Joe, glad you could express your opinion on the subject at hand (wolves) with style, grace, & good science or personal observation. A lot of people just turn to insults & name calling when they really don't have anything of value to say but just have to say something.

I will trap wolves, I will hunt wolves, etc & still think it was a HUGE mistake to go to the expence of reintroducing them, but I don't want them erradicated in any of their natural range. Without mans intervention there would have always been the ellusive few(as it should be in my opinion). I saw one in Oregon when I lived there & was logging 30 yrs ago. They were around but rare & that gave them their Mystique (sp?).