Fairy tales paint it as a cunning, bloodthirsty bully.
Some sportsmen regard it as competition.
Most ranchers simply hate it. The eastern timber wolf, or gray wolf, is surrounded by myths both good and bad that endure today. Volunteers at the Maine Wolf Coalition's new Northeast Wolf Center want to dispel the illusions surrounding the endangered animal so people concerned about its possible return to the Northeast can form opinions based on fact instead of fiction and emotion. The group supports wolf recovery in the Northeast, whether wolves are reintroduced by people or migrate naturally from Canada. The animals have been gone from Maine for more than a century after they were eradicated by a bounty program.