In Arizona alone court costs awarded to environmental groups suining over the endangered species act totaled more than 800,000 dollars in the mid 1990's. In the case of the Pipestem pack lawsuit, the agency rolled over and complied with the wishes of the Center For Biological Diversity without the benefit of the court. The Lawsuit also gave the agency the excuse they needed to delay removing the Galvan pack. Looking deep into the endangered species issue can be a scary thing. As more and more people are looking into the whys of wolf reintroduction the strategy becomes clearer.
Corporations give tremendous amounts of money to groups professing to protect the environment.
Environmental groups want an end to multiple use. Federal agencies need funding to operate and justify their existence. Wolves are a means to justify those goals. As ranchers in the southwest are learning small businesses caught in the middle are expendable.