Wolves

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Now I know we are talking about an environment that has already been drastically altered by man but it would seem if we followed this logic there would be no wild herd animals left. The wolves would have modified them to the point that they would have already caught all of the prey prior to us even screwing it up.

I have no desire to carry on such a specious argument... The very basic history is that predator and prey never reach stasis but bounce back and forth radically as events drive the balance of power between them. Caribou herds remain the most drastic examples in wild ungulates and they are constant boom-bust cycles. I have significant training in wildlife management but the topic has become nothing but a political argument in most circles and I will back out for good now.
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