Should Humans Rule the World? Using Wolves to Connect with Nature | Doug Smith | TEDxBigSky

[@patrickv1834]

Doug is such a great guy. I recall the early days of Yellowstone - the first 10 years of wolf recovery. So hard to believe its been 25 years

[@briangard951]

Good speech and an important idea - that nature has value without humans value of it. This land not dominated by human domination is important that we allow it to stay that way.

[@brucegelman5582]

A fine talk filled with paradoxical currents.Leave the wolf alone unmarred and untainted yet hunted.John Haines the great Alaska poet siad " I am haunted by the deaths of animals" yet trapped for a living.Paradoxical existences indeed.

[@Hydrophilic]

Fantastic talk.

[@dhand34]

Right

[@WordingWolfWays]

Doug. I send you a howl. I beg your ear for a story. The story of wolf caring for earth, to bipedal colonialism. Not all hominids. the ones that stopped hunting and gathering. I am working on a historical fiction. I can send a summarized tale. I’d love to have you as an advisor for the wolf parts. Or co-writer. This is the time. I e watched wolves come back since 1995. I was 17. I’ve been drawn to wolf since memory.

[@smoore8]

This was absolutely the wrong person to speak for wolves. He always thinks and states that wolves need to be managed. Wolves should not be hunted period.

[@Redstoneprime316]

He's also the foremost expert on wolves.

[@straithill5965]

I would rather live in an environment dominated by humans than one dominated by wolves, bears, or any other predator. Wolves and other predators deserve to exist and so do humans. Some 600,000 human babies are aborted in the United States each year. Surveys have shown that some people value the life of a pet more than the life of a stranger. Every animal has its challenges and struggles. I applaud efforts that work to ensure the survival, health and well being of all creatures. My opinion.

[@twostop6895]

I would like to see western ranchers extirpated, screw humans

[@straithill5965]

@@twostop6895 Not going to happen.

[@twostop6895]

@@straithill5965 hunting is about to be outlawed in Oregon in 2022, Oregon aims to make the whole state a wildlife refuge, it's going up on the ballot, on that same ballot they are cracking on ranchers as well, it's coming

[@straithill5965]

@@twostop6895 Outlaw it if they want to. We shoot them anyway.

[@twostop6895]

@@straithill5965 grazing on public lands in habitat is Rancher welfare, ranchers should be regulated to have dogs and ranch hands supervise their welfare stock grazing in habitat

[@numufu]

Total cringefest.

[@twostop6895]

I agree, the dudes thinking is flawed

[@vegangelo_29]

Let me guess, you're conservative, right? If not, you might have some mental issues (psychosis, maybe).

[@vegangelo_29]

@@twostop6895 No, I believe your thinking is flawed.

[@twostop6895]

@@vegangelo_29 be gone white boy

[@andrewwerner2061]

I like Ric way better than you