Your theory is flawed in that Elk are also carriers of CWD............if you think that by having the wolves kill all the deer in that area it will also wipe out any chances of CWD your mistaken..........not only does CWD infect Elk,Deer and other cervids, it is nearly impossible to rid it from the environment (it can stay in the soil indefinately!) I would be willing to bet that the DNR is out of funding for this project and it will likely never happen, because they do not have the funds and because they do not want to risk bringing in CWD by transplanting infected Elk. It is not possible to test live animals 100% to rule out if they are infected..........don't get me wrong,I would love to one day be able to hunt Elk in our state, but I really don't think it will happen ........ at least not in my lifetime..........and also I don't think it should come at the cost of wiping out the deer herd in a particular area (that is not sound management).

Also I don't know where you come up with your petting zoo mentality in the southern part of the state comment?
We are not allowed to bait or feed........PERIOD (not that I care I never did when it was legal)! It is only allowed outside the zone and is mainly practiced in the north.............come down and look at some of the deer numbers in certain areas,you will see that the DNR's eradication efforts have decimated certain herds,while others continue to grow because people are rebelling against senseless slaughter.........I shoot just as many deer as I can use or can be donated to the food pantry, but now the food pantry is history because the idiots at the DNR wasted all thier funding trying to kill a disease that has no end! So will I shoot more deer than my freezer will hold this year? No...Do I think it would make a difference in stopping CWD if I did? No......Do i think if wolves were introduced into our southern herds it would stop the spread of CWD? NO!.....what happens when your wolves move on to Ill. or back to northern or central Wi.? They may leave dung piles that contain CWD prions along the way, any cervid living in those areas could become infected from eating the soil those prions leech into, thus continuing the spread of a disease I have no doubt is already in northern deerherds just waiting to be "discovered".

I suggest you do some real research on CWD before you propose ideas and ways to keep it from heading towards your Elk.

By the way..................the only good wolf, is a dead wolf!