Dirt2 it's human nature to have a knee jerk reaction and we are seeing it. Wolves have been gone for a while and rightly so people were concerned about the effects of reintroduction. It's change and change usually has both foretold and unforeseen consequences.

Remember the large number of elk that died in Wyoming, I believe it was in Wyoming, last year but they couldn't figure out what was killing them? Those elk lived for a short time while immobile. Imagine if an wolf pack came across that herd. The elk would have been finished off by the wolves but would have suffered death either way. However had the wolves finished off the elk extensive studies would never have been performed and we would have another "the wolves killed 170 some odd elk in Wyoming" headline.

In my state wolves do not have a real presence here yet. I watch deer and elk populations roller coaster in different units and again extensive studies are done to figure out the real reason. However if there were wolves in these areas I'm sure they would automatically be blamed. Again that is just human nature. To react first and then think later.

My point is it seems to me that much of the "wolf hysteria" is mostly a knee jerk reaction with only partial truths and reality mixed in. I do see a MAJOR problem with letting them live unmanaged. But a lot of the wolf hysteria seems to be much exaggerated. In time elk and other species will adapt to having an old predator in town with new tricks. Nature will find a way to balance and there will still be plenty of hunting opportunities for us all. BUT that is conditional on the fact that we can gets these things de-listed as I believe they have already over-populated in some areas.