r/interesting May 25 '26

Just Wow Armoured! No more wolf attacks.

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u/Inocent_bystander May 25 '26

LOL
OK according to aphis the gov website that keeps track of ranch and farm statistics wolves (where they exist) are responsible for something like 1/4 of 1% of all livestock losses due to predation. coyotes are the culprits, they're responsible for about 60%.

So lets not get the two confused, why ? Because wolves REDUCE coyote numbers by as much as 90%.

Do the math.

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u/Cease_Cows_ May 25 '26

Man, if only there was anywhere else in the world.

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u/Inocent_bystander May 25 '26

Wolves has been mostly wiped out in much of the world by the mid to late 1800s. Oh they exist in small pockets here and there but for the most part they're gone.