I'm not from you're are, I'm from Wisconsin, but I'm seeing a similar pattern at home. The Wisconsin DNR stocked the wolves a few years back, and now there is way more than the DNR is admitting. "Supposedly" there is only around 500 in the state, yet people seem to see them all the time, and they have been seen in just about every county in Wisconsin. The DNR finally made a step in the right direction when they delisted them from the endangered list, but then some judge in another state decided that this was unethical, so they are now back on the endangered list with huge penalities for shooting one. I don't know if it's completely due to the wolves, but the deer population in Wisconsin has drastically gone done in the last few years to the point when hunters are lucky to see a couple deer on opening weekend, especially in the northern part of the state. So in response to your post, I am definately against the wolf problem and you are right in saying that they are not needed.