Wolf Ping!
I think that we are learning why our ancestors got rid of wolves. Keeping the range of wolves limited is a good thing.
It’s happening in Montana, too.
one must practice the 3 S’s
SHOOT...SHOVEL and SHUT-UP.
Except for ranchers, I’m in favor of wolf populations increasing until natural controls kick in. There are several good reasons for this.
Too many deer have been a problem for a decade or two. Wolf will also compete with coyote, which all told are far more pestiferous dogs.
Wolf are also big in helping to keep the rodent population down, which has lots of other benefits.
Finally, wolves are superior dogs, and when they cross breed with dogs like huskies, keep the breed fit and healthy. While wolves can still have hip displasia, which is the bane of several large breeds, it is far less common in wolves.
Since 96% wolves are legal for domestication, they make for highly intelligent open range dogs. Oddly enough, if used for that purpose, they would fend off wild wolves who wanted to hunt on that ranch. The wild wolves would smell the dogs territory and avoid it.
I saw the headline and thought they were going to kick short sellers off the NYSE.