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Should veterinarians and rangers interfere with wild animals?

Should veterinarians and rangers interfere with wild animals? I am doing a research project on that question and i thought it would be cool to get the public opinion. I dont know too much on officials dealing with animals, but i was thinking more if veternartians and rangers should make animal life better. (Not counting how human life has ruined a lot of habitat and resources)

Public Comments

1. Interfere how? If you are talking about wildlife rehabilitation, then I think that the answer is yes. The animals that are rehabilitated and released back into the wild have little impact on the ecosystem in the long run- their numbers are too small to make much difference. However, the research that is done within wildlife centers helps immensely for conservation efforts. By rehabilitating single animals, vets and rangers learn how to help educate the public to prevent future accidents and also gather information that is crucial for long term studies.
2. It depends if a problem is caused by human error i think we should interfere. However if it is a natural problem, like a cougar becoming to injured when taking down a deer or something and can't feed it's cubs then we should let nature take it's course. There is a show on BBC called big cat diaries don't know if you heard of it. They follow, Cheetahs, Leopards and, Lions. There was one Cheetah mom that was the star of many seasons and was often the cheetah they followed. they named her Honey. one day the rangers were checking on her and her cubs and noticed a injury with one of the cubs they wanted to look at. so they tranqulized the mother, and looked at the cub. Later the mother died because the tranqulizer hit her in the wrong spot. the 3 male cubs still survived but only after being watched and sometimes feed by the rangers. So from the beginning nature should have taken it's coarse and what ever happened to the cub happened. However after killing the mother a human act which did this, they had the responsibility to take care of the cubs. Humans get involved if humans caused it humans don't get involved if humans didn't cause it. this is pretty much the saying on the show I mentioned above they won't interfere even if they have to watch a cheetah cub get killed by Hyena or baboon.
3. What do you mean by interfere? Most vets are not licensed to treat wildlife (unless they are specifically a wildlife vet). Wildlife does need to be managed, and rangers and wildlife biologists should interfere when it is helping repair damage that people have caused. Because wildlife has been so impacted by humans it is now necessary for us to interfere or most would not survive. Also, yes if a wildlife vet is necessary to save an injured wild animals life (one that has been shot or harmed by humans in any way) or if it is an endangered species, I think the vet should be allowed to help.