Originally Posted by macman99

Good point. Until the recent attack in Alaska, there was one documented fatality in all of North America that was determined to be wolf-caused (and that was a controversial decision, anyway - they weren't 100% sure it wasn't a bear attack).

As for livestock, around here the ranchers are more than fairly compensated for any stock lost when it's caused by wolves. If you ask the wardens who have to investigate the complaints, a bigger problem is blaming wolves for ALL cattle deaths in order to rip off the state. One warden told me about a guy who actually had a wolf paw and who would make prints around every dead cow so he could blame the wolves .

I'm no wolf fan, either - I'd like to see a real season where there are enough to support it. I think a lot of hunters would. But SSS is how we got to where we are today and why nothing is changing. There has to be balance.