Though it addresses the wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone, the program is not meant to be controversial. It's done in a point-counterpoint style. Viewers hear the ranchers' arguments, along with the environmental issues. While it was relocated miles away in the park, the wolf returned days later to the same ranch and killed sheep. Though it was a rare case, the wolf had to be shot.
Viewers also see the first documented wolf pups born in Yellowstone.
If the success of the wolves continues, full recovery of the park's wolf population is projected by the year 2002. In one of its most poignant segments, the film features the Candy Kitchen Rescue Ranch in New Mexico, where wolves are rescued from abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Helpless in the wild, these wolves have been adopted as pets by people who realize they are not dogs and can never be domesticated. The film captures pups born in the Wolf Rescue that can howl when they are three weeks old. Funding provided in part by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting through a grant from the Pacific Mountain Network and The Dr. Ezekiel R. and Edna Wattis Dumke Foundation.