Originally Posted by Idaho Guide

For all folks out there that call this a wolf "Reintroduction" please make no mistake this was no Reintroduction this was an INTRUSION on our state lands and your federal lands ,and on our wildlife, cattle ranchers, sheep ranchers, outfitters, small rural business owners, and the list goes on and on. The economic effects alone, not to mention the huge effects it has had on our wildlife has truly been nothing short of devastating. This illegally released "CANADIAN" gray wolf was forced on us and on you, our wildlife as well as our way of life. This is a non native predator!! Our native wolf is a timber wolf they are smaller less aggressive and obviously less prolific then their cousins the Canadian gray wolf. We had timber wolves the feds will tell you we didn't but sightings, tracks, photographs were not uncommon and most were confirmed by guess who the Federal Fish and Wildlife Department, yep that's right. They even HAD pictures castings of tracks that my family took at the timber wolf exhibit in the Boise zoo. Which where of course taken off exhibit in 1999 when city people that were not supposed know any better started asking questions. Now because the Canadian gray wolf our native timber wolf is now extinct so thanks for that Federal Fish and Wildlife Department and Defenders of Wildlife thanks for protecting native species keeping and defending them as your name states.