The real problem is not the wolf ,it 's the management of them. They are treated like a sacred cow which is wrong. The biggest problem is the removal of humans out of the equation. Wolves were always hunted by the natives for clothing and food. Coyotes and Wolves were always part of the food chain but seems like scientists overlook the human elements.
The person early on that makes the statement about who contols the population hit the nail on the head. We are the problem not the wolf itself . The emotional irrational Disney tree hugger types that don't allow population control.
Introduction of the wolf wasn't bogus science ,it did help the Yellowstone. One could plainly see the new growth around streams and rivers and the park started to look like it did from days when the wolf did exist from old accounts and the earliest pictures. The wolf does belong in the park but like anything else it's numbers need to be controled also.
For you bear attack types, have you ever read early accounts of trappers and the need for "bear doors" ? The great bears have always be oppurtunistic and looked at man as a easy meal at times.
Last edited by Ruddyduck; 01-11-2011 at 06:27 AM.