MinnFinn, It's like talking an anti-hunter into going hunting with you. It just ain't happening. I grew up in Northern MN (Babbitt) and back in the late 60's there were alot of deer to hunt. Since they've protected the wolves those deer numbers have gone down considerably and of course every fall the DNR says that there are alot of deer to sell their licenses. The problem is that people don't like the government shoving their programs up our @sses and this is just another example. My sister in law sees them all the time when walking in the early mornings and my brother sees alot of them when driving to Tower to work. The DNR claims that there are 2500 wolves but you can probably double that figure. It's a different world than it was and you don't see game depts introducing elk into all of their native habitat as they would catch hell from the farmers. Maybe we are being greedy but we are on top of the food chain. Is there a place for wolves?? Possibly in very limited numbers but the problem is that government won't control them. There has been talk of delisting them in MN for some time and I won't hold my breath on that one. The tree huggers will fight that one forever and it will keep going on with appeal after appeal. I challenge those who haven't lived amongst them to go to northern Mn or Western Wyoming, walk into a local bar, and start talking about how you love wolves. The bar floor will be a lonely place in a hurry...