Robt Harris and Friends:
What is inflicting this problem on the world is NOT political science, which is the scientific study of power processes within and among organized groups and institutions,. This problem has been created by POLITICS.
The Greenies have convinced the legislatures of the various States, and Congress, that wolves are more important than livestock, dogs, cats and people's livelihood. 30 years ago, the wold was, apparently in sorry shape in North America, and the pendulum swung to their protection to prevent their feared extinction. Along with that went the program for population re-establishment. At no point did anyone but the most extreme Greenies intend for them to grow to the point that human activity was restricted.. ( hmm.. or maybe that was the plan originally ).
As for the DNR's lack of interest when your hunting dogs are killed, remember that State game departments are funded by the Legislatures, so they are unwilling to bite the hand that feeds them.
At any rate, there are now plenty or wolves, and we should move to establish a regulated hunting and trapping regime. If not, burgeoning wolf populations will continue to eat into ( excuse the pun) game populations, not to mention the snacking on domestic pets and extensive livestock depredation. As someone else suggested, if they lose their fear of man, watch out.
The odd fact is that the folks pushing this kind of Bambi-ite protectionism rarely leave the confines of the big city, and the most open land with which they are intimately familiar are the wolds of Central Park. For these folks, Idaho, Montana, Yooperland, West Texas and Arizona are simply "Fly-Over Country" where the the unwashed and un-enlightened live and work.
To return to my main premise - if you want regulated hunting of wolves, or some other population control, you need to take this up with your State legislator and Congressman. It was politics that got us to this point, and unfortunately, it will require politics to fix it.
Regards
GKT
