True, and don't forget another major element - roadkill. I see more dead deer (and a few elk) on my way to work every morning than I typically see living.
maybe, but its important to understand that roadkill is accidental... not really certain its something we can do anything about. But poaching is a choice, and its illegal. Think of it this way, if (hypothetically) poaching did not exist would we might actually need wolves to keep the damage down from ungulate overgrazing etc. ? Regardless poachers take as many animals each year as legal hunting (roughly) so think of the improvement to hunting if we could stop poaching.... (the wolf debate seems much less important).
