No I'm not pro-wolf. Nor am I anti-wolf. I'm pro-truth, that is why I'm in science. Attitudes like the one's the anti-wolf people have here are the reason why they will never get what they desire.

There is so much misinformation and politcally charged BS coming from both sides, it's important to look at the research to get an idea of what the real long term effects of wolves will be. (Yes I know what you'll say to that: "Scientists with an agenda blah blah blah, egomaniac academics in Ivory Towers blah blah blah" well when it gets to that stage of ignorance, the anti-wolfers have just lost any chance at being able to mounta credible opposition.)

Would you feel different if you found a calf that waspartially eaten by a black bear? Or is that ok because it wasn't a wolf?

I'm not trying to take a side, I'm trying to interject some factual information and some reason into what is otherwise a purely emotional debate with little or no logic behind the positions ofeither side.

The good thing is, as soon as Wyoming gets their act together and produces an acceptable management plan, then the wolves can be delisted and actively managed by the state wildlife agencies. Which means TAGS!!heheh.

Oh andeveryone always says: "They won't admit that there is wolves there" etc etc. Well, officially no they won't. Becausethey don't have collared wolves in every packanymore like they did in previous years. So, now there are many new packs that theya) don't know exist or b)don'thave official documentation of them(like radio collar locations). So they aren't just going to go saying stuff off the cuff about a sensative subject like this.

So it's nothing to get all worked up over. Ifyou want to be angry about something, be angry at Wyoming Fish andGame. They can't get their act together so that the states can start actively managing their wolf population.

But the biggest problem is when we, as hunters, start foaming at the mouth and making any kind of cooperation impossible and the dissemination of factual information very difficult.