Well, it is considered vulnerable. It is a species we have to take great care of. The fact that we have some 2,000 wolves is really not that large a number. In any case all large carnivores are rare by nature and they require special attention. The two species have different life strategies.
Wolves have a high reproductive potential.
They can breed at one year of age and the average number of pups is five, although if population density is low and there is abundance of food they can have give birth to up to ten young. Really its biggest problem is the harm it causes to humans. Bears have a very different vital strategy. They do not really have natural enemies. Their reproductive rate is very low.