Catron County, the wolves have been seen after children after school, being "a constant danger for all."

This is just another example of how communities do not always understand the need to live in communion with the animals, even if it is legitimate parental concern.

Read the full story from the Los Angeles Times and tell us who is right: environmentalists or community?

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