So a wolf ate a dog and that’s reason to take wolves off the endangered list? Shouldn’t that determination be made by whether they’re actually still endangered or not?

Dogs get hit by cars all the time. Ban cars? My dog once bit a porcupine and we spent hundreds of dollars having the needles removed. Should we start shooting more porcupines?

Where the wolves are, they are no longer endangered. Taking them off the list does not mean that every hillbilly with a gun will go kill them all, it just means that population control can now be implemented and problem animals can be taken care of. Like it or not P or E, the animals of the world have to suffer for our greed and stupidity. I would love for a little darwinism of the human population, but that would be unfair and hurt someone’s feelings and…. (fill in the rest of the story as far as you want to take it). The best we can do is manage the animals that we have allowed room to live free and try to help balance what we have thrown out of whack.

And I Need A New Wolf, don’t provoke it… ugh.

I agree with Gordon. Just because they are removed from the endangered list doesn’t mean a hunting season for wolves will follow. It just means that there’s a viable population that no longer needs special protection. It’s a sign we have and will have plenty of wolves. It’s a success story and cause for celebration.