To the editor: Wolves are hardly an previous nemesis (“Beautiful, deadly: Wolves stalk rural California,” April 21). They’re the animals that hold different wild animals in examine and in steadiness. They assist to guard what little remaining wilderness now we have left and hold it wild and prospering. In fact the place individuals are residing, working and farming, wolves typically have a foul repute. However they’re important to a thriving ecosystem. Biologists are nonetheless discovering how a lot there’s to find out about what they really do for wildlife, the ecosystem and for us.
Linda Nicholes, Huntington Seaside
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To the editor: I learn with curiosity your article about wolf predations. Nowhere it’s talked about that in Colorado and different locations, sure breeds of canines can shield cattle. Breeds equivalent to Pyrenees, Anatolian and Akbash are huge highly effective canines and when you’ve got quite a few them (one won’t be sufficient to fend off an assault by a number of wolves), they are often very efficient in defending cattle.
Eduardo Kneler, Redondo Seaside