[Grunthor]

I live in VERY Western Washington, glad none of these predators are near my farm, I have enough to worry about with coyotes and cougars.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

It's only a matter of time before the wolves kill somebody in Washington state, just like that jogger in Alaska last year.

Alaska wolves 'killed' US teacher out jogging

[John S Mosby]

For just a moment I thought there might be hope in Washington-—D.C.! And then, I thought North Carolina State might have something to say about this!!

Recall the teacher killed in AK while jogging. It was a wolf pack and she was running and they chased, and then chowed.
(sorry, pun not intended).

[dog breath]

Wolves are very cool as long as you are not raising livestock around them, a backpacker, hunter, concerned about wild horses, pet owner, parent of small children in a wilderness area, or fisherman.

[LonePalm]

I thought they were in Raleigh.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[microgood]

Reintroducing the wolf into the West will go down in history as one of the most monumentally stupid acts of all time. There is a reason that wiser past generations got rid of them.

[Big_Harry]

I hunted the Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon for Elk in 1997. In 1998 a couple of mature Grizzlies trapped a ranger in his truck on the next range to the North of that area, and they had not been seen since 1905 south of the Dalles. We were told by folks in the know that the bears had been re-introduced on the QT.

In 2007, I hunted Mount Adams in Southern Washington for elk, without taking precautions for large predators other than carrying my .375-338. Now they’ve got wolves being managed by the same people that have let the cats and black bears by kill off the young elk, decimating their money making elk herds. (The last stats that I saw for Washington showed a 15% tag fill on elk.)

At least Montana tells its hunters about the possibility of running into bears and wolves so they won’t have a fatal surprise.

[JRios1968]

[NE WA Conservative]

I just recieved notification of a 5th pack found in Stevens County, NE Washington. Five packs to many.