120K views · 3.6K reactions | Happy International Wolf Day!  Did you know that wolves help maintain ecosystems by supporting biodiversity and shaping landscapes? | Nomada Studio | Facebook

People actively hunt wolves to protect their livestock. But in some places wolves are being hunted towards extinction. Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem. By regulating prey populations, wolves enable many other species of plants and animals to flourish. Without predators, such as wolves, the system fails to support a natural level of biodiversity. Just like beavers, wolves aide the ability for the forests and grasses to grow and water to accumulate. Wolves are importa

Lone wolves no more - roughly 500 wolves inhabit Yellowstone today, following their reintroduction to the park. | National Geographic TV