Sickening what man has done!

That was amazing viewing. I like I'm sure a lot of people in this sad world had no idea whatsoever that things were this way. Thank you all for your concern and attempting to bring back our nature as it should be and to save many eco systems. Nice to know that there are those of you changing this sad disaster.

It sickens me how humans have all but ruined the Earth, how anybody could purposely harm the utter beauty and force of a wild animal is beyond me.

Such an important documentary, wolves are amazing animals and horribly misunderstood.

This was the best film I ever I watched, watched several times already. Very educatinal & beautidul project. Should be more people watch this film & learn more about the ecology(Ecosystem).

Long live the wolf...thanks to the mindful man whom recognized their importance to any ecosystem. the balance of nature is a beautiful thing. And hunting for gaming should be illegal outright..

Wolves are amazing intelligent animals, it's fantastic to see them starting to thrive again in their natural habitat

There was at least one wolf up at West Yellowstone in 1989. I was logging up by West Yellowstone in 1989 when many of the elk and moose were starving to death & and dying everywhere along the Gallatin River & a long Highway 191. The temp had gotten too cold to work, about 35 below zero, so i decided to do some ice fishing after I finally got my pick up thawed out. I was ice fishing up at a place called Hebgen Lake, which is just outside of the Park. My ex-wife & me were in the middle of nowhere at least 20 to 30 miles from any home or building of any type, on Hwy 191 & we seen what looked like a wolf. Even at around 500 yrds from the rd., it looked like a wolf to me but we stopped & looked through the binoculars, just to make sure because we were so far away from any homes or people that nothing else made any sense. We were really sure it was a wolf after looking through the binoculars but even that didn’t make sense because I was under the impression that there were no wolves in or around the park, so I decided to walk out & see for myself & see how close I could get to make sure I was actually seeing what I thought I was seeing. My ex-wife was absolutely sure it was wolf because she was so terrified that she wouldn’t even get out of the truck, and was begging me not to walk out there. As I walked out & got up to about 40 yards from the wolf, he started trotting back-and-forth a little bit from side to side but wasn’t leaving. I walked closer, maybe 30 yrds away, and it was OBVIOUS, that it was not only a wolf, but a huge wolf at that! It had been obviously eating very well! The wolf wouldn’t move & just kept looking at me with those wicked piercing eyes. I was actually afraid to turn and go back to the truck for fear that he would come after me, so I bent down and started moving to the side like I was trying to stalking him. I had to run a few bears off before that were either bluff charging me or just stood & stared at me & wouldn’t move out of A huckleberry patch, but the problem in this situation was, the snow was just over waist deep & so I decided to act like I was stalking him instead. As I moved to the side at an angle towards him, he spun around & took off & I couldn’t believe how fast he was able to move through that deep snow! He ran out of the meadow & took off towards the park & ran up into a big draw in mountains but stopped a couple times on the way & to turned to look back at me, from curiosity i was hoping! I walked over to where he was standing & found the remains of an elk carcass. Obviously that was the reason he didn’t leave very easily. I wished I would’ve had a camera back then but unfortunately I did not & cell phones were nonexistent at the time. The next day I told a couple of Montana Fish and wildlife game wardens who we’re having special draw-permit hunts because the buffalo and elk were starving to death up in that country. They played it off like I was full of shit but later on that day, farther up into the park, I told a couple Park rangers the same story & they wrote down everything said & wanted to know every detail of exactly when & where I had seen the wolf. They had me show them on a map & if I remember right, it wasn’t that far outside the park boundary where I had seen the wolf. I don’t know if the wolf came down from Canada and that’s how we got there, who knows, but obviously the park Officials knew more than they were letting on. Supposedly they didn’t re-introduced wolves into the park until six years after but I’m positive it was a Wolf. I’ve been in the woods my entire life falling timber, mostly helicopter logging & I’ve seen many animals that the average person may never see, but this was definitely an exciting experience to me, even though there are a lot of wolves in the park & all over Montana, Idaho & Washington today.

Peter Coyote, George Page, Richard Kiley, David Attenborough, Martin Sheen, Kieth David. My favorite narrators of natural history programming. Glad wolves made a return. We need them.

Absolutely great! One of the best spent 58 minutes of my life. Many thanks

Nothing worst of being ignorant!! Knowledge is power. Thank you sir.

every creature has a purpose............we need to learn this

This is so important! Our native predators are crucial for a healthy eco-system. Wonderful! This should be required watching for everyone, starting in grade school.

I love Peter Coyote's voice, good choice for narrator!!

We should show more of programs on things like this it lets people see what's really going on around the world very good program hope to see more like it in time to come

one of the best documentary I have never seen 👌 thank you Karen. keep up 👍👍

Bring Wolves back to Scotland

Extremely eye opening on man levels thank you.

To all the sheep/lamb or any livestock liable to wolves be sure to use the dogs that are born to guard your animals , the great Pyrenees absolutely love the job, let them help u!!

We still have Cougars in Ontario Canada.....and I'm not talking about the ones in bars either. lol

This is a wonderful documentary. I understood long ago that organic nature’s intelligence is far more superior than that of the human intelligence that drives our modern civilization, drives our science and technology. Nature knows what she’s doing, and humans should not interfere in the organic/natural processes, ecosystems and environments on this planet. Instead of interfering and trying to make changes and alter things, we humans should take guidance from organic/wild nature. Our pre-Christian indigenous ancestors all around the earth understood this simple truth, and lived in perfect harmony & balance with their local organic environment and ecosystem. One of the major sources of damage to the organic environment and ecosystem is factory farming. I am convinced of this 100%. This is a horrible practice that’s totally anti-nature. If any cattle raising is to be done, it should only be small, family owned local farms

I admire Janet Mc Nally's willingness to investigate ALL the options to protect her property. Aldo Leopolds idea that having a top preditor where possible is finally catching on and the very wide reaching effects of doing so, including a better balance of forest and brush are being seen in many parts and Parks of the world. Livestock protection from large preditors can be achieved in a variety of ways, enhancing MANY parts of our environment. Thank you Janet.

At 9:59 the guys says no one really thought of the food chain and he is only correct about the caucasians and Europeans who came over. All native Americans were well aware of the food chain, forest growth and how all animals have a purpose. I am happy though that we have more loving and caring people like the ones, who made this documentary, that are willing to take attempts at healing mother nature. Respect from Arctic Alaska.

Any living things have a right to live! It is sad, we the people we are the worst predators of earth!

What astounding evidence ....a great documentary. Thanks a lot.

You have to have balance, you end up with everything over grazed. Like with the building of dams and the loss of the salmon. The salmon are a HUGE part of the eco system.. even the trees feed off the salmon, it's all the circle of life and thank God humans are figuring this out before it's too late

Get interesting in and hate to stop watching. Great Documentary

Man has just about destroyed everything he’s touched. I hope he changes before it is to late.

Montana ranchers don't know how to live with wolves so sad neither does Idaho

Great video for understanding biodiversity and why it's so important. I'm a high school science teacher and I have my 9th graders view this video. I highly recommend it! Thank you for posting it.

Maybe in small parks will predators survive.The earth is sick because of over population and pollution.

Well made film. Provides insight on how we can live with predators and allow them and us to flourish.

Benefits of having wolves far outweighs the negative impacts they have. If some farmer is using public lands the wolf should be protected from these farmers. Its become quite obvious that the ecosystem is rejuvination from the introduction of the wolf coming into re existence.

Peter has such a great story telling voice. Nature has a balance if humans respect the original design is perfect and we shouldn't interfere. Predatory animals play a vital roll in nature they are the clean up masters.

After spending most of my life living in the rocky mountains, most of that time spent above timberline 12,000 ft, I speak from experience that the government was the driving force behind the eradication of top predators, wolves, Grizzlies, cougars and others. It was not ranchers who are the greatest conservation stewards of the mountains, who understand why overpopulation of deer and elk are harmful to the health of the land, and grazing of the grasslands. If the wolf was to repopulate the rocky mountains again from Mexico to Canada, the soil, the grass, the trees and the water would all be healthier, not because Darwin said so, but because the Creator designed that way from the beginning, and He knows what is best for nature, the Creator always knows what is perfect, that is His nature, Perfection!

Great information for sure. share

Aldo Leopold is my new hero. I will carry on his vision.

Thanks a million for uploading this documentary, my forever favorite documentary.

There is not enough Americans with a decent heart for this to ever be successful over time and into the future , they always find a way to mess things up

A excellent documentary! We must learn to coexist with predators and Minnesota is a example of how this is done. Take not wolf killing states!

I agree. Yellowstone is supposed to be "protected"...."thank you so much, ranchers"!. Re: Aldo Leopold (from Wisconsin) My. late grandpa gave me "A Sand County Almanac" when I was 12.

Gotta love that old windows media player encoding, it’s so nice and chock full of quality. Ohh, the days of old.(extreme sarcasm)

And this is how the Grizzly Bear was lost too. Mankind cannot alter nature, without altering it. How is it that they didn't realize that? Nature is a whole picture, not a salad bar. It has its own design to follow, and we are not The Designer.

WOW, this is very fascinating! I came here from a science assignment.

Your description says it all. Thoroughly enjoyed this production.

Such Irony that all animals (including humans) need predators for their own survival.

What an interesting documentary, thanks for posting this Karen.

Once predation is demonstrated as vital for the health of an ecosystem , there is hope for recognition that killing off predators is also destructive for human interests. if that can be documented convincingly solutions are possible. people can regain respect for wildlife balance, and maybe even pride in becoming guardians of far more than narrow direct interests. Seeing nature as the enemy to be tamed mistaken and results can speak for themselves. that is the message I gained from the footage. We in europe did not learn that in time, but some progress has been made, and these documentaries help.

Should be made mandatory viewing! 👍❤️🙏

In the early 80s I saw evidence of wolves in central Minnesota and a few years later during the deer rifle hunt I saw a single wolf that I was going to shoot because I thought it was a feral dog. But after watching it for awhile I realized it was a wolf. I was told by my dad and others that I most likely had seen a dog, but now I know what I saw was a wolf.

Very, very good information. If you're like me and will use some of this information in a class, I found relevant information on their website under the 'press' tab.

*I wish there was a way to encourage cougars to come back to Zion National Park.* The only course of action I can think of is to no longer allow people to visit. Just convert it from a National Park to a wildlife refuge.

This is a School for all of us , thanks for all this information you shared with us. Looking forward to see the next video of knowledge God bless you all.

This is a wonderful documentary.

I hope this isnt taken the wrong way, but maybe there’s a message in there about the dangers of socially engineering humanity.

This is such an amazing documentary. Thank you so much

"aloft in the air.? Who wrote this? Great predators haven't just 'vanished from sight" - they are GONE!

The LORD< HIMSELF, put WOLVES on this planet for this REASON, besides THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT ANIMALS!!!!!!!! LEAVE THE WOLVES ALONE!!!!!!!!!.....PERIOD!!

Just like man destroyed everything in their path every animal insect bird fish has a job to do for the earth and its ecosystem to keep the world alive

Bookmarks: 30:45 Beginning of the Minnesota segment on coexistence. 31:31 Janet McNally, Tamarack Lamb and Wool, on first encounters with wolves in 1991, 1992, and 1999. 32:28 John Hart, USDA Wildlife Services, on the limited agricultural impact of wolves. 33:05 Mark Johnson, MDHA, on integrated wolf management for depredation control. 33:33 Janet McNally on the use of herding dogs, livestock guardian dogs, fencing, and rotational grazing. 35:10 John Erb, MN DNR, on the relatively good attitude of Minnesotans toward wolves. 36:05 Robbie, David, and Lee Radaich, 9R Ranch, on integrated management for depredation control (especially during calving). 38:11 John Hart on finding middle ground. 39:21 John Erb on the MN Wolf Management Plan and its requirements for public discussion. 40:24 Mark Johnson, MDHA, on how deer hunters will need to change some of their tactics.

Fantastic... Great Documentary,!

The CIRCLE OF LIFE❣ All nature is important to the survival of Earth and it's Inhabitants 💯🙌💯

I think it is strange that they say until 1928 no one really thought about food webs. Many other communities of people in the past regarded nature as a whole, understanding that each part had a purpose. Only when people started believing in science like a higher power did they move away from such thinking because it wasn't in modern western science, until Leopold figured things out.

What an insightful documentary.

OVE..LOVE OVE LOVE NATURE......STOP KILLING ANIMANLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marvelous! What a wonderful lesson of life. Hopefully this lesson will be remembered, and we will not repeat the mistakes of the past.

This is the same thing happens in u.k.

THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION has nothing to do with the absence of the wolf. mans ignorance to believe in stupid theoys might be part of the problem

Amazing Documentary.

Wassup to anyone in biology right now

Won’t they didn’t bother to even friggen mention was that they brought in Alaskan wolf and they are not the same size or weight as the wolf we had ; there almost twice the size ; and soon there will be no deer and elk at all

Love it need more nice job

The farmers should get guard donkeys . They are cheaper and really fierce and can kill wolves

As someone who is very interested in ecology and forestry, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for uploading this

Is so sad that you'll have much bull butter about the animals but what about the Indian be glad when India population is back to 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Excellent documentary! Was perfect for my 7th graders. Thank you for sharing!

This is amazing!

Could you please add captions to this video, I'd like to show it to my class that doesn't speak english.. Thank you!

Well presented

We need to protect these wolves . Ppl wiped out the wolf And then brought back bc the ppl figured it will balance the ecosystem!! Duh! Every living creature on earth has a purpose. Save the wolves and protect them.

Lovely Documentary. Thanks

I was lucky enough to see a pack of wolves dispatch a very large elk in the Shaw Creek area of Cowichan Lake. Quite the energy, an once they realize I was there with my chokerman..., That howl after they disappeared into the woods, it's with me to this Day.

Scientists should not be friendly to wildlife, which will cause them to lose their instincts to fear poachers.

rewilding the earth ..many thanks Karen.

Indigenous peoples already knew this but they went to war with them too. Bottom line they didn’t want to hear the wisdom they offered instead they were greedy and selfish

Everytime I watched this film I feel like I owe something from wolves...don't know what but I will probably realized what was it until I work for sick injure wolves when I'm retired.

The saddest thing is that many of the people in the US and Europe and Australia who feel it's their right to kill predators call themselves Christians. Well they should read more of the Psalms... It is clear that God gave nature to be in balance. It says explicitly that even the lions wait on God for their prey. Man was given the day to do his business and the predators were given the night. It's all right there. If a predator is attacking your flock - like David - then sure defend your flock. Any good sheperd would. But that never meant it was ok to just institute a wholesale killing of predators.

31: 25 Dan Stark, Dire Wolf Management

All farmers SHOULD BE REQUIRED to find non-kill ways to protect their livestock. Electric fencing, better livestock pens, noise... I mean there's 1000 ways! It was so nice to hear REAL FARMERS agree they are on the wolves land so they must live in harmony with wolves! These are REAL FARMERS. Or at least put in the effort to do everything they can before having to kill a wolf. I respect that so much! And to hear a deer hunter also agree to live with the wolf... made me cry. These are real men and women. God bless them. Farmers and hunters that kill wolves are cowards. STRAIGHT COWARDS! PEOPLE THAT ARE TO LAZY, AND NOT SMART ENOUGH TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS.

Predators are great in national parks!!!!

Are you telling me that biologists in the US didn't know anything about symbiotic relationship untill 1990s?

**Great stuff and so important-ty!

At 1:27 a wolf is being chased by a vicious elk intent on killing and eating it.

And so does the appendix!

Animal population numbers need to kept in check as nature intended in order to protect the enviroment.It is a pity humans dont realize that continued population growth is not sustainable and is the major cause of climate change

Woman at 36:00 just smiling about shooting wolves.😑

Science is finding out about ecology and all kinds of interesting things, that most if not all our non-civilized ancestors had known for millenia. So, science should logically eventually conclude that the only viable way to live on Earth is as our non-civilized ancestors did, right.?.

Love it

I would have loved to watch this, but that deep bass background "music" drowns out every word being said, why does the background music always have to be a billion times louder than it should be

Manifest destiny for wildlife too.