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Poll: Should Ireland reintroduce wolves?

Eamon Ryan TD called for the reintroduction of the animal to help rewild part of the countrywide.

WOLVES WERE ONCE common in Ireland, but the animal was hunted to extinction almost 250 years ago.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan yesterday called for the reintroduction of the animal to help rewild part of the countryside but that idea was rejected by Culture Minister Josepha Madigan who said the government has no plans to do so.

Ryan’s comments came after an episode of TheJournal.ie’s Ireland 2029 podcast in August examined the debate around the reintroduction of wolves into Ireland in detail.

Backers of the idea, say the presence of an apex predator can have a massively beneficial trickle-down effect on an ecosystem – as documented in Yellowstone in the US, where wolves were brought back in the mid-1990s.

But Madigan said yesterday that the reintroduction of a large predator which has been absent for 250 years “might undermine existing conservation programmes and would do considerable damage to farming”. 

So, today we want to know: Should Ireland reintroduce wolves? 


Poll Results:

Yes (8034)
No (6389)
I don't know (979)

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    Aug 19th 2011, 8:55 AM

    Well done Cillian Mahon and Ryane Twomey. You are 2 very decent men.

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    Aug 19th 2011, 9:14 AM

    You both are amazing young men and here’s wishing you both every happiness in your futures :-)

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    Aug 19th 2011, 9:43 AM

    Great to read some positive news about teenagers, their all to often talked about in a negative way, well done and best wishes to them both

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    Aug 19th 2011, 9:57 AM

    Probably get sued for criminal damage… Well done lads though, very brave .

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