Under that logic, should we kill all domestic dogs? Domestic dogs kill 12 people per year on average.
You didn’t answer my question. Do you want to add more predators to the wild that will result in the deaths of more human beings than what is already occurring?
Your argument is weak to the point of emptiness.
There are 80 million domestic dogs in the USA.
12 fatal dog attacks is 1.2 deaths per 8 millions dogs or about 6.7 million dogs per human death.
So no, a person would have to be an idiot to even push such an asinine argument as exterminating 80 million animals to save 12 human lives.
On the other hand, urban gang-bangers kill humans at a much higher rate, so I would agree with exterminating all domestic gang-bangers in the spirit of saving human lives. I’m good with that.
Mariner, what do you think will happen when the wolves get all fat and healthy (and umerous) on elk and deer, thinning out the heards consierably... then start looking for OTHER things to eat.
When these things start going after people how are you going to feel?
The numbers should never be artificially changed. Let supply and demand take care of it for us.