Wolves have come to be the symbol of Gia the goddess of the earth and placed on their throne by the Walter Mitty’s of the animal right kingdom. You can’t read an outdoor news site without something about wolves. Last summer a pack killed at jogger in Alaska, they have destroyed the caribou herd on Unimak Island in Alaska, and in Northern Rockies something like 1600 to 1700 grey wolves have trashed the elk and deer herds. Yet the animal rights kingdom believes these cuddly little balls of fur need federal protection. Their numbers far exceed the original goals set by USFW. “The recovery goal for wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains was set at a minimum of 30 breeding pairs-successfully reproducing wolf packs and a minimum of 300 individual wolves for at least three consecutive years.” 1
Those numbers were reached in 2002 today there five times a many wolves as in 2002. So why does Earth Justice think the Northern Rockies wolf packs need the protection of the ESA? Because Wyoming was placed back on the endangered species list they feel all of the Northern Rocky manage as a single entity. At least that was their argument to Montana’s Judge Molloy last month. USFW believe grey wolves have recovered. “By every biological measure, the region’s gray wolf population is fully recovered,” an April U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report said. 2
Five state involved believe the grey wolf populations have recovered. It is only a few members of the animal rights kingdom that feel the benevolent and companionate wolves need protection from the evil hunter.

Horse hockey, let me spell something out here wolves are predators they kill to live. They kill to teach their young to kill to kill so they will live. They are opportunistic killers they will take what ever they can whenever they feel the need. The idea they only take the sick and lame is absolute garbage. They will take a newborn calf and is mother before she has recovered from calving. Wolves have no sense of fair chase, humane kill is not in their vocabulary, and most importantly wolves do not feed people. Ungulates feed people so why aren’t they the ones being protected? By definition most hunters hunt for sport, with a few exceptions, they hunt for food. Contrary to popular belief hunters do not kill because the opportunity presented itself. The few people who do kill just to kill are not hunters they are thieves stealing from the rest of us. I hope when Judge Molloy makes his decision  on the Northern Rocky wolves he chooses to protect the interest of the consumptive users. The idea that wildlife is there for a minority to look at is bull. Wildlife is a resource a renewable resource that should be managed to meet human needs. If Earth Justice wants to watch wolves they should go to Ted Turners ranch where wolves are protected. Maybe they will be able to watch a pack take down an elk and eat it alive.

1 The Clark Fork Chronicle
Wednesday, July 14 2010
2 By Bailey Schreiber, Jackson Hole, Wyo., and The Associated Press
June 16, 2010