I think to a large extent, especially 10 to 15 years ago, a lot of people, when you said wolf, they thought Little Red Riding Hood, he said. The wolf was a big bad guy. Peterson worried about the effect of the wolves newfound popularity. Where do you draw the line between public information and the right of these animals to have their space, he said. Sheri Buller, a wildlife biologist for the DNR in Lincoln County, agrees too much human exposure can be detrimental, although the animals don t need total wilderness to survive in Wisconsin.
Wolves are pretty adaptable.
They need an adequate prey base and they need space, she said. But some, like Lawrence Krak of Gilman, aren t convinced of the need for wolves in the state. We don t need them. There are thousands of miles of prime wilderness in Canada. Wolves should not be where they conflict with humanity.