As you noted, verbal descriptions can sometimes fail to capture what we see and hear. NO WOLF FAN Interest in the wolf's head endangered species license plates shows how far people can be misled, in my opinion. This, in spite of the fact that 50,000-60,000 wolves thrive in Canada, more than 10,000 in Alaska and 1,000 in Minnesota. It bothers me that our deficit-laden government continues to waste money restoring wolves, spreading wolf propaganda and withholding facts. Last year the number dropped to 78, nearly equal to Wisconsin's entire wolf population.
Wolves are top predators.
Their numbers will keep increasing until food supplies or diseases start to reduce their population. I think it would be best if wolf numbers were controlled by hunting and trapping before this happens. Although wolves have an important role in prime wilderness ecology, we've shown for over 50 years that the Wisconsin ecology does just fine without wolves. Wolf supporters try to treat every patch of woods as if it were prime wilderness in need of wolves. I believe that wolves should not be in places where they conflict with human activities.