Mr.mc-some of the things your saying or simply absurd. Wolves in no way kill everything they come across, and there has been no documented case of a wild gray wolf attacking a human in the united states...EVER. I have no doubt you've seen a wolf leave a fresh kill or discovered an animal killed by a wolf that to you looked rotted...but remember, wolves cache large prey (deer and moose) and what looks rotted and inedible to us is perfectly fine for wolves to come back and eat later, which they do for almost every large kill. As far as dogs go...yes wolves will kill dogs, but they won't hunt them down or go out of their way to attack them as you've stated. They will avoid a conflict if they can becasue of their solitary nature, but they are very territorial and will fight dogs on occasion if they feel they're a threat to their territory...thats just mother nature, not some inquenchable blood lust.

lungbuster-As far as the department with it's head up it's ass I couldn't agree with you more...thats definetily the case in mn and I'm sure it's as you said in wisconsin. But it's not their fault, they are trying to do good things, but as you mentioned there is simply to much political sway to accomplish much. the original plan was to delist wolves from federal protection once conservation goals were met. The goals were met..and they were not delisted, so I understand where a lot of conflict comes from. And you right-it was left wing "tree huggers" without much knowledge on the situation that casued them to be re-listed in a sense. The recent federal delisting is not neccessarily a bad thing. It will help the western states control populations while still allowing the midwest to practice conservation. i did happen to catch that article in BOWHUNTER that you mentioned...it said something about wisconsin allowing 40-some wolves to be eliminated, which in my eyes may be slightly on the higher end but definetily very reasonable. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO WOLF CONTROL. What I am opposed to is wild acusations of wolves as blood thirsty monsters who are going to kill all our deer, slaughter our cattle, rape our women, and blow our houses away. That will only lead to unjustified killing and stronger opposition to healthy population control.