Maybe we ought to kill the humans who steal cattle from ranchers since 21,000 cattle were lost to theft in 2005. Domestic dogs killed 21,900 head of cattle. Predator-related causes of death to cattle totaled 190,000 last year. Of that number, 4,400 have been attributed to the wolf.
Non-predator related deaths totaled 3,861,000. And if we total all of this up? In 2005, 4,051,000 head of cattle were lost to all causes, with only 4,400 due to the ever picked on and misunderstood wolf.