The point is your mentality toward the wolf and wanting to kill them off so that you can have elk, deer, etc... all to yourself is exactly the same reason they were killed off to begin with and exactly the same reason that we are even talking about this now.

Man leaving nothing in nature is exactly what you are talking about when you talk about the wolf. It begins with one animal and picks up steam from there. You specifically stated that this isn't a place for the wolf any more becasue of the way man has encroached on wildlife with its roads, bridges, etc.... Eventually man will have encroached enough on wildlife to the point that all animals will become a nusance. Given the technology that will be available in the future there will be no need for any of wildlife to exist any more. We will simply need to move foward and accept that. It starts with people like you.

I have a hard time understanding how I am being vain although I can completely see the selfishness behind your comments.

Yes the animals are still here but they woudn't be if people like Rosevelt hadn't stepped in and done something about people such as yourself. Instead we would be looking at pictures of the wonderful animals that used to roam this land and looking at stuffed specimens in museums. That's basically where your way of thinking would have lead us not so long ago.

Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I suggest that you learn from the mistakes that your forefathers made concerning the killing off of wildlife. If you can't see the big picture and the reason for wolves to exist in nature then nothing I can say will change your mine. It's a sad sad world you must live in and you have not given any good reson for the wolves not to be reintroduced in a responsible manner.