"Invasion Biology"

Circle Ranch Game Cameras - August 2016

Chris Gill

23 Nov 2016 • 3 min read

The reason biodiversity is good not bad is because species are usually complimentary, not “competitive.”

To be healthy, desert ranges need three things: (1) Large, concentrated migratory bison herds, or, cattle grazed to mimic bison’s migratory patterns; (2) a lot of predators of all sizes; and, (3) a high, diverse population of prey species. Remove any of these and the system collapses.

Invasive species believers, including Texas Parks and Wildlife, say that elk, burros, aoudad, llamas, alpacas, cattle, horses, cougar, coyotes, bobcats—together accounting for more than half the species pictured here—should be reduced or eliminated, to ‘protect’ bighorn and mule deer. Attacks on these species are scientifically unfounded, and sicken the ecological systems.

These animals exhibit no conflict. The condition of the animals and the range is excellent. The attacks hurt the public’s hunting opportunities, and, by lowering potential ranch hunting incomes, also attack property rights.