【阅读理解ItisreportedthatconservationgroupsinNorthAmericahavebeenarguingaboutthebenefitsanddangersofwolves．Somegroupsbelievewolvesshouldbekilled．Otherpeoplebelievewol】

　　阅读理解

　　ItisreportedthatconservationgroupsinNorthAmericahavebeenarguingaboutthebenefitsanddangersofwolves．Somegroupsbelievewolvesshouldbekilled．Otherpeoplebelievewolves

　　Mustbeprotectedsothattheywillnotdisappearfromthewilderndss(荒野)

　　ForKillingWolves

　　InAlaskathewolfalmostdisappearedafewyearsagobecausehunterswerekillinghundredsofthemforsport．However．1awswereestablishedtoprotectthewolvesfromsportsmenandpeoplewhocatchtheanimalsfortheirfur．SothewoIfpopulationhasgreatlyincreased．Nowtherearesomanywolvesthattheyaredestroyingtheirownfoodsupply．

　　Awolfnaturallyeatsanimalsinthedeerfamily．Peopleinthewildernessalsohuntdeerforfood．Manyoftheanimalshavebeendestroyedbytheverycoldwintersrecentlyandbychangesinthewildernessplantlife．Whenthedeercan'tfindenoughfoodtheydie．

　　Ifthewolvescontinuetokilllargenumbersofdeertheirprey(猎物)willdisappearsomeday．Andthewolveswill．too．Sowemustchangethecycleoflifeinthewildernesstobalancetheecology．Ifwekilledmorewolveswewouldsavethemandtheirpreyfromdyingout．We'dalsosavesomefarmanimals．

　　Inanothernorthernstatewolvesattackcowsandchickensforfood．Farmerswantthegovernmenttosendbiologiststostudytheproblem．TheybelieveitnecessarytokillwolvesinsomeareasandtoprotecttheminplaceswherethereisasmallwoIfpopulation．

　　AgainstKillingWolves

　　Ifyouhadlivedlongagoyouwouldhaveheardmanydifferentstoriesaboutthedangerouswolf．Accordingtomoststorieshungrywolvesoftenkillpeopleforfood．Eventodaythestoriesofthe“bigbadwoIf'＂willnotdisappear．

　　Butthefactiswolvesareafraidofpeople．andtheyseldomtravelinareaswherethereisahumansmell．Whenwolveseatotheranimalstheyusuallykilltheveryyoung．orthesickandinjured．Thestrongestsurvive．Nokindofanimalwouldhavesurvivedthroughthecenturiesiftheweakmembershadlived．AndhasalwaysbeenalawofnatureAlthoughsom