As US states cull restored wolf populations, what we stand to lose

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOn October sixteenth, twenty twenty-six, Mongabay published a commentary on states culling recently restored wolf populations, written by researchers who lived alongside a gray wolf pack for six years in the nineteen nineties.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSix years living with wolves. I can't even live with Vera for a six-minute segment.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTheir point is that wolves are deeply social animals with an important place in nature, not the bloodthirsty creatures of fairy tales.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo BBN is honoring the wolf.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAn award. For a wolf. The pigs will be furious.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBy the power vested in me by this desk, I crown you the Most Misquoted Mammal in the History of Bedtime.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStats this year: houses blown down, zero confirmed. Pigs who testified against him, three. All of them had brick.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the best part is that six years with one pack, in the actual wild, showed them to be deeply social.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the real story, not the huffing and puffing.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDeeply social. So they'd have hated the pigs' group chat.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTo the wolf: you were never the villain, you were a family, and we are so proud of you. I need a tissue.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'll accept on his behalf, and I'd just like to note that the pigs are already drafting a response.